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Aldo Ray (1926-1991) was an American actor. Ray’s athletic build and gruff, raspy voice saw him frequently typecast in “tough guy” roles throughout his career, which lasted spanned over five decades. His IMDb page shows 113 acting credits from 1951 to 1991. This page will rank Aldo Ray movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Sadly, many of Ray’s low budget movies were not included in the rankings due to lack of known box office grosses.
Aldo Ray Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.
Aldo Ray Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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“HARLAND & WOLFF EXPECTED TO GO INTO ADMINISTRATION – AUG 2019”
The historic Belfast shipyard that built the Titanic is expected to collapse into administration on Monday, threatening the end of centuries of shipbuilding in the city.
Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries, which dates back to 1861, has struggled in recent years as a result of stiff competition from overseas rivals. The company’s Norwegian owner, Dolphin Drilling, filed for bankruptcy in June and put the Belfast shipyard up for sale.
The company’s yellow cranes – named Samson and Goliath – have dominated Belfast’s skyline since 1974, but the workforce at the yard has declined from a peak of more than 35,000 in the 1920s to only 130 as Northern Ireland’s shipbuilding industry has all but disappeared.
As well as the “unsinkable” Titanic, which sank on its maiden voyage in 1912, the shipyard on the banks of the River Lagan made some of the world’s largest and most famous ships, such as the Titanic’s fleet mates, the Olympic and Britannic liners. The yard also played a key role in the second world war, producing warships such as HMS Belfast, the cruiser now moored on London’s South Bank as a floating museum.
The yard built its last ocean liner, the Canberra, which entered service in 1961, to take passengers from the UK to Australia. But Harland and Wolff gradually declined as the age of mass air travel supplanted travel by ship, and shipyards in east Asia offered cheaper vessels.
The yard has recently focused on repair work on ships and oil rigs and manufacturing the vast steel “foundation jackets” used on offshore wind turbines. However, in 2016 – the last year for which it has filed accounts – it slumped to a loss of £5.8m, compared with a £1.1m profit in 2015. Over the same one-year period the company’s turnover crashed from £67m to just over £8m. A spokesman for Harland and Wolff said: “There has been a series of board meetings, the result of which is that administrators will be appointed. The accountancy firm BDO has been lined up to take over the business on Tuesday.”
FOOTNOTE FROM BOB TODAY [24 AUG 2020] I understand that when Harland Wolff went into administration last year another firm took over the production work that the 130 then-remaining employees were doing [as described in the preceding paragraph] and that is the position at the moment.
However the fallout from Coronavirus is expected to hit employment province wide as elsewhere in the world so it remains to be seen how it will affect the small workforce still employed at the old shipyard premises. In short the Belfast shipyard as we knew it no longer exists and soon there may be nothing being produced there at all.
Hey Bob…thanks for answering the question about your shipyard….WoC also enjoyed your comments. It reminds me of the Javier Bardem movie, Mondays In The Sun. In that one Bardem plays a former ship building who can not find a job because the shipyards in Vigo, Galicia closed. Sorry the best days of the Belfast shipyard are yesteryear. Makes us wonder how long Newport News Shipyard has left. Once again thanks for sharing this information.
A guess…I bet those remining 130 employees are looking for other jobs.
HI BRUCE
Glad the information was helpful.
The only bright side of it all is that at least if the need arises 130 people looking for new jobs will not be as bad as nearly 35,000 redundancies as was once the case at the Belfast shipyard though those jobs were probably phased out relatively gradually.
I have seen 12 Aldo Ray movies.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is Battle Cry.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is The Green Berets.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is Welcome to Hard Times.
Favourite Aldo Ray Movies:
We’re No Angels
Men in War
Miss Sadie Thompson
Other Aldo Ray Movies I Have Seen:
Pat and Mike
Battle Cry
God’s Little Acre
The Naked and the Dead
The Marrying Kind
Let’s Do it Again
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
Welcome to Hard Times
Hey Flora. Thanks for checking out our Aldo Ray page. Tally count: Flora 12, Steve 8 and me 7. I have seen two of your favorites and 2 of your others. I enjoyed We’re No Angels much more on a second viewing. Growing up I loved The Green Berets…..it is a massive movie, but not thinking you are missing much by not seeing it. Good stuff as always.
