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Robert E. Bray (October 23, 1917 – March 7, 1983) was an American film and television
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known for playing the
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Corey Stuart in the
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series '' Lassie'', He also starred in ''
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'' and as
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in the movie version of
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's novel '' My Gun Is Quick'' (1957).


Life and career

Bray entered films in 1946 under contract to
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. He was marketed as the "next
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" but appeared in B Westerns like 1949's '' Rustlers''. In the 1950s, the then freelancing actor appeared in a varied number of roles including the 1952 episode "Thunder Over Inyo" of the syndicated
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''. In 1954, he portrayed bandit
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in an episode of Jim Davis's syndicated western '' Stories of the Century''. That same year, he guest-starred in
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's CBS
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, ''
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''. On December 4, 1955, he was cast as petroleum pioneer
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in " Spindletop – The First Great Texas Oil Strike (January 10, 1901)" on the
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history series, '' You Are There'', the story of the origin of the Texas oil industry. In 1958, he starred in ''
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'', a film adaptation of a
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novel. Bray guest-starred in the episode "Obituary" of
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's western series, ''
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'', starring Jeff Richards, and in the 1959 episode "The Trouble with Tolliver" of the
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western drama, ''
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''. He appeared twice on ABC's ''
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''. Bray was cast as Carl the Bus Driver in '' Bus Stop'' with
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(1956) and as detective
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in '' My Gun Is Quick'' (1957). Other roles were on
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's western
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, '' Frontier'' and on the syndicated series '' City Detective'' and '' State Trooper''. Early in 1960, Bray was cast as Tom Byson in the episode "Three Graves" of the NBC western series, ''
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''. In the 1960–1961 television season, Bray played Simon Kane in the ABC series ''
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''. The Western comprised 38 one-hour episodes. He starred in three episodes of NBC's
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'' Laramie'' between 1960 and 1963. He appeared in three episodes of CBS's ''
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''. In 1959 he played private detective and murder victim Carl Davis in "The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll." In the 1962 episode, "The Case of the Angry Astronaut," he had the role of title character and defendant Mitch Heller; and in 1963 he portrayed wealthy
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victim Martin Walden (Episode 180, "The Case of the Potted Planter"). He also guest-starred in NBC's ''
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'', and ''
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''. He appeared in four episodes of CBS's anthology suspense series ''
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'' between 1958 and 1961. Bray portrayed forest ranger Corey Stuart in Season 11 of '' Lassie''. He was written out of the series in Season 15 as a victim of a forest fire, and his character was sent away to a hospital never to return.Lassie Star
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Selected filmography

* '' Sunset Pass'' (1946) – Bank Clerk (uncredited) * '' Crack Up'' (1946) – Man with Drunk (uncredited) * ''
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball ''Dick Tracy vs. Cueball'' is a 1946 American action film based on the 1930s comic strip character of the same name created by Chester Gould. The film stars Morgan Conway as Dick Tracy in the second installment of the ''Dick Tracy'' film serie ...
'' (1946) – Steve (uncredited) * ''
Vacation in Reno ''Vacation in Reno'' is a 1946 film directed by Leslie Goodwins and starring Jack Haley, Anne Jeffreys, Iris Adrian, Wally Brown, Alan Carney, and Morgan Conway. Plot Jack Carroll (portrayed by Jack Haley) and his wife (Anne Jeffreys) have an a ...
'' (1946) – Police Guard in Bank (uncredited) * ''
The Falcon's Adventure ''The Falcon's Adventure'' is a 1946 film. It is the 13th of 16 films about the Falcon and the final film of RKO's Falcon series starring Tom Conway. It was directed by William Berke, who had served as producer for the previous entry in the ser ...
'' (1946) – Doorman (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1946) – Saunders, a Gunman (uncredited) * '' Banjo'' (1947) – Policeman (uncredited) * '' Honeymoon'' (1947) – Bridegroom (uncredited) * '' Desperate'' (1947) – Policeman with Lt. Ferrari (uncredited) * '' Seven Keys to Baldpate'' (1947) – Policeman (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1947) – MP (uncredited) * ''
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer ''The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer'' (released as ''Bachelor Knight'' in the United Kingdom) is a 1947 American screwball romantic comedy-drama film directed by Irving Reis and written by Sidney Sheldon. The film stars Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, a ...
