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	Ray Walston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ray Walston (December 2, 1914 – January 1, 2001), was a stage, television, and film character actor who played the title character on the situation comedy My Favorite Martian and Judge Henry Bone on the drama series Picket Fences.
		Walston was very popular with Margo Jones's team of actors before he travelled to Cleveland, Ohio, where he spent three years with the Cleveland Playhouse.
		Though Walston enjoyed his work in the series, its ratings were beginning to slip and CBS cancelled the show after 4 seasons in 1996.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ray_Walston (726 words)

	Encyclopedia: Ray Walston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Walston's role was originally to be incidental, but he proved so popular he became a series regular, and at the age of 80 earned his first (of two) Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for his work on "Picket Fences".
		Ray Walston had become so popular as "Uncle Martian", it had been nearly impossible for him to be cast in serious roles, and he had been forced to leave Hollywood for several years to work on stage to regain his credibility- and an income.
		Walston won a Tony award in 1955 for his performance in Broadway's "Damn Yankees" and two Emmys for his role as Judge Henry Bone in the 1995-96 television series "Picket Fences." Walston was 86-years-old.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ray-Walston (506 words)

	Internet Obituary Network, Obituary for Ray Walston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Walston, who appeared in over 100 feature films and TV movies was known to millions less for his Broadway triumphs than for his three years as the star of "My Favorite Martian".
		Walston and Verdon earned not only ovations but awards for their roles, and 10 years after arriving in New York, Ray Walston walked off with a Tony Award, as well as an invitation for he and Ms.
		Walston's Emmy Awards were a true triumph for an actor who had feared he would never play a role without antennae taped to his head, after his years (1963-1966) as the star of TV's "My Favorite Martian" left him hopelessly typecast.
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	Everyone's Favorite Martian, Ray Walston, Dies - Jan 02, 2001 - E! Online News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ray Walston, the Tony- and Emmy-winning character actor who gained fame from his roles as an extraterrestrial uncle on TV's My Favorite Martian and as a cutthroat high school history teacher in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, has died.
		Walston was born in New Orleans, and began his acting career as a spear carrier with a local stock company.
		Walston's big-screen debut came in 1957 with Kiss Them For Me, costarring Cary Grant, and a year later, he reappeared as Satan for the film version of Damn Yankees.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,7599,00.html (738 words)

	On Video: Ray Walston revisits the role he always wanted to get away from
		But a Walston line in the movie about magical chewing gum that lost its flavor in '66 is a sly reference to the year the TV show went off the air after three seasons.
		Walston got another chance to work with Kelley when he shot a guest appearance for the season opener of "Ally McBeal," scheduled for Oct. 25 at 9 p.m.
		Walston plays a minister in an episode in which Ally becomes involved with a man who, it turns out, is already attached to someone else.
	www.post-gazette.com /magazine/19990924video3.asp (1054 words)

	Ray Walston Bio
		Walston started his acting career as a spear carrier with a local stock company.
		Ray continued to work in films, but in 1962, Ray was offered the title role in the television series My Favorite Martian.
		Ray went in, but it was a mistake.
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	My Favourite Martian - The late Ray Walston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The late Ray Walston first became known to Sci-Fi fans as everyone's favourite Martian in the 1963 series, which ran until 1966, but that was just a small portion of his tremendous career, which spanned over six decades.
		Walston's long and varied career garnered him many awards over the years including a Tony for "Damn Yankees" and two Emmys for his "Picket Fences" performance as Judge Henry Bone (from 1992-96).
		Walston died on January 2nd at the age of 86 in Beverly Hills California, of natural causes.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/sci_fi_tv/57851 (550 words)

