Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Ray McDonald was an American actor, comedian and tap dancer. Due to his early death, he fell into oblivion. Unjustly so, as you can see when you watch his films. He celebrated his greatest successes in the 1940s with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios. He was married twice (to Elisabeth Fraser and Peggy Ryan - both actresses). His career went downhill in the mid-1950s and he appeared several times on television. He died at the age of 37. This compilation is to remember him and keep him alive for the rest of the world. Unlike his older sister Grace McDonald (1918 - 1999), also a dancer and actress, there is apparently no longer a grave for him. May his youthful talent remain alive. Ray McDonald (1922 - 1959)*
* Date of birth of the stage credit for actors from "Biography File for Theatre World", entered and signed by Ray McDonald himself.
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Ray McDonald was an American actor, comedian and tap dancer. Due to his early death, he fell into oblivion. Unjustly so, as you can see when you watch his films. He celebrated his greatest successes in the 1940s with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios. He was married twice (to Elisabeth Fraser and Peggy Ryan - both actresses). His career went downhill in the mid-1950s and he appeared several times on television. He died at the age of 37. This compilation is to remember him and keep him alive for the rest of the world. Unlike his older sister Grace McDonald (1918 - 1999), also a dancer and actress, there is apparently no longer a grave for him. May his youthful talent remain alive. Ray McDonald (1922 - 1959)*
* Date of birth of the stage credit for actors from "Biography File for Theatre World", entered and signed by Ray McDonald himself.
Translated from German to English language with deepl.com
