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Ray Walston
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Actor Born: December 2, 1914 in New Orleans, LA Death: January 1, 2001 in Beverly Hills, CA Biography:Raised in New Orleans' French Quarter, "Ray Walston" relocated to Houston, where he first set foot on stage in a community production of High Tor. Walston went on to spend six years at the Houston Civic Theater then three more at the Cleveland Playhouse. Moving to New York, he worked as linotype operator at the New York Times before landing small parts in theatrical productions ranging from "Maurice Evans"' G.I. Hamlet to The Insect Comedy. He won Theater World's "Most Promising Newcomer" award for his portrayal of Mr. Kramer in the original 1948 production of Summer and Smoke. In 1950, he was cast as "big dealer" Luther Billis in the touring and London companies of "South Pacific", and it was this that led to a major role in "Rodgers & Hammerstein"'s 1953 Broadway musical Me and Juliet. Two years later, he was cast in his breakthrough role: the puckish Mr. Applegate, aka The Devil, in the Adler-"Ross"... Full Biography
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