Ray Anthony

Ray Anthony fascinates me because he sits at the hinge of a whole era. Coming out of Glenn Miller's orchestra and then leading his own big band, he rode the swing wave at exactly the moment it defined American nightlife. What I admire is the range: a trumpeter and bandleader who also crossed into acting, earning a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 1960. That kind of versatility rarely survives contact with a single golden age, yet he made it work. To me he represents the craftsmen who turned popular music into something glamorous and durable, and I would have loved to hear that brass live.

Name (English)

Ray Anthony

Name (Japanese)

レイ・アンソニー

Reading

れい・あんそにー

Born

January 20, 1922 (age 104)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Dog

Origin

Bentleyville, Pennsylvania, United States

Occupation

actor / trumpeter / bandleader / conductor / jazz musician

Awards & achievements

• 1960 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray%20Anthony
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1971146

Tags

• Pennsylvania
• actor
• trumpeter
• bandleader

Last updated

2026-06-20

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.