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Acting

Ray Walston

Career: Active from 1957 to 2005, busiest in 1979 and 1986 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 21
top three billing

Average score: 55/100

Highest rated: The Apartment
90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 76 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ray Walston Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Melancholy
3.3, average 4.7
Psychological
4.2, average 5.5
Contemporary Realism
4.3, average 5.4
Tension
4.9, average 6.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Family-Friendly 5
Pop Culture References 4
Social Commentary 3
Ensemble Cast 3
Situational Humor 3
Coming-of-Age Story 2
Inspirational 2
Underdog Story 2
Absurdist Humor 2
Retro Aesthetic 2
Family Entertainment 2
Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

104

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title

Midnight Madness: The Making of "Popcorn"

as Dr. Mnesyne (archive footage)

2000s

2 titles

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

as Applegate (segment "Damn Yankees") (archive footage)

Early Bird Special

as Pappy

1990s

28 titles · average score 60

The Westing Game

61

as Sandy McSouthers

Ally McBeal

69

TV show · as Minister Breyer

Tricks

43

as Big Sam

Project: ALF

56

as Motel Manager

7th Heaven

69

TV show · as Millard Holmes

Star Trek: Voyager

75

TV show · as Boothby

Touched by an Angel

44

TV show · as Benjamin Clay

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

74

TV show · as Lucius Slicker

Of Mice and Men

80

as Candy

Space Case

as Bert

Runaway Ralph

68

as Matt

Blood Salvage

47

as Mr. Stone

1980s

38 titles · average score 57

Saturday the 14th Strikes Back

32

as Gramps Baxter

Star Trek: The Next Generation

79

TV show · as Boothby

O.C. and Stiggs

53

as Grandpa 'Gramps' Ogilvie

Fast Times

50

TV show · as Mr. Arnold Hand

Rad

54

as Burton Timmer

The Jerk, Too

36

as Diesel

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Q. L. Frubson

Night Court

74

TV show · as Martin A. Landis

Private School

38

as Chauncey

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

71

as Mr. Hand

Galaxy of Terror

40

as Kore

Popeye

57

as Poopdeck Pappy

1970s

15 titles · average score 61

Stop Susan Williams

TV show

The Fall of the House of Usher

58

as Thaddeus

Hart to Hart

60

TV show · as Elliott Laurence

Cliffhangers

TV show · as Bob Richards

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

54

TV show · as Roderick Zale

Fantasy Island

43

TV show · as The Mayor

The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington

37

as Senator Sturges

Silver Streak

64

as Mr. Edgar Whiney

Ellery Queen

79

TV show · as Howard Pratt

Little House on the Prairie

82

TV show · as Jimmy Hart

The Six Million Dollar Man

71

TV show · as Horton Budge

The Sting

86

as J.J. Singleton

1960s

14 titles · average score 53

Paint Your Wagon

49

as "Mad Jack" Duncan

Love, American Style

43

TV show · as Mr. Wood

Caprice

35

as Stuart Clancy

Ironside

45

TV show · as Walter Butler

The Wild Wild West

64

TV show · as Prof. Henry Johnson

Kiss Me, Stupid

69

as Orville Jeremiah Spooner

My Favorite Martian

44

TV show · as Uncle Martin

Who's Minding the Store?

61

as Mr. Quimby

Convicts 4

54

as Iggy

The Apartment

90

as Joe Dobisch

Tall Story

52

as Professor Leo Sullivan

Portrait in Black

48

as Cobb

1950s

5 titles · average score 63

Say One for Me

50

as Phil Stanley

Damn Yankees

72

as Mr. Applegate

South Pacific

70

as Luther Billis

Kiss Them for Me

49

as Lt. (j.g.) Howard McCann

Omnibus

75

TV show

1940s

1 title · average score 62

Suspense

62

TV show · as Ticket Seller (uncredited) / Herbert the Hook