The last Aldo Ray film I saw was Johnny Nobody shown on a Catholic movie channel in NYC. They have some program hosted by Daniel Roebuck (remember him) and some member of the clergy, They show public domain films and try to find Christianity in them , like in Swing Parade of 1946 and At War with the Army with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
Aldo is # 851 on the Oracle of Bacon 2020 Top 1000. These are the other actors on the list he has appeared with.
15 DAVID CARRADINE Crime of Crimes (1989)
15 DAVID CARRADINE The Violent Ones (1967)
16 DENNIS HOPPER Blood Red (1989)
17 MICHAEL MADSEN Blood Red (1989)
29 HARRISON FORD Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966)
30 PETER O’TOOLE The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960)
31 ROBERT DUVALL Nightmare in the Sun (1965)
32 DEREK JACOBI The Secret of NIMH (1982)
41 DONALD PLEASENCE Frankenstein’s Great Aunt Tillie (1984)
41 DONALD PLEASENCE To Kill a Stranger (1985)
42 TERENCE STAMP The Sicilian (1987)
53 JOHN SAXON The Glove (1979)
68 JOHN CARRADINE Evils of the Night (1985)
68 JOHN CARRADINE Prison Ship (1986)
68 JOHN CARRADINE The Secret of NIMH (1982)
68 JOHN CARRADINE Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
70 JOSS ACKLAND The Sicilian (1987)
76 DEAN STOCKWELL To Kill a Stranger (1985)
76 DEAN STOCKWELL Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
84 BRUCE DERN Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
93 PETER USTINOV We’re No Angels (1955)
96 JACK PALANCE Kill a Dragon (1967)
108 JAMES MASON Inside Out (1975)
113 ROBERT VAUGHN The Lucifer Complex (1978)
126 HENRY FONDA Welcome to Hard Times (1967)
134 ERIC ROBERTS Blood Red (1989)
154 MARC LAWRENCE Blood Red (1989)
160 JULIA ROBERTS Blood Red (1989)
162 JOHN TURTURRO The Sicilian (1987)
168 JAMES HONG Dynamite Brothers (1974)
185 GIANCARLO GIANNINI Blood Red (1989)
214 ELIAS KOTEAS Blood Red (1989)
223 JAMES COBURN Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966)
223 JAMES COBURN What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)
241 GEOFFREY LEWIS Human Experiments (1980)
245 CHRISTOPHER LAMBERT The Sicilian (1987)
262 KEENAN WYNN Mission to Glory: A True Story (1977)
262 KEENAN WYNN Nightmare in the Sun (1965)
262 KEENAN WYNN The Glove (1979)
262 KEENAN WYNN The Lucifer Complex (1978)
262 KEENAN WYNN The Man Who Would Not Die (1975)
262 KEENAN WYNN Welcome to Hard Times (1967)
306 JOSE FERRER Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)
315 CHARLES BRONSON Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)
315 CHARLES BRONSON Pat and Mike (1952)
315 CHARLES BRONSON The Marrying Kind (1952)
325 ANNE BANCROFT Nightfall (1957)
344 JOHN WAYNE The Green Berets (1968)
352 TELLY SAVALAS Inside Out (1975)
357 BURT YOUNG Blood Red (1989)
368 CESAR ROMERO Flesh and Bullets (1985)
368 CESAR ROMERO Mission to Glory: A True Story (1977)
439 CLIFF ROBERTSON The Naked and the Dead (1958)
441 TERI GARR Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
462 STUART WHITMAN Vultures (1983)
462 STUART WHITMAN When I Am King (1981)
496 VIVECA LINDFORS Sylvia (1965)
510 JOHN IRELAND Mission to Glory: A True Story (1977)
510 JOHN IRELAND Terror Night (1987)
512 RAY MILLAND Let’s Do It Again (1953)
558 MICHAEL WINCOTT The Sicilian (1987)
564 CYRIL CUSACK Johnny Nobody (1961)
597 PAUL FIX Welcome to Hard Times (1967)
629 ROYAL DANO Welcome to Hard Times (1967)
633 ALEXANDER KNOX Saturday’s Hero (1951)
643 JAMES WHITMORE Battle Cry (1955)
667 PETER LAWFORD Sylvia (1965)
667 PETER LAWFORD Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
675 DOM DELUISE The Secret of NIMH (1982)
718 GEORGE TAKEI THE GREEN BERETS (1968)
727 ROBERT RYAN …and Hope to Die (1972)