'' (1947) – Official at Airline Gate (uncredited) * ''
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome ''Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome'' (also known as ''Dick Tracy Meets Karloff'' and ''Dick Tracy's Amazing Adventure'' (UK) ) is a 1947 thriller film starring Boris Karloff, Ralph Byrd, and Anne Gwynne. The film is the fourth and final installment of t ...
'' (1947) – Sergeant (uncredited) * '' Wild Horse Mesa'' (1947) – Tex * '' The Judge Steps Out'' (1947) – Truck Driver (uncredited) * '' If You Knew Susie'' (1948) – Reporter (uncredited) * ''
Western Heritage ''Western Heritage'' is a 1948 American Western film directed by Wallace Grissell. The film is a Tim Holt B Western about land robbers and forgers in the southwest. Although based on an original screenplay the film features Chito Rafferty fro ...
'' (1948) – Henchman Pike * ''
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House ''Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House'' is a 1948 American comedy film directed by H. C. Potter and starring Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Melvyn Douglas. Written and produced by the team of Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, it was an adaptation ...
'' (1948) – Workman (uncredited) * '' Fighting Father Dunne'' (1948) – Classroom Instructor (uncredited) * '' Arizona Ranger'' (1948) – Jasper Todd * ''
Guns of Hate ''Guns of Hate'' is a 1948 Western film''Guns of Hate''
at
'' (1948) – Rocky * ''
Return of the Bad Men ''Return of the Bad Men'', also known as ''Return of the Badmen'', is a 1948 American Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan and Anne Jeffreys.Jarlett p.192-93 A loose sequel to the 1946 film ''Badman's T ...
'' (1948) – 'The Youngers': John Younger * ''
Blood on the Moon ''Blood on the Moon'' is a 1948 RKO black-and-white "psychological" Western film noir starring Robert Mitchum, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Preston and Walter Brennan. Directed by Robert Wise, the cinematography is by Nicholas Musuraca. The ...
'' (1948) – Bart Daniels * ''
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'' (1948) – Nichols * ''
Gun Smugglers ''Gun Smugglers'' is a 1948 American Western directed by Frank McDonald. The film is a Tim Holt B Western wherein Holt serves as a scout for the army in search of some smuggled gattling guns. Tim Holt plays himself rather than a character.Rich ...
'' (1948) – Henchman Dodge * ''
Brothers in the Saddle ''Brothers in the Saddle'' is a 1949 American western film directed by Lesley Selander. Virginia Cox makes her film debut. Plot The film revolves about Tim Taylor, a cowboy. He tries to convince and reform his younger brother, Steve. Steve kil ...
'' (1949) – Henchman Polk Lynch * '' Rustlers'' (1949) – Henchman Hank * ''
Stagecoach Kid ''Stagecoach Kid'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by Lew Landers and starring Tim Holt, Jeff Donnell and Richard Martin. It was one of a number of B-Westerns Holt made for RKO.Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, ''The RKO Story.'' New Roc ...
'' (1949) – Henchman Clint * ''
The Clay Pigeon ''The Clay Pigeon'' is a 1949 American film noir directed by Richard Fleischer and written by Carl Foreman, based on a true story. The drama features Bill Williams and Barbara Hale, a real-life husband and wife. Plot Jim Fletcher (Williams), ...
'' (1949) – Gunsel Blake * '' Strange Bargain'' (1949) – Det. McTay * '' Johnny Holiday'' (1949) – Policeman (uncredited) * ''
The Great Missouri Raid ''The Great Missouri Raid'' is a 1951 American Western film directed by Gordon Douglas and written by Frank Gruber. The film stars Wendell Corey, Macdonald Carey, Ellen Drew, Ward Bond, Bruce Bennett, Bill Williams and Anne Revere. The film w ...
'' (1951) – Charlie Pitts * ''
Law of the Badlands ''Law of the Badlands'' is a 1951 American western film starring Tim Holt. Although the cheapest Holt vehicle since the war years, it still recorded a loss of $20,000. Plot In 1890, Captain McVey of the Texas Rangers is dispatched by the United ...
