Ray Turner

Ray Turner

born: 28 October 1902
Roswell, New Mexico,
United States of America

died: 18 August 1981
Los Angeles, California,
United States of America
(age 78)

Black American actor.
The CADI and tombstone give a birth year of 1895, though 1902 appears to be correct according to most reliable sources.

Real name: Raymond Douglas Turner
Height: 5'7 "

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography;
plus all films with Charley Chase.

1934	It Happened One Day Train porter
1934	You Said A Hatful! Train porter
1934	Shrimps For A Day Frightened man on street
1935	Nurse To You! George, shoeshine man
1935	Little Sinner Man asking what time baptism starts
1935	Public Ghost #1 Chauffeur
1940	Turnabout Mose

▼ NON-HAL ROACH FILMS

1937	The Grand Hooter Room service waiter
1937	From Bad To Worse Pullman porter
1938	Men In Fright Elevator operator

WWII DRAFT
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Acknowledgements:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPJG-3PB
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VM9G-JTL
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-27800-6146-5?cc=2000219 (1940 Census, 65)
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMKR-7KC (WWII enlistment)
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-29959-21501-97?cc=1804002
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-29959-21780-94?cc=1804002 (second marriage - claims first, but 1940 Census above says otherwise)
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK1N-YH4 (I think this is him in the 1910 Census?)
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3855193 (FindaGrave - says TEC 4 US ARMY WORLD WAR II)
https://archive.org/stream/13thcensus1910po1550unit#page/n432/mode/1up (1910 Census)
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX3G-K5C (parents' marriage)
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MG-9T3 (parents' marriage)
Jesse Brisson (help and information)
Jim Jarvis (help and information)
Matthew Lydick (identification in Nurse To You!)
Robert Winslow (identification in It Happened One Day)

This page was last updated on: 30 May 2024