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Ray Walston Movies

Want to know the best Ray Walston movies?  How about the worst Ray Walston movies?  Curious about Ray Walston box office grosses or which Ray Walston movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Ray Walston movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well, you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

Ray Walston (1914-2001) was an American actor.   Walston was well known as the title character on My Favorite Martian.  His major films, South Pacific,  Damn Yankees, The Sting,  Popeye, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High.  His IMDb page shows 155 acting credits from 1954 to 2001.   This page will rank Ray Walston movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information.

South Pacific (1958)

Ray Walston Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.

Year Movie (Year) Rating S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1960 The Apartment (1960)
AA Best Picture Win
1973 The Sting (1973)
AA Best Picture Win
1976 Silver Streak (1976)
1958 South Pacific (1958)
1958 Damn Yankees (1958)
1980 Popeye (1980)
1960 Portrait in Black (1960)
1969 Paint Your Wagon (1969)
1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
1959 Say One For Me (1959)
1960 Tall Story (1960)
1964 Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
1963 Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
1992 Of Mice and Men (1992)
1957 Kiss Them For Me (1957)
1984 Johnny Dangerously (1984)
1986 RAD (1986)
1987 From the Hip (1987)
1967 Caprice (1967)
1983 Private School (1983)
1962 Convicts 4 (1962)
1996 House Arrest (1996)
1990 Ski Patrol (1990)
1991 Popcorn (1991)
1999 My Favorite Martian (1999)
1963 Wives and Lovers (1963)
1985 O.C. and Stiggs (1985)
1989 Fine Gold (1989)
1988 Blood Relations (1988)
1982 O'Hara's Wife (1982)
1990 Blood Savage (1990)
1981 Galaxy of Terror (1981)
1988 Paramedics (1988)
1977 The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington (1977)
1988 Saturday the 14th Strikes Back (1988)

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

Ray Walston Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies any way you want.