'' (1951) – Benson * ''
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'' (1951) – Maj. Comstock * ''
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'' (1951) – Steve – Henchman * ''
Man from the Black Hills ''Man from the Black Hills'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by Thomas Carr and starring Johnny Mack Brown, James Ellison and Rand Brooks.Drew p.179 It was distributed by Monogram Pictures which focused on low-budget second features. ...
'' (1952) – Ed Roper * '' The Gunman'' (1952) – Tom Jamison * ''
One Minute to Zero ''One Minute to Zero'' is a 1952 American romantic war film starring Robert Mitchum and Ann Blyth, set during the opening phases of the Korean War, and produced by Howard Hughes as his last film as producer. Victor Young's score for the film inc ...
'' (1952) – (uncredited) * '' Fargo'' (1952) – Ed Murdock * ''
Feudin' Fools ''Feudin' Fools'' is a 1952 American comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring The Bowery Boys, Anne Kimbell and Dorothy Ford. The film was released on September 21, 1952 by Monogram Pictures and is the twenty-seventh film in the serie ...
'' (1952) – Private Eye * ''
Back at the Front ''Back at the Front'' (titled ''Willie and Joe in Tokyo'' in the UK) is a 1952 American comedy film directed by George Sherman and starring Tom Ewell, Harvey Lembeck and Mari Blanchard, very loosely based on the characters ''Willie and Joe'' by B ...
'' (1952) – Military Police Corporal (uncredited) * ''
The Lusty Men ''The Lusty Men '' is a 1952 Western film released by Wald-Krasna Productions and RKO Radio Pictures starring Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy and Arthur Hunnicutt. The picture was directed by Nicholas Ray and produced by Jerry W ...
'' (1952) – Fritz (uncredited) * '' Voodoo Tiger'' (1952) – Maj. Bill Green * ''
The Maverick ''The Maverick'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by Thomas Carr and starring Wild Bill Elliott, Myron Healey and Phyllis Coates.Fitzgerald & Magers p.35 Plot Cast * Wild Bill Elliott as Lieutenant Pete Devlin * Myron Healey as S ...
'' (1952) – Cpl. Johnson * ''
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'' (1953) – Capt. Sibley (uncredited) * ''
The Neanderthal Man ''The Neanderthal Man'' is a 78-minute, 1953 American black-and-white science fiction film produced independently by Aubrey Wisberg and Jack Pollexfen, as Global Productions Inc., from their own original screenplay. It starred Robert Shayne, Ri ...
'' (1953) – Tim Newcomb – cattle rancher (uncredited) * ''
The Marshal's Daughter ''The Marshal's Daughter'' is a 1953 American action film directed by William Berke and written by Bob Duncan. The film stars Laurie Anders, Hoot Gibson, Ken Murray, Preston Foster and Johnny Mack Brown. The film was released on June 26, 195 ...
'' (1953) – Anderson * ''
Main Street to Broadway ''Main Street to Broadway'' is a 1953 American romantic musical comedy-drama film by independent producer Lester Cowan, his final credit, in collaboration with The Council of the Living Theatre, which provided tie-up with a number of well-known ...
'' (1953) – Lawyer in Fantasy Sequence * ''
Vigilante Terror ''Vigilante Terror'' is a 1953 American Western film directed by Lewis D. Collins and written by Sidney Theil. The film stars Wild Bill Elliott, Mary Ellen Kay, Robert Bray, I. Stanford Jolley, Henry Rowland and Myron Healey. The film was r ...
'' (1953) – Gene Smith * ''
Bad for Each Other ''Bad for Each Other'' is a 1953 American drama film noir directed by Irving Rapper and starring Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott and Dianne Foster. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Its genre has been characterized as a "medi ...
'' (1953) – Trooper at Mine Accident Scene (uncredited) * ''
Ride Clear of Diablo ''Ride Clear of Diablo'' is a 1954 American Technicolor Western film directed by Jesse Hibbs starring Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Susan Cabot and Abbe Lane. made for Universal Pictures. Cabot and Murphy had appeared in two films together previousl ...
