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Biography

Ray (birth name-Herman) Walston was born in New Orleans, Louisiana (some sources say Laurel, Mississippi), on December 2, 1914. The son of Harrie and…more

Born

11/2/1914, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Died

1/1/2001

Birth Name

Herman Walston

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (7)

Role
- Picket Fences
  Judge Henry Bone [ episodes 23 - 88, recurring previously ]
  - S 4: Ep 20 Liver Let Die
    6/26/96
  - S 4: Ep 19 To Forgive is Divine
    6/19/96
  - S 4: Ep 18 Forget Selma
    6/12/96
  - S 4: Ep 16 Winner Takes All
    6/5/96
  - S 4: Ep 22 Three Weddings and a Meltdown
    4/24/96
  - + 61 More Credits
- Stephen King's The Stand
  Glen Bateman
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Dreams
    5/9/94
- Smurfs
  Additional Voice
  - S 9: Ep 39 Hearts 'N' Smurfs
    12/2/89
  - S 9: Ep 38 The Golden Rhino
    12/2/89
  - S 9: Ep 37 Brainy's Beastly Boo-Boo
    12/2/89
  - S 9: Ep 36 Wild Goes Cuckoo
    12/2/89
  - S 9: Ep 35 Smurfs of the Round Table
    11/18/89
  - + 422 More Credits
- Amazing Stories
  Storyteller
  - S 2: Ep 21 Miss Stardust
    4/10/87
  - S 2: Ep 20 Moving Day
    4/3/87
  - S 2: Ep 19 Without Diana
    3/27/87
  - S 2: Ep 18 Such Interesting Neighbors
    3/20/87
  - S 2: Ep 17 Gershwin's Trunk
    3/13/87
  - + 39 More Credits
- Fast Times
  Mr Arnold Hand
  - S 1: Ep 7 Secret Romance
    4/23/86
  - S 1: Ep 6 My New Best Friend
    4/9/86
  - S 1: Ep 5 My Brother, the Car
    4/2/86
  - S 1: Ep 4 What Is Life?
    3/26/86
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Engagement
    3/19/86
  - + 2 More Credits
- Stop Susan Williams
  Bob Richards
  - S 1: Ep 1 Chapter 2 - The Silent Enemy
    2/27/79
- My Favorite Martian
  Uncle Martin O'Hara
  - S 3: Ep 32 Pay the Man the $24
    5/1/66
  - S 3: Ep 31 My Nut Cup Runneth Over
    4/24/66
  - S 3: Ep 30 Stop the Presses, I Want to Get Off
    4/17/66
  - S 3: Ep 29 Horse and Buggy Martin
    4/3/66
  - S 3: Ep 28 Martin Meets His Match
    3/27/66
  - + 102 More Credits
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- Picket Fences
  Judge Henry Bone
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Lullaby League
    5/6/93
  - S 1: Ep 21 Sugar and Spice
    4/29/93
  - S 1: Ep 20 Rights of Passage
    4/15/93
  - S 1: Ep 19 Sightings
    4/8/93
  - S 1: Ep 18 Fetal Attraction
    4/1/93
  - + 10 More Credits
- Santa Barbara
  Mr. Bottoms
  - S 1: Ep 85 Episode 0085
    11/26/84
  - S 1: Ep 84 Episode 0084
    11/23/84
  - S 1: Ep 82 Episode 0082
    11/20/84
  - S 1: Ep 63 Episode 0063
    10/24/84
  - S 1: Ep 56 Episode 0056
    10/15/84
  - + 6 More Credits
Guest Star (97)

