"I don't watch television."
Ray Walston (born Herman Raymond Halston; November 2, 1914 – January 1, 2001) was an American actor of stage and screen, known for his roles in such films as Damn Yankees, The Sting, Popeye, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High and on the television series My Favorite Martian and Picket Fences, the latter of which earned him two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
He was married to Ruth Calvert and they had one child.
Walston died in 2001 at age 86 from complications due to lupus.
Filmography:
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Film roles
- Kiss Them For Me as Lt. (j.g.) McCann
- South Pacific as Luther Billis
- Damn Yankees as Mr. Applegate
- Say One For Me as Phil Stanley
- Tall Story as Prof. Leo Sullivan
- The Apartment as Joe Dobisch
- Portrait In Black as Cobb
- Convicts 4 as Iggy
- Wives And Lovers as Wylie Driberg
- Whos Minding The Store as Mr. Quimby
- Kiss Me, Stupid as Orville J. Spooner
- Caprice as Stuart Clancy
- Paint Your Wagon as Mad Jack Duncan
- The Sting as J.J. Singleton
- Silver Streak as Mr. Whiney
- The Happy Hooker Goes To Washington as Sen. Sturges
- Popeye as Poopdeck Pappy
- Galaxy of Terror as Kore
- The Kid With The Broken Halo as Michael (TV Movie)
- O Haras Wife as Walter Tatum
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High as Mr. Hand
- Private School as Chauncey
- This Girl For Hire as Abner Litto (TV Movie)
- The Jerk Too as Diesel (TV Movie)
- Johnny Dangerously as Vendor
- OC And Stiggs as Gramps
- RAD as Burton Timmer
- From The Hip as 1st Judge
- Paramedics as Heart Attack Victim
- Blood Relations as Charles
- Saturday The14th Strikes Back as Gramps Baxter
- A Man Of Passion as Basilio
- Fine Gold as Sacacorchos
- Ski Patrol as Pops
- Blood Savage as Mr. Stone
- Popcorn as Dr. Mnesyne
- The Player as Ray Walston
- Of Mice and Men as Candy
- Space Case as Bert
- Project: ALF as Motel Manager (TV Movie)
- House Arrest as Chief Rocco
- The Westing Game as Sandy McSouthers (TV Movie)
- Tricks as Big Sam (TV Movie)
- Addams Family Reunion as Walter Adams (TV Movie)
- My Favorite Martian as Armitan
- Swing Vote 1999 as Justice Clore Cawley (TV Movie)
- Early Bird Special as Pappy
Television roles
- Studio One In Hollywood as Mickey/Zand (2 episodes)
- Suspense as various (5 episodes)
- The Aquanauts as Carl Friendly (1 episode)
- Shirley Temples Storybook as Sting Ray (1 episode)
- Cains Hundred as Manny Rockham (1 episode)
- Adventures In Paradise as Frank Hoag (1 episode)
- Saints And Sinners as Larry Briggs (1 episode)
- Wide Country as Arthur Callan (1 episode)
- Ben Casey as Councilman York (1 episode)
- My Favorite Martian as Uncle Martin
- The Wild Wild West as Prof. Henry Johnson (1 episode)
- Garrison's Gorillas as Oscar Mennen (1 episode)
- My World… and Welcome to It as Special Guest Star/J.J. Howard (2 episodes)
- Mod Squad as J.B. (1 episode)
- Ironside (1967) as Walter Butler (1 episode)
- Love, American Style as Coach/Mr. Wood (2 episodes)
- Mission: Impossible as Dr. Victor Flory (1 episode)
- Bridget Loves Bernie as Clerk (1 episode)
- The Evil Touch as Lon Zachary/Prof. Jonathan Slater (2 episodes)
- The Rookies as Harry Melrose (1 episode)
- The Six Million Dollar Man as Horton Budge (1 episode)
- Flying High as Desk Clerk (1 episode)
- Starsky & Hutch as Tommy Reese (1 episode)
- The Incredible Hulk (1977) as Jasper Dowd (1 episode)
- Little House on the Prairie as Jimmy Hart (1 episode)
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Roderick Zale (1 episode)
- Code Red as Asa Armstrong (1 episode)
- The Littlest Hobo as Charlie (1 episode)
- Fame as Birdie Whelan (1 episode)
- Hart to Hart as Elliott Laurence (1 episode)
- Fantasy Island as The Mayor (1 episode)
- Gimme a Break! as Andy (1 episode)
- Newhart as Claude Darling (1 episode)
- Night Court as Judge Martin A. Landis (1 episode)
- Santa Barbara as Mr. Bottoms (11 episodes)
- The Love Boat as Max Phelps (1 episode)
- Trapper John, M.D. as Rusty/Harold Brandon/Sidewalk Santa (2 episodes)
- Otherworld as Bureaucrat (1 episodes)
- Matt Houston as Det. Clyde St. Claire (1 episode)
- Brothers as Guy (1 episode)
- Misfits of Science as Barney (1 episode)
- Silver Spoons as Uncle Harry (1 episode)
- The New Leave It To Beaver as Gustav Rychard (2 episodes)
- Fast Times as Mr. Arnold Hand
- The Smurfs as Teacher/various (2 episodes)
- Simon & Simon as Danny 'The Milwaukee Kid' Chesney/Al Ranfield/Rockwell Stark (3 episodes)
- St. Elsewhere as Dr. Arrowsmith (1 episode)
- 21 Jump Street as Judge Desmond (1 episode)
- Sledge Hammer! as Prof. Amos McCoy (1 episode)
- Murder, She Wrote as Q.L. Frubson (1 episode)
- Friday the 13th: The Series as Jay Star/Jay Starenski (1 episode)
- The Adventures of Superboy as Prof. Abel Gordon (1 episode)
- Paradise as Alexander R.R. Morgan (1 episode)
- L.A. Law as Gus Nivens (1 episode)
- Parker Lewis Can't Lose as Augie (1 episode)
- Dream On as Father Augustine (1 episode)
- Eerie, Indiana as Nerd (1 episode)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation as Boothby (1 episode)
- Star Trek: Voyager as Boothby (2 episodes)
- The Commish as Burt Hagstone (1 episode)
- Picket Fences as Judge Henry Bone (81 episodes)
- The Stand (1994) as Glen Bateman
- Dave's World as Judge Stone (1 episode)
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Lucius Slicker (1 episode)
- Ally McBeal as Minister Breyer (1 episode)
- Touched by an Angel as Benjamin Clay (1 episode)
- 7th Heaven as Sgt. Millard/Millard Holmes (2 episodes)
