Ray Stricklyn
| Ray Stricklyn | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 8, 1928 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | May 14, 2002 (aged 73) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film, stage, television actor |
| Years active | 1952–1998 |
| Partner(s) | David Galligan |
Ray Stricklyn (born Lewis Raymond Stricklyn) (October 8, 1928 – May 14, 2002) was an American film actor, stage actor, television actor, soap opera star and publicist. His acting career took off with B-movie Westerns that placed his boyish good looks playing opposite top talent of the time.
Born in Houston, Texas; his father was a sign painter. At the age of 16 Ray Stricklyn auditioned for a part in the play Ah, Wilderness and was given the lead role. He went on to perform several roles for the Houston Little Theater.
In 1950 he won a scholarship to a New York drama school. Two years later he made his Broadway début in A Climate of Eden by Moss Hart.
George Seaton was in New York casting his 1956 film The Proud and Profane and gave Stricklyn a one-scene role. He then moved to Los Angeles to further his film career. After his performance in Ten North Frederick (1958), he was given a contract with 20th Century-Fox, but it wasn't renewed following The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1959). His first lead role was as Jesse James in Young Jesse James (1960), and he also had roles in The Big Fisherman (1959), The Lost World (1960), The Plunderers (1960), Arizona Raiders (1965), Track of Thunder (1967) and Dogpound Shuffle (1975). However, in later years he received fewer film roles and he returned to theatre work.
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