'' (1954) – Jackson – Ranch Hand (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1954) – Mountie (uncredited) * ''
Arrow in the Dust ''Arrow In the Dust'' is a 1954 American western film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray and Keith Larsen.Pitts p.15 Shot in Technicolor, it was produced and distributed by Allied Artists. The film is based o ...
'' (1954) – Cavalry Corporal (uncredited) * ''
The Yellow Tomahawk ''The Yellow Tomahawk'' is a 1954 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and written by Richard Alan Simmons. The film stars Rory Calhoun, Peggie Castle, Noah Beery, Jr., Warner Anderson, Peter Graves, Lee Van Cleef and Rita Moreno. ...
'' (1954) – Lieutenant Banion * ''
Drums Across the River ''Drums Across the River '' is a 1954 American Technicolor Western film directed by Nathan Juran and starring Audie Murphy, Walter Brennan and Lyle Bettger. Plot Gary Brannon, is a peaceful homesteader living a quiet existence with his father S ...
'' (1954) – Sheriff Ed Crockett (uncredited) * ''
The Caine Mutiny ''The Caine Mutiny'' is a 1951 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Herman Wouk. The novel grew out of Wouk's personal experiences aboard two destroyer-minesweepers in the Pacific Theater in World War II. Among its themes, it deals with the moral ...
'' (1954) – Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited) * ''
Francis Joins the WACS ''Francis Joins the WACS'' is a 1954 American black-and-white comedy film from Universal-International, produced by Ted Richmond, directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Donald O'Connor, Julie Adams, ZaSu Pitts, Mamie Van Doren and Chill Wills in t ...
'' (1954) – Military Police Sgt. Kreuger (uncredited) * ''
Shield for Murder ''Shield for Murder'' is a 1954 American film noir crime film co-directed by and starring Edmond O'Brien as a police detective who has become malevolent. It was based on the novel of the same name by William P. McGivern. Plot Lieutenant Barney N ...
'' (1954) – Detective (uncredited) * ''
Big House, U.S.A. ''Big House, U.S.A.'' is a 1955 American crime film directed by Howard W. Koch and written by John C. Higgins. The film stars Broderick Crawford, Ralph Meeker, Reed Hadley, William Talman, Lon Chaney, Jr., and Charles Bronson. The film was re ...
'' (1955) – Ranger McCormick * ''
The Steel Jungle ''The Steel Jungle'' is a 1956 American film noir crime drama directed by Walter Doniger and starring Perry Lopez, Beverly Garland, and Walter Abel. The film was directed and written by Walter Doniger. Produced independently, the film was distri ...
'' (1956) – Police Lt. Soberman * '' Bus Stop'' (1956) – Carl * '' The Accursed'' (1957) – Major Shane * ''
The Wayward Bus ''The Wayward Bus'' is a novel by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1947. The novel's epigraph is a passage from 15th-century English play ''Everyman'', with its archaic English intact; the quotation refers to the transitory nature of ...
'' (1957) – Morse * '' My Gun is Quick'' (1957) – Mike Hammer * ''
Never Love a Stranger ''Never Love A Stranger'' is a 1958 crime and gangster film that is based on Harold Robbins' 1948 debut novel with the same title. The film was shot in black and white starring John Drew Barrymore and Robert Bray, and featuring a young Steve McQ ...
'' (1958) – 'Silk' Fennelli * ''
Never So Few ''Never So Few'' is a 1959 CinemaScope Metrocolor war film, directed by John Sturges and starring Frank Sinatra, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lawford, Steve McQueen, Richard Johnson, Paul Henreid, Brian Donlevy, Dean Jones, Charles Bronson, and Ph ...
'' (1959) – Col. Fred Parkson * ''
Fiend of Dope Island ''Fiend of Dope Island'', also released as ''Whiplash'', was a lurid men's adventure type motion picture filmed in 1959 and released in 1961. The picture starred and was co-written by Bruce Bennett and was the final film directed by Nate Watt. It ...
'' (1961) – David * '' A Gathering of Eagles'' (1963) – Lt. Col. Gales


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