Ray Danton

Ray Danton appeals to me as a true craftsman of the screen. He made his name playing real figures in The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond and The George Raft Story, projecting a sleek, dangerous charisma that aged well. What I respect more, though, is that he didn't settle for being a face. He moved behind the camera as a director and producer, and worked across radio, stage, film, and television. That kind of range tells me someone simply loved storytelling for its own sake. He left us in 1992, but the cool, controlled presence he brought to those biopics still holds up.

Name (English)

Ray Danton

Name (Japanese)

レイ・ダントン

Reading

れい・だんとん

Born

September 19, 1931 – February 11, 1992

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Goat

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Occupation

film director / film actor / television actor / stage actor / film producer

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray%20Danton
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q932660

Tags

• New York
• film director
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-21

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.