Role
- 7th Heaven
  Sgt. Milliard (Uncredited)
  - S 5: Ep 12 One Hundred
    1/29/01
- Touched By an Angel
  Benjamin Clay
  - S 7: Ep 1 The Face on the Bar Room Floor
    10/15/00
- Ally McBeal
  Minister Breyer
  - S 3: Ep 1 Car Wash
    10/25/99
- Biography
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 59 Ray Walston: No Antennae, Please.
    10/20/99
- Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 3 No Less a Starfish / My Convertible / Love Is Never Lost / A Gentle Caress....
    8/31/99
- Star Trek: Voyager
  Boothby
  - S 5: Ep 19 The Fight
    3/24/99
  - S 5: Ep 4 In The Flesh
    11/4/98
- E! True Hollywood Story
  himself
  - S 3: Ep 4 Dean Martin
    1/24/99
- 7th Heaven
  Millard
  - S 3: Ep 6 And the Home of the Brave
    11/2/98
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
  Lucius Slicker
  - S 5: Ep 8 Remember Me
    11/9/96
  - S 5: Ep 7 Right or Wrong
    11/2/96
- Dave's World
  Judge Stone
  - S 4: Ep 4 Crime and Coconuts
    10/4/96
- Screen Actors Guild Awards
  Himself, Nominee
  - S 2: Ep 1 2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
    2/24/96
- ALF
  Motel Manager
  - S 4: Ep 25 Project: ALF
    2/17/96
- The Commish
  Bartimous Hagstone
  - S 2: Ep 5 The Witches of Eastbridge
    10/31/92
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
  Boothby
  - S 5: Ep 19 The First Duty
    3/30/92
- Eerie, Indiana
  Ned
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Loyal Order of Corn
    3/22/92
- Dream On
  Father Augustine
  - S 2: Ep 12 The Charlotte Letter
    9/15/91
- Parker Lewis Can't Lose
  Augie
  - S 1: Ep 26 Parker Lewis Can't Win
    5/19/91
- Shades of L.A.
  Charlie
  - S 1: Ep 7 Where There's No Will There's a Weigh In
    11/21/90
- L.A. Law
  Gus Nivens
  - S 4: Ep 20 Forgive Me Father, For I Have Sued
    5/3/90
- Paradise
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 1 A Gather Of Guns
    9/10/89
- The Adventures of Superboy
  Professor Gordon
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Russian Exchange Student
    10/29/88
- Friday the 13th: The Series
  Jay Star
  - S 1: Ep 10 Tales of the Undead
    1/30/88
- The Law & Harry McGraw
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 9 State Of The Art
    11/24/87
- Murder, She Wrote
  Q.L. Frubson
  - S 4: Ep 5 The Way To Dusty Death
    10/25/87
- Sledge Hammer!
  Professor McCoy
  - S 2: Ep 2 Big Nazi on Campus
    9/24/87
- 21 Jump Street
  Judge Desmond
  - S 2: Ep 1 In the Custody of a Clown
    9/20/87
- St. Elsewhere
  Dr. Arrowsmith
  - S 5: Ep 15 Getting Ahead
    1/28/87
- Simon & Simon
  Danny 'The Milwaukie Kid' Chesney
  - S 6: Ep 14 For Old Crime's Sake
    1/15/87
- Simon & Simon
  Al Ranfield
  - S 5: Ep 10 Walk a Mile in My Hat
    12/12/85
- Misfits of Science
  Barney
  - S 1: Ep 7 Steer Crazy
    11/29/85
- Silver Spoons
  Uncle Harry
  - S 4: Ep 6 The Trouble with Harry (a.k.a. The Trouble with Uncle Harry)
    11/3/85
- Brothers (1984)
  Guy
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Fourth Ball
    5/9/85
- Matt Houston
  Clyde Sinclair
  - S 3: Ep 18 New Orleans Nightmare
    2/8/85
- Otherworld
  Gad-Ben Sirrah (photo only)
  - S 1: Ep 1 Rules of Attraction
    1/26/85
- Trapper John, M.D.
  Rusty/Harold Brandon
  - S 6: Ep 13 Buckaroo Bob Rides Again
    1/20/85
- Night Court
  Judge Martin A. Landis
  - S 2: Ep 7 Harry on Trial
    11/15/84
- Newhart
  Claude Darling
  - S 3: Ep 1 Tell a Lie, Get a Check
    10/15/84
- Gimme a Break!
  Andy
  - S 3: Ep 21 The Center
    4/19/84
- Fantasy Island
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 18 The Devil Stick / Touch and Go
    3/19/83
- Simon & Simon
  Rockwell Stark
  - S 2: Ep 11 Murder Between the Lines
    1/6/83
- Hart To Hart
  Elliott Laurence
  - S 4: Ep 6 Harts' Desire
    11/16/82
- Fame
  Birdie Whelan
  - S 1: Ep 14 A Big Finish
    4/15/82
- The Littlest Hobo
  Charlie
  - S 3: Ep 16 A Special Friend
    2/25/82
- Trapper John, M.D.
  Sidewalk Santa
  - S 3: Ep 9 'Tis the Season
    12/20/81
- Code Red
  Asa
  - S 1: Ep 6 All That Glitters
    11/29/81
- Buck Rogers
  Roderick Zale
  - S 1: Ep 11 Cosmic Whiz Kid
    11/15/79
- Little House on the Prairie
  Jimmy Hart
  - S 6: Ep 12 The King Is Dead
    11/12/79
- The Incredible Hulk
  Jasper Dowd
  - S 3: Ep 5 My Favorite Magician
    10/26/79
- Starsky And Hutch
  Tommy Reese
  - S 4: Ep 13 The Golden Angel
    1/16/79
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 61 December 17, 1976
    12/17/76
- The Six Million Dollar Man
  Horton Budge
  - S 4: Ep 11 A Bionic Christmas Carol
    12/12/76
- Ellery Queen
  Howard Pratt
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Adventure Of Auld Lang Syne
    9/11/75
- The Evil Touch
  Lon
  - S 1: Ep 18 The Trial
    2/3/74
- The Evil Touch
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 14 Dear Beloved Monster
    12/16/73
- The Paul Lynde Show
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 11 Meet Aunt Charlotte
    11/29/72
- Mission: Impossible
  Dr. Victor Flory
  - S 7: Ep 5 TOD-5 (aka The Carrier)
    10/14/72
- Love, American Style
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 70 Love and the Fullback
    1/21/72
  - S 1: Ep 46 Love and the Boss' Ex
    1/12/70
- Ironside
  Walter
