Ray Danton

 Ray Danton (September 19, 1931 – February 11, 1992)

His most famous roles were in the screen biographies The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960) and The George Raft Story (1962). He was married to actress Julie Adams from 1954 to 1981. Danton made his film debut in Chief Crazy Horse in 1955 and became contracted to Universal Pictures His second film I'll Cry Tomorrow led to his typecasting as a smooth but dangerous villain. His third film for Universal The Looters was where he met his future wife Julie Adams. He was prolific in television work as well as film where he received the Golden Globe Award in 1956 for the new male star of the year in film. In 1961, Danton co-starred with Rosalind Russell, Alec Guinness, and Madlyn Rhue in A Majority of One. He was a semi-regular on the ABC/WB adventure series The Alaskans and made several television pilots playing spies, such as Big Time (1957), Solitare (1961) for Warner Bros, and Our Man Flint: Dead on Target (1976). He also formed a production company in Europe producing films like The Last Mercenary and began directing with Deathmaster (1972) and Psychic Killer (1975). Danton continued directing as well as acting and started producing films such as Triangle in 1971. He guest-starred in an episode of the 1974 ABC police drama Nakia, and a 1974 Hawaii Five-O episode "Steal Now, Pay Later". Danton directed many episodes of Magnum PI in Season 8, 1988-1989. He died of complications from a kidney ailment in Los Angeles, California, age 60.