727 ROBERT RYAN God’s Little Acre (1958)
727 ROBERT RYAN Men in War (1957)
775 GEORGE HAMILTON The Power (1968)
781 WARREN OATES Welcome to Hard Times (1967)
805 KEYE LUKE Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
808 JOANNA CASSIDY The Glove (1979)
825 NEHEMIAH PERSOFF Men in War (1957)
825 NEHEMIAH PERSOFF Psychic Killer (1975)
825 NEHEMIAH PERSOFF The Power (1968)
837 BRODERICK CRAWFORD Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
860 MIKE MAZURKI The Centerfold Girls (1974)
860 MIKE MAZURKI Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
869 CAMERON MITCHELL Hateman (1987)
869 CAMERON MITCHELL Haunts (1977)
869 CAMERON MITCHELL Hollywood Cop (1987)
869 CAMERON MITCHELL Terror Night (1987)
887 MADELINE KAHN Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
891 CARROLL BAKER Sylvia (1965)
907 WALTER PIDGEON Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
931 JOHN LE MESURIER The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960)
952 BRIAN KEITH Nightfall (1957)
969 HUGH GRIFFITH The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960)
974 EDMOND O’BRIEN Sylvia (1965)
975 RICHARD JAECKEL Nightmare in the Sun (1965)
975 RICHARD JAECKEL The Naked and the Dead (1958)
998 GEOFFREY BAYLDON THE DAY THEY ROBBED THE BANK OF ENGLAND (1960)
Aldo has appeared with 23 Oscar winners.
ANNE BANCROFT Nightfall (1957)
ART CARNEY Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
BRODERICK CRAWFORD Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
CLIFF ROBERTSON The Naked and the Dead (1958)
DONNA REED Saturday’s Hero (1951)
DOROTHY MALONE Battle Cry (1955)
DOROTHY MALONE The Man Who Would Not Die (1975)
EDMOND O’BRIEN Sylvia (1965)
HENRY FONDA Welcome to Hard Times (1967)
HUGH GRIFFITH The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960)
HUMPHREY BOGART We’re No Angels (1955)
JACK PALANCE Kill a Dragon (1967)
JAMES COBURN Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966)
JAMES COBURN What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)
JANE WYMAN Let’s Do It Again (1953)
JOHN WAYNE The Green Berets (1968)
JOSE FERRER Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)
JUDY HOLLIDAY The Marrying Kind (1952)
JULIA ROBERTS Blood Red (1989)
KATHARINE HEPBURN Pat and Mike (1952)
PETER USTINOV We’re No Angels (1955)
RAY MILLAND Let’s Do It Again (1953)
ROBERT DUVALL Nightmare in the Sun (1965)
SPENCER TRACY Pat and Mike (1952)
VAN HEFLIN Battle Cry (1955)
Hey Dan. I am minutes away from another round of dental pain…..lol. Shocked that Aldo not only cracked the Top 1000, but the Top 900. Interesting about the channel that you saw Johnny Nobody. At least they have lots of movies in the public domain to choose from. Keenan Wynn wins the most frequent Oracle co-star total. His Oscar total seems on the low side…it would be much higher if he had stayed in Hollywood. Good stuff as always.
Aldo Ray attracted a small following in the 1950s among workers in the Belfast shipyard where I worked as a boy; and whilst he appeared in prestigious pictures in supporting roles during that decade it was 1955’s B movie The Gentle Sergeant aka Three Stripes in the Sun that most appealed to those workers. Bruce’s sources lean the workers’ way with a fine 70% rating for the movie.
The last film of Aldo’s that I can remember noticing him in was 1960s The Day They Robbed the Bank of England; but although he had the lead in that one it was inferior-billed Peter O’Toole in a supporting role who won the rave notices from the critics over here. Peter made two other films in that his debut year; but his tour-de-force in ‘Bank of England’ is said by film historians to have ultimately won him the part of Lawrence.
