Handsome and smooth natured leading man who often played oily individuals, Ray Danton was born in New York and dramatically trained at Carnegie Tech. First debuted on-screen as a moody Native American in Chief Crazy Horse (1955) and regularly guest-starred in many 1950s TV shows including Playhouse 90 (1956), Wagon Train (1957), and 77 Sunset Strip...
Directed 3 films in Italy and Spain including Deathmaster (1972) and Hannah, Queen of the Vampires (1973), and also TV episodes of series like Dynasty (1981), and also ran his own production company in Barcelona, Spain.
His companion at the time of his death was actress Jeannie Austin, who was cast in a couple of TV episodes Ray directed, including Magnum, P.I. (1980).
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Barnaby Jones
1977
TV Series
Nick DeMarco
The Feather and Father Gang
1977
TV Series
Big Jim
Our Man Flint: Dead on Target
1976
TV Movie
Derek Flint
Switch
1976
TV Series
Ralph Carson
Sixpack Annie
1975
Mr. O'Meyer (as Raymond Danton)
Psychic Killer
1975
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
Joe Forrester
1975
TV Series
The Rockford Files
1975
TV Series
Chester Sierra
Matt Helm
1975
TV Series
Apache Blood
1975
Yellow Shirt
Caribe
1975
TV Series
Reese
Nakia
1974
TV Series
Rodale
Hawaii Five-O
1970-1974
TV Series
Colby / Akamai / Jimmy
Cannon
1973-1974
TV Series
Alex Brennan / Earl Dakin
The Manhunter
1974
TV Series
The Centerfold Girls
1974
Perry
Toma
1974
TV Series
Al Dancer
McCloud
1972-1974
TV Series
Chuck Mason / Stokes
Police Story
1974
TV Series
Johnny Landres
Blood, Black and White
1973
The Streets of San Francisco
1973
TV Series
Royce
Runaway!
1973
TV Movie
Prof. Jack Dunn
A Very Missing Person
1972
TV Movie
Capt. Westering
The Ballad of Billie Blue
1972
Night Gallery
1972
TV Series
Joe Melcor (segment "The Miracle at Camafeo")
Nichols
1971
TV Series
Juan
Riuscirà il nostro eroe a ritrovare il più grande diamante del mondo?
1971
Jimmy Logan
Banyon
1971
TV Series
Victor Pappas
The Young Lawyers
1971
TV Series
Josh Ferris
Triangle
1970
Carlo Di Fermi
The F.B.I.
1970
TV Series
Glen Frye
Dan August
1970
TV Series
Andriotti
Love, American Style
1970
TV Series
Kane Walker (segment "Love and Mr. Nice Guy")
It Takes a Thief
1969
TV Series
Secretary Raymon Ortega
Ironside
1969
TV Series
Avery Corman
The Name of the Game
1969
TV Series
Pietro Bertelli
Die grosse Treibjagd
1968
Mark / Marco Anderson
Hello Glen Ward, House Dick
1968
Glen Ward
The Big Valley
1968
TV Series
Reed Clayton
Lucky, el intrépido
1967
Lucky
Si muore solo una volta
1967
Mike Gold
Ballata da un miliardo
1967
Big Joe Martin
Secret Agent Super Dragon
1966
Bryan Cooper
Super Dragon
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1965
TV Series
Vincent Carver
Honey West
1965
TV Series
Sonny
Code Name: Jaguar
1965
Jeff Larson
Sandokan contro il leopardo di Sarawak
1964
Sandokan
Sandokan alla riscossa
1964
Sandokan
Wagon Train
1958-1964
TV Series
Zeb Stark / Robert Kincaid / Monty Britton
Arrest and Trial
1964
TV Series
Jess Malloy
Temple Houston
1964
TV Series
Martin Royale
Death Valley Days
1964
TV Series
Jere Fryer
Redigo
1963
TV Series
Jeff Burton
Kraft Mystery Theater
1962-1963
TV Series
Robert Mason
The Gallant Men
1963
TV Series
Hugo Petra
Empire
1963
TV Series
Four Thumbs
FBI Code 98
1963
TV Movie
Fred Vitale
Wide Country
1962
TV Series
Warren Price
The Virginian
1962
TV Series
Lt. Steve Hamilton
Laramie
1962
TV Series
Vince Jackson
The Chapman Report
1962
Fred Linden
The Longest Day
1962
Capt. Frank
The Dick Powell Theatre
1962
TV Series
Magnus Repp
A Majority of One
1961
Jerry Black
The George Raft Story
1961
George Raft
Portrait of a Mobster
1961
'Legs' Diamond
The Roaring 20's
1960-1961
TV Series
Harry Shayne / 'Dandy' Dan Brady
Bronco
1958-1961
TV Series
Fred Larkin / Bill Magrider
A Fever in the Blood
1961
Attorney Clem Marker
Maverick
1961
TV Series
Don Felipe Archuleta
Cheyenne
1960
TV Series
Marshal Al Lestrade
Surfside 6
1960
TV Series
Danny Rome / Marty Hartman
Lawman
1959-1960
TV Series
Yawkey / Len Farrell
Hawaiian Eye
1960
TV Series
Mark Hamilton / Barry Logan
The Alaskans
1959-1960
TV Series
Nifty Cronin
Colt .45
1960
TV Series
Kane
