Ray Turner
Acting
Biography
Ray Turner was born on October 28, 1895 in New Mexico. He was an actor, known for The Patent Leather Kid (1927), Weary River (1929) and Speeding Hoofs (1927). He died on August 18, 1981 in Los Angeles, California.
Born: October 28, 1895
Place of Birth: New Mexico, USA
Known For
The College Boob
Ally Appleby is a country boy headed for the college campus, courtesy of his Aunt Polly and Uncle Lish. They're financing his education providing that he stay away from sports. Before his train even arrives at its destination, he earns the enmity of senior Horatio Winston. Winston is determined to make Appleby into the college boob and his plan is working until pretty coed Angel Boothby reveals the plot.
Darkest Africa
A 15-episode serial in which Beatty goes to darkest Africa to rescue the Goddess of Joba, who is being held by the high priest.
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
Things get under way when Blondie Bumstead demands that her husband request a raise from his boss Mr. Dithers, so that she can afford to hire a maid. But Dithers has no time for any salary disputes: his construction firm is currently stuck with an unsaleable old mansion that is rumored to be haunted. To disprove this theory, Dithers asks the Bumstead family to spend a night in the crumbling old house, throwing a retinue of servants into the bargain.
Little Orvie
Family film, based on a Booth Tarkington tale, about a young boy who takes extreme measures to keep the stray dog he befriends.
Good Girls Go to Paris
Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English professor Ronald Brooke, she manages to make her dream come true. Besides seeing the sights in the French capital she makes friends with a wealthy family there, the Brands.
The Silver Streak
A high-speed train becomes the star of the film as it rushes from Chicago to Hoover Dam to transport an iron lung to a needy patient.
The Prisoner of Shark Island
After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, perpetrated on April 14, 1865, during a performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington; Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, considered part of the atrocious conspiracy, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the sinister Shark Island Prison.
Night World
"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful night, he is threatened by bootleggers, and the club's star dancer falls in love with a young socialite who drinks to forget a personal tragedy, among other incidents.
Josette
Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they both fall in love.
Hold That Kiss
Two young people meet at a wedding and begin dating, each thinking the other is extremely wealthy. Comedy.
Filmography
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
as Horatio Jones
as Mose
as Handy Man
as John, Train Porter (Uncredited)
as Jefferson
as Harrison 'Gravy' Randolph
as Porter (uncredited)
as The Porter
as Red Cap (uncredited)
as Porter at Airport (Uncredited)
as Redcap (uncredited)
as Pinkie - Jack's Sidekick
as Elevator Operator
as Bootblack
as Mose (uncredited)
as Fred - the Elevator Operator
as Elevator Boy
as Porter (uncredited)
as Bellboy
as Porter
as Waiter
as Room server
as Snowball (uncredited)
as Prankster in Jail
as Elevator Man
as Porter (uncredited)
as Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
as Hambone
as Messenger with a Letter
as Man at Baptism
as Janitor
as Sassafras
as Pullman Porter with telegram
as Sam
as Porter
as Pin Boy (uncredited)
as Train Porter
as Bank Janitor (uncredited)
as Kitchen Help (uncredited)
as Washroom Attendant (uncredited)
as Men's Room Attendant (uncredited)
as Carbon (as Raymond Turner)
as Paula's Butler
as George (as Raymond Turner)
as Muller's Butcher (uncredited)
as Elevator Boy
as Ranch Cook (uncredited)
as Sam
as Beauregard
as Poupet (as Raymond Turner)
as Mabile Molasses
as Whitewings Washington (as Raymond Turner)
as Zeke
as Obediah Abraham Lincoln Brown