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Laurel, Mississippi, USA
Ray Walston (December 2, 1914 – January 1, 2001) was an American stage, television and film actor best known as the title character on the 1960s situation comedy My Favorite Martian. In addition, he was also known for his role as high school teacher Mr. Hand in the 1982 film Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Judge Henry Bone on the drama series Picket Fences.
Known for
- Midnight Madness: The Making of "Popcorn" — Dr. Mnesyne (archive footage)2017
- Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards — Applegate (segment "Damn Yankees") (archive footage)2005
- The Art of 'The Sting' — Self (archive footage)2005
- Early Bird Special — Pappy2001
- Swing Vote — Justice Clore Cawley1999
- Television: The First Fifty Years — Self1999
- Reliving Our Fast Times at Ridgemont High1999
- My Favorite Martian — Armitan1999
- Addams Family Reunion — Walter Adams1998
- Tricks — Big Sam1997
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Key facts
- Born
- Herman Ray Walston , ( 1914-11-02 ) November 2, 1914, Laurel, Mississippi , U.S.
- Died
- January 1, 2001 (2001-01-01) (aged 86), Beverly Hills, California , U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1940s–2000
- Known for
- South Pacific Damn Yankees My Favorite Martian The Apartment
- Spouse
- Ruth Calvert Walston ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1943 )
- Awards
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Laurel
- Place of death
- Beverly Hills
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Record label
- Vee-Jay Records
- Image
- My Favorite Martian Ray Walston 1963.JPG
- Number of children
- 1
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- Commons category
- Ray Walston
- date of birth
- 1914-12-02
- date of death
- 2001-01-01
- cause of death
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- birth name
- Herman Raymond Walston
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
- start of work period
- 1945-00-00
- end of work period
- 2001-00-00
- archives at
- Harry Ransom Center
- P8979
- Tenderloin
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Encyclopedic overview
Herman Ray Walston (November 2, 1914 – January 1, 2001) was an American actor. He started his career on Broadway earning the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance as Mr. Applegate in Damn Yankees (1956).
He appeared in the films South Pacific (1958), Damn Yankees (1958), The Apartment (1960), Kiss Me, Stupid (1964), Paint Your Wagon (1969), The Sting (1973), Popeye (1980), Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), and Of Mice and Men (1992). Walston also starred as the title character on My Favorite Martian and as Glen Bateman in the miniseries The Stand (1994). For his role as Judge Henry Bone in Picket Fences he earned two Primetime Emmy Awards.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ray Walston” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.