Bourbon Street Beat
1960
TV Series
Duke Powell
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
1960
Jack 'Legs' Diamond
Ice Palace
1960
Bay Husack
Yellowstone Kelly
1959
Sayapi, Gall's Nephew
Sugarfoot
1957-1959
TV Series
Duke McGann / Blacky Rude
The Big Operator
1959
Oscar 'The Executioner' Wetzel
Bat Masterson
1959
TV Series
Tonio
The Beat Generation
1959
Stan Hess
77 Sunset Strip
1958-1959
TV Series
Johnny Manetti / Velasquez
Behind Closed Doors
1959
TV Series
Ralph Drake
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1959
TV Series
Robert Mason
The Millionaire
1958
TV Series
Nick Slade
Tarawa Beachhead
1958
Lt. Joel Brady
Yancy Derringer
1958
TV Series
Spade Stuart
Onionhead
1958
Ensign Dennis Higgins
Decision
1958
TV Series
Matinee Theatre
1956-1958
TV Series
Ben
Climax!
1958
TV Series
Eric Bartholomew / Co-Pilot
Too Much, Too Soon
1958
John Howard
Studio One in Hollywood
1958
TV Series
Callaghan
Trackdown
1957
TV Series
Clem Reese
Playhouse 90
1957
TV Series
Antonio
Schlitz Playhouse
1957
TV Series
Studio 57
1957
TV Series
The Night Runner
1957
Roy Turner
Lux Video Theatre
1955-1956
TV Series
Bob / David Douglas
Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956
Off-Screen Reporter (voice, uncredited)
Outside the Law
1956
John Conrad, alias Johnny Salvo
I'll Cry Tomorrow
1955
David Tredman
The Spoilers
1955
Blackie
The Looters
1955
Pete Corder
Chief Crazy Horse
1955
Little Big Man
The Pirate and the Lawyer
1955
TV Movie
Jean Lafitte
Kraft Theatre
1953
TV Series
Out There
1951
TV Series
Starlight Theatre
1951
TV Series
Coles
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The New Mike Hammer
1984-1989
TV Series 5 episodes
Beverly Hills Buntz
1988
TV Series 1 episode
Dynasty
1988
TV Series 1 episode
Magnum, P.I.
1987-1988
TV Series 2 episodes
Leg Work
1987
TV Series 2 episodes
Cagney & Lacey
1982-1987
TV Series 10 episodes
Vietnam War Story
1987
TV Series 1 episode
Tall Tales & Legends
1986
TV Series 1 episode
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1986
TV Movie
Fame
1985
TV Series 3 episodes
T.J. Hooker
1985
TV Series 1 episode
Tales of the Unexpected
1981-1984
TV Series 3 episodes
Dallas
1984
TV Series 1 episode
Feel the Heat
1983
TV Series pilot
Quincy M.E.
1977-1983
TV Series 25 episodes
American Dream
1981
TV Series 1 episode
Bender
1979
TV Series 1 episode
The Incredible Hulk
1978
TV Series 1 episode
Switch
1978
TV Series 2 episodes
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
1978
TV Series 1 episode
Psychic Killer
1975
as Raymond Danton
Hannah, Queen of the Vampires
1973
new footage
Deathmaster
1972
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The New Mike Hammer
1986-1987
TV Series supervising producer - 9 episodes
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The New Mike Hammer
1986-1987
TV Series story - 2 episodes
Quincy M.E.
1977-1980
TV Series story - 4 episodes
Psychic Killer
1975
written by - as Raymond Danton
McCloud
1971
TV Series story - 1 episode
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
1992
TV Series consultant to producer - 3 episodes
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
1975
production executive - as Raymond Danton
Hannah, Queen of the Vampires
1973
director: extra footage for English language version
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
That Regis Philbin Show
1964
TV Series
Himself
Here's Hollywood
1961
TV Series
Himself
The Juke Box Jury
1958
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
2005
TV Movie documentary
Jack 'Legs' Diamond
Llámale Jess
2000
Documentary
Himself
20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years
1997
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Kolossal - i magnifici Macisti
1977
Documentary
Sandokan (as R. Danton)
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1988
ACE
CableACE Awards
Directing a Theatrical or Dramatic Special
Vietnam War Story (1987)
1956
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Most Promising Newcomer - Male
I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1986
DGA Award
Directors Guild of America, USA
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series' - Night