My own personal fave among all Aldo’s heyday films is the 1956 B grade film noir Nightfall which IMDB now refers to as a “cult classic” and is given a high 77% review rating above.
In that one Aldo was the lead and had the pleasure of Anne [Mrs Robinson] Bancroft and Jocelyn Brando as his leading ladies though of that pair just the today-notorious Mrs Robinson and not the unfairly-blacklisted for a time Jocelyn is mentioned above – unsurprisingly so: as the saying goes “The good die young.”; and no prizes given out on this site for having a legendary big brother!
Anyway as a nostalgic tribute to my old shipyard mates this new page is given a high “Vote Up!” by me – good choice Bruce. ADDITIONAL LOOSELY-ASSOCIATED TRIVIA: Belfast-born Albert Sharpe [who played the title role in 1959’s Darby O’Gill and the Little People co-starring Sean Connery] also had a part in Day they Robbed Bank of England and Albert too worked in our shipyard for a time. ‘Bank of England’ was Albert’s final film role.
Hey Bob. Thanks for the thoughts on Aldo Ray. I have not seen The Day They Robbed the Bank of England…but I have always wanted to. It sounds like Aldo was always frustrated making movies in Hollywood…and would leave to make some really bad movies overseas. I will have to track down Nightfall and watch your favorite. Good trivia about his co-stars in Brando and Bancroft. That is awesome trivia about Albert Sharpe. Thanks for sharing that information. One question…are those shipyards still in operation? WoC and two of our sons work for a shipyard……it it closed…it would devaste our area. Good stuff as always. And now I return to the dentist for some more work.
BRUCE: In answer to your question I have copied in Part 2 a report from the Guardian newspaper United Kingdom printed just last year which summarises the history and severe decline of the Belfast shipyard up to its sad end last year.
You will see from the report that the final ocean liner built there was the Canberra which entered service in May 1961. That was the year in which aged 20 I left the shipyard for good and joined the British Armed Military Forces; but I was [in a very small way] part of the workforce involved with building the Canberra in the 1958-60 period. You will note therefore from the following extract the oblique little Dan-like link between the young Bob and James Bond!!!
“SS Canberra was an ocean liner, which later operated on cruises, in the P&O fleet from 1961 to 1997. She was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland at a cost of £17,000,000. The ship was named on 17 March 1958, after the federal capital of Australia, Canberra. She was launched on 16 March 1960, sponsored by Dame Pattie Menzies, GBE, wife of the then Prime Minister of Australia, Robert Menzies. She entered service in May 1961, and made her maiden voyage starting in June. She appeared in the 1971 James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever. In the 1982 Falklands War she served as a troop ship. In 1997 the singer and songwriter Gerard Kenny released the single “Farewell Canberra” which was specially composed for the last voyage.”
UMR is as slow as mollasses today Bruce, whatever that means. I’ve got the fastest broadband speed the world has ever known and it makes no difference here, it’s like an alternate reality. 🙂
I’ve seen 8 of the 40 films listed on the chart, more than I thought. I have two favorites – The Power (George Pal sci-fi) and The Secret of NIMH (animation).
Great to see Secret of NIMH no.1 on the critics chart, not sure Aldo Ray would have been happy seeing a cartoon top his movie chart though.
Good stuff Bruce. Vote Up.
Hey Steve.
1. Sorry about the website being slow today. I have been talking to my website provider…and they say everything is working fine….so as usual…their “Help Line” does not accurate describe that phone number. I hope it gets better.
2. Tally count….8 for you 7 for me. 5 of mine are in the Top 10……one of the ones outside the Top 10 is The Sicillian…which I saw in theaters….but have no memory at all of the Aldo Ray part.
3. I have seen only one of your two favorites….The Secret of NIMH…which is in our DVD collection.
4. Wow….I did not even notice that The Secret of NIMH got the best reviews. He has lots of movies that did not make the table…..but those are some bottom of the barrell movies that would not bump NIMH from that top spot.
Good stuff as always.
Bruce, the site is faster today. Maybe the time of day? Lots of folk peeping in?