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Ray Danton (Raymond Kaplan) was born on 19 September, 1931 in New York City, New York, USA, is an actor,director,producer. Discover Ray Danton's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?

Popular As Raymond Kaplan
Occupation actor,director,producer
Age 61 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 19 September 1931
Birthday 19 September
Birthplace New York City, New York, USA
Date of death 11 February, 1992
Died Place Los Angeles, California, USA
Nationality United States

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Ray Danton Height, Weight & Measurements

At 61 years old, Ray Danton height is 6' (1.83 m) .

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Height 6' (1.83 m)
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Who Is Ray Danton's Wife?

His wife is Julie Adams (20 February 1955 - 13 April 1978) ( divorced) ( 2 children)

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Wife Julie Adams (20 February 1955 - 13 April 1978) ( divorced) ( 2 children)
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Ray Danton Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Ray Danton worth at the age of 61 years old? Ray Danton’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United States. We have estimated Ray Danton's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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1955

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 Days Of Wine & Roses - Cliff Robertson & Piper Laurie, "Playhouse 90" Original TV Version (1956), Wagon Train (1957), and 77 Sunset Strip (1958). . . often as a gunslinger or a slippery criminal.

1957

Danton found plenty of demand for his talents and appeared in several minor films including The Night Runner (1957), Tarawa Beachhead (1958), in which he starred with his wife, Julie Adams, and then as a serial rapist in The Beat Generation (1959).

1960

However, his most well remembered role was as the vicious prohibition gangster Jack Diamond in the superb The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960) also starring a young Warren Oates and directed by Budd Boetticher.

Europe then beckoned for the virile Danton, and like many other young US actors in the early 1960s, he made several films in Italy and Spain between 1964 and 1969 with a mixture of success.

1961

Danton reprised his Legs Diamond role only a year later in the unrelated, and not as enjoyable Portrait of a Mobster (1961).

Cornering the market on playing shady characters, Danton then portrayed troubled actor George Raft in The George Raft Story (1961), but he was back on the side of good in 1962 playing an Allied officer at the invasion of Normandy in The Longest Day (1962).

1962

In his memoir, Robert Wagner relates that his fondest memory of filming The Longest Day (1962) was that when the hotelier where the actors were lodged saw Ray Danton check in with two women in tow, he booked them into a room with two-way mirrors and charged guests to watch Danton make love simultaneously to two women night after night.

1970

Danton returned to the USA in the early 1970s and appeared in several other low budget features; however, he also turned his hand to direction and his first film was the AIP production of Deathmaster (1972) starring Robert Quarry who was riding high on the success of the Count Yorga vampire films.

Danton directed another couple of minor horror films before becoming involved in television and directing episodes of some of the most popular TV series of the 1970/80s including Quincy M. E.

1972

Directed 3 films in Italy and Spain including Deathmaster (1972) and Crypt of the Living Dead (1973), and also TV episodes of series like Dynasty (1981), and also ran his own production company in Barcelona, Spain.

1976

(1976), The Incredible Hulk (1977), Magnum, P. I.

1980

(1980) and Cagney & Lacey (1981).

1987

His final directorial work was on the TV series Vietnam War Story (1987) in 1987.