  - S 5: Ep 5 Ring of Prayer
    10/12/71
- The Mod Squad
  J.B.
  - S 3: Ep 20 A Double for Danger
    2/23/71
- E! True Hollywood Story
  (himself)
  - S 1: Ep 11 Anthony Perkins
- My World and Welcome to It
  J.J. Howard
  - S 1: Ep 15 The War Between Men and Women
    12/22/69
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 36 Week of October 20, 1969
    10/20/69
  - S 3: Ep 191 June 1, 1965
    6/1/65
  - S 11: Ep 81 December 26, 1972
    12/26/72
  - S 10: Ep 145 March 17, 1972
    3/17/72
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 32 October 14, 1969
    10/14/69
- Garrison's Gorillas
  Oscar
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Great Crime Wave
    12/5/67
- Custer
  Ned Quimbo
  - S 1: Ep 8 Breakout
    11/1/67
- The Wild Wild West (1969)
  Professor Johnson
  - S 3: Ep 8 The Night of Montezuma's Hordes
    10/27/67
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 40 October 28, 1966
    10/28/66
- The Danny Kaye Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 9 November 17, 1965
    11/17/65
- Ben Casey
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 23 The White Ones Are Dolphins
    3/11/63
- Wide Country
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Girl In The Sunshine Smile
    11/15/62
- Saints and Sinners (1962)
  Larry Briggs
  - S 1: Ep 4 Judgement In Jazz Alley
    10/8/62
- Going My Way
  Guest Star
- Adventures in Paradise
  Frank Hoag
  - S 3: Ep 23 A Bride for the Captain
    3/11/62
- Cain's Hundred
  Manny Rockham
  - S 1: Ep 10 In The Balance
    11/28/61
- Target: The Corruptors
  O'Sullivan
  - S 1: Ep 7 Touch Of Evil
    11/10/61
- Outlaws
  Willie
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Cut Ups
    10/26/61
- The Americans
  Whit Bristow
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Bounty Jumpers
    4/17/61
- Shirley Temple Theatre
  Sting Ray (voice)
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Little Mermaid
    3/5/61
- Shirley Temple's Storybook
  Sting Ray
  - S 2: Ep 22 The Little Mermaid
    3/5/61
- The Aquanauts
  Carl Friendly
  - S 1: Ep 18 The Aquanauts: The Amored Truck Adventure
    2/15/61
- The Play of the Week
  Uncle Harry
  - S 2: Ep 11 Uncle Harry
    12/5/60
- Outlaws
  Judge
  - S 1: Ep 3 Beat the Drum Slowly
    10/20/60
- The Perry Como Show
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 29 May 18, 1960
    5/18/60
  - S 11: Ep 3 September 27, 1958
    9/27/58
- Playhouse 90
  Partridge
  - S 3: Ep 5 Shadows Tremble
    10/23/58
- What's My Line?
  Cameo Appearance
  - S 9: Ep 29 EPISODE #406
    3/16/58
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Dave Corween
  - S 6: Ep 5 There Shall Be No Night
    3/17/57
- The Colgate Comedy Hour
  Guest
  - S 5: Ep 33 7/10/1955
    7/10/55
- You Are There
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 28 D-Day
    3/6/55
- Producers' Showcase
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 3 Dateline
    12/13/54
- Producers' Showcase
  Spike McManus
  - S 1: Ep 2 State of the Union
    11/15/54
- Suspense
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 49 The Iron Cop
    8/10/54
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Serpent Ring
    10/18/49
- Studio One
  Mickey
  - S 6: Ep 45 The Hero
    7/26/54
- Justice (1954)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 13 Call Me Guilty
    7/1/54
- Studio One
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 4 Little Men, Big World
    10/13/52
  - S 4: Ep 8 The Hero
    11/5/51
- Suspense
  Herbert The Hook (as Ray Wallston)
  - S 2: Ep 28 The Parcel
    3/14/50
- Suspense
  Train Ticket Agent (uncredited)
  - S 2: Ep 10 Goodbye New York
    11/8/49
- Suspense
  Mousey
  - S 2: Ep 5 Doctor Violet
    10/4/49

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Trivia
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- Ray Walston also worked as a reporter and a printer before he became an actor.
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- Ray Walston got out of bed every morning of his life as an adult at six o'clock and punched a punching bag that was located hanging in the door frame of his bedroom.
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- Ray Walston's only starring role in a film came in the 1964 comedy, Kiss Me, Stupid. Walston got the role when the original star, Peter Sellers, dropped out at the last minute.
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- Ray Walston: I suppose that when I was a kid, and I went to the movies, and later went to some plays on my own when I got a little older, in New Orleans, where I was living then, I zeroed in on the actor. I was very conscious of the actor, watched what he did.
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- Ray Walston: Some things have got to be learned, but when you are out on that stage in front of people and start talking and trying to be a character, talent will come out.
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- Ray Walston: But I would like to think that it is the actor that makes the difference in these cases. Not the director, not the guy that wrote the book, not the guy that adapted it for the screen, but the actor.
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