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  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Ray Walston movie received.
  • Sort Ray Walston movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
R Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) Review Oscar Nom / Win UMR Score
R Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) B.O. Rank by Year Review Oscar Nom / Win UMR Score S
1 The Apartment (1960)
AA Best Picture Win
Jack Lemmon &
Shirley MacLaine
19.00 344.2 344.20 8 87 10 / 05 99.9
2 The Sting (1973)
AA Best Picture Win
Paul Newman &
Robert Redford
157.60 1,113.1 1,969.10 2 88 10 / 03 99.9
3 Silver Streak (1976) Gene Wilder &
Richard Pryor
51.10 299.8 299.80 11 78 01 / 00 97.0
4 South Pacific (1958) Rossano Brazzi &
Mitzi Gaynor
28.10 586.3 586.30 1 73 03 / 01 96.4
7 Damn Yankees (1958) Tab Hunter &
Gwen Verdon
7.40 154.8 154.80 30 75 01 / 00 91.8
6 Popeye (1980) Robin Williams &
Shelley Duvall
49.80 239.5 288.60 14 59 00 / 00 90.9
9 Portrait in Black (1960) Lana Turner &
Anthony Quinn
10.00 181.2 181.20 22 59 00 / 00 88.8
5 Paint Your Wagon (1969) Lee Marvin &
Clint Eastwood
40.00 352.1 352.10 8 50 01 / 00 88.0
10 Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) Sean Penn &
Jennifer Jason Leigh
27.10 115.2 115.20 28 74 00 / 00 86.7
8 Say One For Me (1959) Bing Crosby &
Debbie Reynolds
11.10 232.1 232.10 20 45 01 / 00 85.8
12 Tall Story (1960) Anthony Perkins &
Jane Fonda
4.60 82.8 82.80 58 65 00 / 00 76.6
11 Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) Dean Martin &
Directed by Billy Wilder
4.50 59.7 59.70 67 71 00 / 00 75.7
14 Who's Minding the Store? (1963) Jerry Lewis &
Jill St. John
6.30 91.4 91.40 46 53 00 / 00 68.3
13 Of Mice and Men (1992) John Malkovich &
Gary Sinise
5.50 16.5 16.50 116 74 00 / 00 65.0
16 Kiss Them For Me (1957) Cary Grant 3.70 82.9 82.90 67 51 00 / 00 61.8
17 Johnny Dangerously (1984) Michael Keaton &
Danny DeVito
17.10 63.7 63.70 58 55 00 / 00 59.2
15 RAD (1986) Bart Conner 2.00 6.8 6.80 147 72 00 / 00 57.2
18 From the Hip (1987) Judd Nelson &
John Hurt
9.50 30.4 30.40 87 62 00 / 00 52.8
20 Caprice (1967) Doris Day &
Richard Harris
5.00 51.7 51.70 49 54 00 / 00 50.5
21 Private School (1983) Phoebe Cates &
Betsy Russell
14.00 55.8 55.80 50 52 00 / 00 49.1
19 Convicts 4 (1962) Ben Gazzara 1.00 15.7 15.70 122 63 00 / 00 46.6
22 House Arrest (1996) Jamie Lee Curtis &
Kevin Pollak
7.00 19.9 19.90 140 57 00 / 00 35.6
23 Ski Patrol (1990) Roger Rose &
T.K. Carter
8.50 25.2 25.20 102 54 00 / 00 32.5
24 Popcorn (1991) Jill Schoelen &
Tom Villard
4.20 12.5 12.50 129 57 00 / 00 30.2
28 My Favorite Martian (1999) Christopher Lloyd &
Jeff Daniels
36.90 91.0 91.00 55 30 00 / 00 27.5
25 Wives and Lovers (1963) Janet Leigh &
Shelley Winters
2.10 31.1 31.10 87 47 01 / 00 25.6
26 O.C. and Stiggs (1985) Directed by Robert Altman 0.00 0.1 0.10 228 54 00 / 00 18.9
27 Fine Gold (1989) Ted Wass 0.10 0.2 0.20 226 53 00 / 00 17.2
29 Blood Relations (1988) Jan Rubes 0.10 0.1 0.10 275 49 00 / 00 11.7
30 O'Hara's Wife (1982) Jodie Foster 0.10 0.2 0.20 171 47 00 / 00 9.8
31 Blood Savage (1990) Danny Nelson 0.00 0.1 0.10 251 47 00 / 00 9.6
32 Galaxy of Terror (1981) Edward Albert 0.10 0.2 0.20 178 44 00 / 00 6.7
33 Paramedics (1988) John P. Ryan 0.40 1.1 1.10 221 42 00 / 00 5.3
34 The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington (1977) Joey Heatherton &
George Hamilton
1.10 6.4 6.40 134 28 00 / 00 0.8
35 Saturday the 14th Strikes Back (1988) Avery Schreiber 0.10 0.1 0.10 279 29 00 / 00 0.6

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4 thoughts on “Ray Walston Movies”

  1. Steve Lensman says:
    October 28, 2020 at 10:45 am

    I’ve seen 9 of the 35 films on the chart. Favorites are – The Sting, The Apartment, Silver Streak, Galaxy of Terror (guilty pleasure) and Who’s Minding the Store.

    I’ve also seen South Pacific, Paint Your Wagon, Fast Times and Johnny Dangerously.

    I vaguely remember Walston as the martian with the antennae on his head back when I was very young. I also dimly remember a series with a talking horse. 60s comedy shows I remember more vividly are Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie. Also Thunderbirds and Batman… aaah childhood memories… [wipes tear]

    Good stuff. Vote Up!

    Reply
  2. Dan says:
    October 18, 2020 at 4:40 pm

    Ray Walston is not on the 2020 Oracle of Bacon list. He was on the list way back when in 2000 when he was # 446. Then he disappeared from the list’

    These are the actors on the 2020 list he has appeared with.

