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Ray Kellogg

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Ray Kellogg Famous memorial

Birth
Great Bend, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
26 Sep 1981 (aged 61)
Olympia, Thurston County, Washington, USA
Burial
Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend. Specifically: Somewhere in California Add to Map
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Actor. He is best remembered for his recurring portrayal of Police Sergeant Snyder on the television series "The Californians". After beginning his career as a leading man in stock companies, he was introduced to director Edward F. Cline during a war bond rally at the prestigious Radio City Music Hall. Impressed by his dark good looks, slim physique, and unique height, he took notice of his potential and arranged for him to begin a career in the film industry beginning with him appearing under his supervision per a supporting role in "Behind the Eight Ball" (1942). From there, he would go on to flourish as a notable supporting character actor appearing in over 120 features; often typecast as boyfriends, cowboys, guards, sheriffs, vocalists, soda jerks, retail clerks, lieutenants, reporters, detectives, kindly neighbors, faithful sidekicks, chauffeurs, waiters, aviators, white-collared workers, doctors, mailmen, bartenders, bellhops, doormen, orderlies, bailiffs, deputies, and attorneys. He appeared in such feature films as "I'll See You in My Dreams" (1951), "She's Back on Broadway" (1953), "So This is Love" (1953), "Calamity Jane" (1953), "The Miami Story" (1954), "Jesse James vs. the Daltons" (1954), "The Court Jester" (1955), "Apache Warrior" (1957), "My Gun is Quick (1957), "The Purple Gang" (1959), "I Passed for White" (1960), "Raymie" (1960), "The Music Man" (1962), "Johnny Cool" (1963), "The Best Man" (1964), "Zebra in the Kitchen" (1965), "Hold On!" (1966), "The Big Mouth" (1967), "The Shakiest Gun in the West" (1968), "Topaz" (1969), and "Chandler" (1971). During the advent of television, "Climax!," "The Bob Hope Show," "Public Defender," "I Love Lucy," "Screen Directors Playhouse," "Telephone Time," "December Bride," "Wagon Train," "Sea Hunt," "The Silent Service," "Mackenzie's Raiders," "Law of the Plainsman," "The Tall Man," "Overland Trail," "The Tom Ewell Show," "Shirley Temple's Storybook," "Leave It to Beaver," "Perry Mason," "The Real McCoys," "Ben Casey," "I'm Dickens, He's Fester," "Sam Benedict," "Glynis," "The Twilight Zone," "Dr. Kildare," "My Three Sons," "12 O'Clock High," "The Addams Family," "Get Smart," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Green Acres," "Laredo," "Vacation Playhouse," "The Lucy Show," "Petticoat Junction," "The Beverly Hillbillies," "Gomer Pyle: USMC," "Lancer," "Dan August," "The Red Skelton Hour," "Columbo," "The F.B.I.," "Mod Squad," "Cannon," and "Maude". During his career, he was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, served in the United States Army during World War II, had been a vocal instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, presided as a chairman for his local charters of the American Red Cross and St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, had been an active parishioner of the Baptist church, was a member of the Hollywood Republican Committee, was one of the founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild, and had been a male model for the Forbes Agency. Upon his 1973 retirement, Kellogg, who never married nor had any children, relocated to Thurston County, Washington, and spent the final years of his life sculpting, writing, and was a generous benefactor for several libraries and hospitals, until his death from the complications of undisclosed causes.
Actor. He is best remembered for his recurring portrayal of Police Sergeant Snyder on the television series "The Californians". After beginning his career as a leading man in stock companies, he was introduced to director Edward F. Cline during a war bond rally at the prestigious Radio City Music Hall. Impressed by his dark good looks, slim physique, and unique height, he took notice of his potential and arranged for him to begin a career in the film industry beginning with him appearing under his supervision per a supporting role in "Behind the Eight Ball" (1942). From there, he would go on to flourish as a notable supporting character actor appearing in over 120 features; often typecast as boyfriends, cowboys, guards, sheriffs, vocalists, soda jerks, retail clerks, lieutenants, reporters, detectives, kindly neighbors, faithful sidekicks, chauffeurs, waiters, aviators, white-collared workers, doctors, mailmen, bartenders, bellhops, doormen, orderlies, bailiffs, deputies, and attorneys. He appeared in such feature films as "I'll See You in My Dreams" (1951), "She's Back on Broadway" (1953), "So This is Love" (1953), "Calamity Jane" (1953), "The Miami Story" (1954), "Jesse James vs. the Daltons" (1954), "The Court Jester" (1955), "Apache Warrior" (1957), "My Gun is Quick (1957), "The Purple Gang" (1959), "I Passed for White" (1960), "Raymie" (1960), "The Music Man" (1962), "Johnny Cool" (1963), "The Best Man" (1964), "Zebra in the Kitchen" (1965), "Hold On!" (1966), "The Big Mouth" (1967), "The Shakiest Gun in the West" (1968), "Topaz" (1969), and "Chandler" (1971). During the advent of television, "Climax!," "The Bob Hope Show," "Public Defender," "I Love Lucy," "Screen Directors Playhouse," "Telephone Time," "December Bride," "Wagon Train," "Sea Hunt," "The Silent Service," "Mackenzie's Raiders," "Law of the Plainsman," "The Tall Man," "Overland Trail," "The Tom Ewell Show," "Shirley Temple's Storybook," "Leave It to Beaver," "Perry Mason," "The Real McCoys," "Ben Casey," "I'm Dickens, He's Fester," "Sam Benedict," "Glynis," "The Twilight Zone," "Dr. Kildare," "My Three Sons," "12 O'Clock High," "The Addams Family," "Get Smart," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Green Acres," "Laredo," "Vacation Playhouse," "The Lucy Show," "Petticoat Junction," "The Beverly Hillbillies," "Gomer Pyle: USMC," "Lancer," "Dan August," "The Red Skelton Hour," "Columbo," "The F.B.I.," "Mod Squad," "Cannon," and "Maude". During his career, he was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, served in the United States Army during World War II, had been a vocal instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, presided as a chairman for his local charters of the American Red Cross and St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, had been an active parishioner of the Baptist church, was a member of the Hollywood Republican Committee, was one of the founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild, and had been a male model for the Forbes Agency. Upon his 1973 retirement, Kellogg, who never married nor had any children, relocated to Thurston County, Washington, and spent the final years of his life sculpting, writing, and was a generous benefactor for several libraries and hospitals, until his death from the complications of undisclosed causes.

Bio by: Lowell Thurgood


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85259888/ray-kellogg: accessed ), memorial page for Ray Kellogg (12 Nov 1919–26 Sep 1981), Find a Grave Memorial ID 85259888; Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend; Maintained by Find a Grave.