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Ray Walston

Biography

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.

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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Credited work

136 releases · 9 albums · active 1955–2018

  • Other credits · 148
  • Performance · 51

Studios: Columbia 30th Street Studio · 20th Century Fox · Evergreen Studios · Twentieth Century Fox Studios

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