Robert Bray
Actor

Robert Bray Net Worth

Robert Bray was born in Kalispell, Montana and moved to Seattle with his family. After graduating high school, he worked as a lumberjack, cowboy and a member of the CCC. He then joined the US Marine Corps during WWII and after mustering out, pursued acting as a career. He was signed to a contract at RKO Pictures and played supporting roles in police dramas and westerns. He then became a freelance actor and won the role of Ranger Corey Stuart in the Lassie TV series. He also had roles in Bus Stop and other action-oriented movies and TV episodes. After being replaced on Lassie, he retired with his wife to Bishop, California and passed away in 1983. His ashes were scattered over Zuma Beach, California.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor, Soundtrack
Birth Day October 23, 1917
Birth Place  Kalispell, Montana, United States
Age 103 YEARS OLD
Died On March 7, 1983(1983-03-07) (aged 65)\nBishop, California, U.S.
Birth Sign Scorpio
Cause of death Accidental gunshot wound
Alma mater Lincoln High School (Seattle)
Occupation American film and television actor
Years active 1946–1967
Spouse(s) Joan Loretta Bray (m. 1960, div. 1968) Dorothy A. Dekiewit (m. 1972, div. 1973)

💰 Net worth

Robert Bray, a well-known Actor and Soundtrack artist from the United States, is anticipated to possess a net worth ranging from $100K to $1M by the year 2024. Throughout his career, Bray has made significant contributions to the entertainment industry, captivating audiences with his remarkable performances and musical talents. With his versatility and dedication, it is no surprise that Bray has achieved considerable financial success, solidifying his position as a prominent figure in the entertainment world.

Biography/Timeline

1942

Bray was born to homesteading parents in Kalispell, Montana. The family moved to Seattle, Washington, where Bray attended Lincoln High School. After graduation, he was for a time a lumberjack, a Cowboy, and a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps. In 1942, Bray joined the United States Marine Corps and saw action in the South Pacific during World War II. He finished the war at the rank of master sergeant and then aspired to become a taxidermist or the owner of a hunting/fishing lodge.

1946

Instead, Bray entered films in 1946 under contract to RKO. He was marketed as the "next Gary Cooper" but appeared in B Westerns like 1949's Rustlers. In the 1950s, the then freelancing actor appeared in a varied number of roles including the 1952 episode "Thunder Over Inyo" of the syndicated western television series The Adventures of Kit Carson.

1955

In 1954, he portrayed bandit Emmett Dalton in an episode of Jim Davis's syndicated western Stories of the Century. That same year, he guest-starred in Reed Hadley's CBS crime drama, The Public Defender. On December 4, 1955, he was cast as petroleum pioneer Pattillo Higgins in "Spindletop – The First Great Texas Oil Strike (January 10, 1901)" on the CBS history series, You Are There, the story of the origin of the Texas oil industry.

1956

Bray was cast as Carl the Bus Driver in Bus Stop with Marilyn Monroe (1956) and as detective Mike Hammer in My Gun Is Quick (1957). Other roles were on NBC's western anthology series, Frontier and on Rod Cameron's syndicated series City Detective and State Trooper.

1958

In 1958, he starred in Never Love a Stranger, a film adaptation of a Harold Robbins novel that also featured Steve McQueen.

1959

Bray guest-starred in the episode "Obituary" of NBC's western series, Jefferson Drum, starring Jeff Richards, and in the 1959 episode "The Trouble with Tolliver" of the ABC western drama, The Man from Blackhawk, starring Robert Rockwell as a roving insurance investigator. Vaughn Taylor was cast in the title role as Jeremy Tolliver.

1960

He starred in three episodes of NBC's western Laramie between 1960 and 1963. He appeared in three episodes of CBS's Perry Mason. In 1959 he played Private Detective and murder victim Carl Davis in "The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll." In the 1962 episode, "The Case of the Angry Astronaut," he had the role of title character and defendant Mitch Heller; and in 1963 he portrayed wealthy murder victim Martin Walden (Episode 180, "The Case of the Potted Planter"). He also guest-starred in NBC's Temple Houston (TV series), Overland Trail, and The Loretta Young Show. He appeared in four episodes of CBS's anthology suspense series Alfred Hitchcock Presents between 1958 and 1961. In 1958, Bray was offered a supporting role in Director Joshua Logan's film adaptation of South Pacific, but he decided instead to star in low-budget films for Allied Artists. It was a strategic error in his career, for South Pacific became a smash success.

1964

In 1964, Bray won the role of USFS Ranger Corey Stuart in Season 11 of Lassie because of his affinity for animals and their reciprocity toward him. Stuart, according to the plot, acquired Lassie after the former owners, the Martin family (played by Hugh Reilly, June Lockhart, and Jon Provost), moved to Australia. Lassie's life then grew more exciting with rescues and adventures in the national forest setting.In Season 12 Lassie went to color film, and for the following two season afterwards Ranger Corey Stuart and Lassie shared their adventures in living color with their TV audiences. On three episodes, Bray appeared with former child actor Bobby Diamond of NBC's Fury. In Season 15 (1968) Bray was written out of the series as a victim of a forest fire and his character was sent away to a hospital never to return. Bray was replaced by two younger rangers played by actors Jack DeMave and Jed Allan who billed themselves as "Lassie's godfathers" on the series.

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