    8 JOHN HURT From the Hip (1987)
    16 DENNIS HOPPER O.C. and Stiggs (1985)
    23 ROD STEIGER Convicts 4 (1962)
    23 ROD STEIGER The Player (1992)
    26 MALCOLM MCDOWELL The Player (1992)
    35 ELLIOTT GOULD The Player (1992)
    36 ANTHONY QUINN Portrait in Black (1960)
    43 CHRISTOPHER LLOYD My Favorite Martian (1999)
    51 BRUCE WILLIS The Player (1992)
    53 JOHN SAXON Blood Salvage (1990)
    53 JOHN SAXON Portrait in Black (1960)
    56 SUSAN SARANDON The Player (1992)
    61 BURT REYNOLDS The Player (1992)
    64 JOHN MALKOVICH Of Mice and Men (1992)
    71 NICOLAS CAGE Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
    76 DEAN STOCKWELL The Player (1992)
    80 MARTIN LANDAU The Fall of the House of Usher (1979)
    106 SHIRLEY MACLAINE The Apartment (1960)
    116 TIM ROBBINS The Player (1992)
    117 RICHARD HARRIS Caprice (1967)
    120 CLINT EASTWOOD Paint Your Wagon (1969)
    121 WHOOPI GOLDBERG The Player (1992)
    124 ROBERT WAGNER Say One for Me (1959)
    124 ROBERT WAGNER The Player (1992)
    129 SEAN PENN Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
    135 BEN GAZZARA Convicts 4 (1962)
    149 JEFF GOLDBLUM The Player (1992)
    151 ANJELICA HUSTON The Player (1992)
    155 SCOTT GLENN The Player (1992)
    157 GRETA SCACCHI The Player (1992)
    158 SHELLEY WINTERS Wives and Lovers (1963)
    160 JULIA ROBERTS The Player (1992)
    164 NICK NOLTE The Player (1992)
    194 CHARLES DURNING The Sting (1973)
    198 JOHN CUSACK The Player (1992)
    202 FOREST WHITAKER Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
    208 ROBIN WILLIAMS Popeye (1980)
    211 DANNY DEVITO Johnny Dangerously (1984)
    217 WALLACE SHAWN House Arrest (1996)
    217 WALLACE SHAWN My Favorite Martian (1999)
    223 JAMES COBURN The Player (1992)
    224 PAUL NEWMAN The Sting (1973)
    237 PETER FALK The Player (1992)
    247 RICHARD E. GRANT The Player (1992)
    281 VINCENT D’ONOFRIO The Player (1992)
    310 JACK LEMMON The Apartment (1960)
    310 JACK LEMMON The Player (1992)
    322 ROBERT REDFORD Tall Story (1960)
    322 ROBERT REDFORD The Sting (1973)
    342 JENNIFER JASON LEIGH Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
    343 PETER BOYLE Johnny Dangerously (1984)
    346 GARY BUSEY The Player (1992)
    362 DAVID ALAN GRIER From the Hip (1987)
    362 DAVID ALAN GRIER The Player (1992)
    370 DARYL HANNAH My Favorite Martian (1999)
    392 KAREN BLACK The Player (1992)
    410 JEFF DANIELS My Favorite Martian (1999)
    411 JENNIFER TILLY House Arrest (1996)
    412 RICHARD RIEHLE Of Mice and Men (1992)
    417 VINCENT SCHIAVELLI Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
    417 VINCENT SCHIAVELLI Johnny Dangerously (1984)
    426 JODIE FOSTER O’Hara’s Wife (1982)
    429 KEVIN POLLAK House Arrest (1996)
    435 MATTHEW MODINE Private School (1983)
    441 TERI GARR The Player (1992)
    462 STUART WHITMAN Convicts 4 (1962)
    482 MICHAEL LERNER My Favorite Martian (1999)
    487 FRED WARD The Player (1992)
    492 JANE FONDA Tall Story (1960)
    499 CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD House Arrest (1996)
    499 CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD Paramedics (1988)
    528 ERIC STOLTZ Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
    549 VINCENT PRICE Convicts 4 (1962)
    572 SALLY KELLERMAN Paramedics (1988)
    572 SALLY KELLERMAN The Player (1992)
    588 LOUISE FLETCHER The Player (1992)
    617 GRACE ZABRISKIE Galaxy of Terror (1981)
    621 COLLEEN CAMP House Arrest (1996)
    623 BRION JAMES The Player (1992)
    659 PATRICK SWAYZE The Player (1992)
    660 LEE MARVIN Paint Your Wagon (1969)
    666 SID HAIG GALAXY OF TERROR (1981)
    675 DOM DELUISE Johnny Dangerously (1984)
    677 ANTHONY PERKINS Tall Story (1960)
    678 GINA GERSHON The Player (1992)
    695 SALLY KIRKLAND The Player (1992)
    695 SALLY KIRKLAND The Sting (1973)
    696 JAMIE LEE CURTIS House Arrest (1996)
    702 PAUL DOOLEY O.C. and Stiggs (1985)
    702 PAUL DOOLEY Popeye (1980)
    702 PAUL DOOLEY The Player (1992)
    706 JEREMY PIVEN The Player (1992)
    724 MICHAEL KEATON Johnny Dangerously (1984)
    737 LILY TOMLIN The Player (1992)
    749 KATHLEEN FREEMAN Kiss Them for Me (1957)
    749 KATHLEEN FREEMAN Who’s Minding the Store? (1963)
    756 DEBBIE REYNOLDS Say One for Me (1959)
    775 GEORGE HAMILTON The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington (1977)
    787 ANDIE MACDOWELL The Player (1992)
    789 MARK BOONE JUNIOR Of Mice and Men (1992)
    806 HENRY GIBSON Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
    811 MICHAEL J. POLLARD Caprice (1967)
    825 NEHEMIAH PERSOFF O’Hara’s Wife (1982)
    832 GRIFFIN DUNNE JOHNNY DANGEROUSLY (1984)
    836 JAMES RUSSO Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
    837 BRODERICK CRAWFORD Convicts 4 (1962)
    861 ROSSANO BRAZZI South Pacific (1958)
    870 RENE AUBERJONOIS The Player (1992)
    925 MIMI ROGERS The Player (1992)
    934 RICHARD ANDERSON The Player (1992)
    971 ROBERT ENGLUND Galaxy of Terror (1981)
    976 JOE MORTON OF MICE AND MEN (1992)
    985 DONALD MOFFAT Popeye (1980)

