Let us sing praises to Aldo Ray. Did any of you eldergays know know him?

He was in a porn movie in the 1970s when he was a raging alcoholic and his career was in the shitter, but he didn't have any sex scenes in the movie.

He was hot as hell in his youth and rumored to be hung like a horse.

His was beautiful in The Marrying Kind.

The porn movie he was in is called "Sweet Savage."

Here's some more trivia - the star of that movie was Carol Connors, mother of Thora Birch

From "Battle Cry" (1955) - so handsome, so manly!

He said in an interview that he let George Cukor give him a blow job so he could get the part in The Marrying Kind.

I think this is the standard stock pic of him.

And this is the ONLY shot I could get of his ass in "Battle Cry".

Was a member of the US Navy's UDT-17. Trained in Hawaii, the team cleared landing beaches of obstacles and coral heads in the Pacific during World War II, and participated in the largest UDT operation of the Pacific War--the invasion of Okinawa, in March 1945. In 1983 the UDTs (Underwater Demolition Teams ) were re-designated as SEAL Teams.

Undeniably sexy, and that slightly raspy voice just added to it. He had a very 'Tom of Finland' face.

Super hot!

There's a scene in the Marrying Kind where he has a dream that he's going down a conveyor belt. He's only in his boxer shorts and a t-shirt, and as he goes down the belt, his t-shirt rides up, exposing his hairy torso.

That scene made me a fan.

And his son was Leo on Twin Peaks

He had a Tab Hunter-ish quality about him.

What I loved about him was his unabashed manliness. Hairy chested in a world of shaven torsos. Raspy voiced in a world of mellifluous tones. Kind of clunky in a world of smooth operators.

Knew a guy years ago who said he grew up in a suburban L.A. neighborhood where Ray was his next door neighbor. Said he kept to himself, but was nice enough. Used to mow his lawn, then sit out with a couple of beers. Normal guy.

R5, is there a link to this story?

Aldo Ray was popular eye candy at George Cukor's Sunday afternoon pool parties. Forrest Tucker was another.

R16 That's the scene I was describing in R11! So sexy!

R15 It's talked about here. The actual quote from Aldo Ray:

"George Cukor gave me my big break in this business. He thought I could be a star, and I knew somebody important like him could easily help me, so I let him take his pleasure and it didn't compromise me in the least."

He was pretty good in "Nightfall," a late-era noir with a young Anne Bancroft and Brian Keith. Recently on TCM.

[quote]Let us sing praises to Aldo Ray.

The expression is "sing the praises of," OP.

Crushed on him madly and George Jaeckel (sp?) who had a similar look. Aldo was a perfect macho dream. Lucky George!

Richard Jaekel, r21?

Love him but I'd like to say these photos don't really even do him justice. He had a particular manly charisma that really came through best in his early screen appearances. Check him out in Miss Sadie Thompson opposite Rita Hayworth. And God's Little Acre opposite Tina Louise.

Sex on a stick as they like to say around here.

If only he gone down the conveyor belt the other way, his boxers would have slid down!

I wonder if Anne had an affair with him on Nightfall. They were both Italian.

His cute younger brother was on a You Bet Your Life episode.

R20 You are right. It should be praises of, not to. Thank you for the correction.

R20 You are right. It should be praises of, not to. Thank you for the correction.

So, he let Cukor “take his pleasure?” He doesn’t really say what that entailed, did he?

R23, the heat between the guys while Hayworth sings Blue Pacific Blues is ... amazing.

Aldo Ray and Charles Bronson in the same room?!?!? Outta' my way, boys.

Studio sent Aldo Ray to ballet lessons because he walked like a truck driver or something.

Judy Holliday and Aldo Ray were magic in "The Marrying Kind". Their respective accents alone conjured a NYC that is long gone now.

Where is Crockett, California anyway?

Scene where their son "Joey" drowns still gets to me; Judy was fantastic.

Why isn't Judy Holliday bigger?

R34 That scene was so shocking. Up until then, the movie had been kind of a lighthearted comedy. Then boom! The son dies. The tone of the movie completely shifted at that point.

R31 Aldo and Charles together? Hot!

I was in Aldo's fanclub by the way. Someone named Sally Dexter was president of the Charles Bronson fanclub.

Here is the You Bet Your Life episode. Mario appears from 1.09.

Here is the You Bet Your Life episode. Mario appears from 1.09.

R39 His brother was cute, too.

Not to hijack Aldo Ray's thread, but Judy Holliday's son Jonathan Oppenheimer recently passed away (16 July 2020)

It sounds like Aldo rather enjoyed his hookup with George Cukor.

There's no such thing as a bad orgasm.

R41 I was shocked to hear that. Very sad.

R44 Why were you shocked? Was he famous, or is it the way he died? Never heard of him.

r33 Crockett is on the other side of the Carquinez Bridge from Vallejo, in the East Bay. It was most famous for the huge C&H Sugar refinery.

Ex-c-u-u-u-s-e ME, r30???

Aldo Ray brought a reality and truth to American film acting yet he's never credited with it like Marlon Brando and James Dean. Maybe because Aldo's acting was effortless.

Aldo Ray was cute when he was young and thin. But he was also a rabid right-wing Republican bordering on Nazi. Big, dumb and full of himself before he drank it all away.

He hit me in the head with a fondue pot.

"Battle Cry" made my younger male relative stop thinking classic movies were '"girl stuff."' When Aldo and Pat take their first walk after her dad says Aldo's approved, Ray briefly grabs (improv?) her ass--leading my shocked relative to shout "They grabbed ass back then?" and watch the whole film with me.

He was cast in Dune, in the role finally played by Patrick Stewart. But could not control his drinking.

I'm a big fan of Nightfall which has Aldo in his medium buff period. There one scene where he stands with his back to the camera and we get a great look at his ass.

What other men did Aldo let take their pleasure with him? There had to be takers at Cukor's pool parties.

Crockett, CA. Aldo apparently died in Martinez, which is nearby (and the county seat.)

He was shirtless and smokin' hot in "God's Little Acre" (1958)...

I read the title as Alvino Rey and thought now I’ve seen everything on DL.

r57 don't you think it's time for a King Sisters thread here?

R47 - Why did they replace Anita Ellis?

R6 I first saw this picture in a massive well-illustrated book called "A Pictorial History of the Talkies" published in 1958.

The author Daniel Blum had thousands of movie stills plus around 20 pictures of men in very skimpy costumes.

I couldn't figure out if this was a private picture where he'd roll the fabric up to expose as much flesh as decency permitted.

^ I was suspicious there were so many beefcake pictures in that book.

Another picture from the 1930s showed the buttock of young teen washing in a wooden tub. I'm guessing it was from 'Huckleberry Finn' or The Adventures of Tom Sawyer from 1938

Aldo Ray with Hepburn.

Heat

He was a big lunk, wasn't he?

You didn't expect him to make any conversation except grunting.

He married Jeff Donnell.

He would've been perfect as Piper Laurie's drunken husband Ralph.

"That smell of roadhouse whiskey....."

I loved Leo in Twin Peaks. He was hot, and dangerous as fuck. Just like Dad.

I didn't like that Aldo Ray joke on The Golden Girls. He was so hot so I can't see why it would be embarrassing for Dorothy to be in his fan club.

Compilation of hot AF Aldo in in the 50's...

Aldo Ray reminds me of physique model Dean Coulter but Aldo Ray only appeared in black and white.