    Ray appeared with 26 Oscar winners.

    ANJELICA HUSTON The Player (1992)
    ANTHONY QUINN Portrait in Black (1960)
    BING CROSBY Say One for Me (1959)
    BRODERICK CRAWFORD Convicts 4 (1962)
    CHER The Player (1992)
    FOREST WHITAKER Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
    JACK ALBERTSON CONVICTS 4 (1962)
    JACK LEMMON The Apartment (1960)
    JACK LEMMON The Player (1992)
    JAMES COBURN The Player (1992)
    JANE FONDA Tall Story (1960)
    JODIE FOSTER O’Hara’s Wife (1982)
    JULIA ROBERTS The Player (1992)
    LEE MARVIN Paint Your Wagon (1969)
    LOUISE FLETCHER The Player (1992)
    MARTIN LANDAU The Fall of the House of Usher (1979)
    MAUREEN STAPLETON Johnny Dangerously (1984)
    NICOLAS CAGE Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
    PAUL NEWMAN The Sting (1973)
    ROBIN WILLIAMS Popeye (1980)
    ROD STEIGER Convicts 4 (1962)
    ROD STEIGER The Player (1992)
    SEAN PENN Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
    SHELLEY WINTERS Wives and Lovers (1963)
    SHIRLEY MACLAINE The Apartment (1960)
    SUSAN SARANDON The Player (1992)
    TIM ROBBINS The Player (1992)
    WHOOPI GOLDBERG The Player (1992)

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  3. Flora Breen Robison says:
    October 18, 2020 at 11:39 am

    I have seen 8 Ray Walston movies.

    The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is The Apartment.

    The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Silver Streak.

    The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is Convicts 4.

    Favourite Ray Walston Movies:

    The Apartment
    The Sting
    South Pacific
    Paint Your Wagon
    Damn Yankees!

    Other Ray Walston Movies I Have Seen:

    Kiss Me Stupid
    Kiss Them For Me
    Convicts 4

    Reply
  4. Mike says:
    October 18, 2020 at 8:37 am

    Great UMR Page

    Reply

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