	Ray Walston: A Career of Versatility
		Walston’s portrayal of a Martian (with the Earth alias of Martin O’Hara) captured the imagination of generations of TV viewers.
		Ray Walston’s diverse career evolved into earning him an acclaimed reputation not only as a skilled interpreter of character parts, but as a performer who graced both stage and screen with a variety of memorable roles.
		Ray Walston appeared in a 1982 TV Movie based on Edgar Allen Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher and in a 1984 he played a hobo in TV Movie sequel to the comedy film, The Jerk, Too.
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	Walston, Ray -- Encyclopædia Britannica
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		Canadian political leader Ray Hnatyshyn served as a Conservative in the House of Commons from 1974 until 1988 before being appointed governor-general—the representative of the British sovereign in Canada—in 1990.
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	Ray Walston - Memory Alpha
		Ray Walston was an actor who played Boothby in TNG: "The First Duty", Chakotay's hallucination of Boothby and a holographic recreation of Boothby in VOY: "The Fight," and a member of Species 8472 pretending to be Boothby in VOY: "In the Flesh."
		Ray Walston was well known for his role in the 1950's tv series "My Favorite Martian" and his part in the 1982 classic comedy film "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" as the Ridgemont history teacher, Mr Hand.
		Walston is also known for his portrayal of Judge Henry Bone on the cult hit series Picket Fences.
	www.memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/Ray_Walston (185 words)

	A Tribute: Ray Walston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ray Walston is a character actor who has been around forever — with such a friendly face that you couldn’t help but like him in any role he played.
		Walston got his big break on stage as the Evil One in George Abbott's “Damn Yankees”, the story of a Washington Senators baseball fan who sells his soul so his team can get a shot at the pennant.
		In 1958, Walston played Navy Seabee Luther Billis in the movie version of another Broadway hit, ``South Pacific,'' which he had performed on stage in London and with a road company.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/hollywood_biographies/59308 (600 words)

	Ray Walston My Favorite Martian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ray Walston was Uncle Martin from "My Favorite Martian".
		Ray played a Martian explorer stranded on earth.
		Ray also played a character in TV's "Picket Fences", Judge Henry Bone, for which he won 2 Emmy awards.
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	CNN.com - Entertainment - Actor Ray Walston dead at age 86 - January 2, 2001
		Walston, whose character gave space aliens a benign face in the 1963-66 series, died of natural causes at his Beverly Hills home with his wife at his side, said his agent.
		Walston was known for stage and film work as well as his appearances on the small screen.
		Walston won two Emmys, in 1995 and 1996, for his recurring role on the TV show "Picket Fences." His last appeared on TV in 1999 on an episode of CBS' "Touched By An Angel."
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	Ray Walston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Walston, who specialized in playing crusty and canny characters, including the judge on the acclaimed series, ``Picket Fences,'' died at his home in Beverly Hills after a short illness, agent Harry Gold said Tuesday.
		But Walston is perhaps most widely recognized for the 1960s television series that made him a household name, ``My Favorite Martian,'' which ran for three years on CBS (1963-1966).
		Walston's career enjoyed a revival when he returned to series television in the early 1990s in the acclaimed CBS drama ``Picket Fences,'' playing a cranky judge with a heart of gold.
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	Ray Walston - MovieActors.com
		Ray Walston was born on December 2, 1914 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
		Walston won a Tony for his performance as the Devil in DAMN YANKEES, and Ray Walston won two Emmys for television's Picket Fences.
		Ray's last screen appearance was in the Oct. 15, 2000 season premiere of TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL.
	www.movieactors.com /actors/raywalston.htm (151 words)

	BBC News \| ENTERTAINMENT \| Veteran actor Ray Walston dies
		He was awarded an Emmy in 1995 and 1996 for his role as an acerbic judge in the TV programme Picket Fences, and received a Tony for a Broadway production of Damn Yankees.
		Walston was born in New Orleans and started his acting career with a local theatre company.
		Walston had co-starring roles and cameos in more than 100 movies and TV shows, including Wives and Lovers, Paint Your Wagon, Silver Streak and Stephen King's The Stand, and Star Trek: Voyager.
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	Ray Walston Interview: 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In life, Ray Walston is every bit as interesting as the characters he has made so famous in his work as an actor.
		He has a little bit of the devil in him, part rogue, strong minded, warm hearted, uncommonly common, street-wise, enormously humorous, tough as nails and passionate in everything he does in life, giving generously of himself to all he meets.
		Left: Ray Walston, Melissa Mayo and Harry Governick standing outside the Actors Studio-West in Los Angeles, California.
	www.actors-studio.com /walston (1114 words)

	Zap2it - TV news - Ray Walston Passes Away
		Walston's last screen appearance was in the Oct. 15 season premiere of CBS' "Touched By An Angel." He played a wealthy entrepreneur who cut his son (Richard Chamberlain) off from the family fortune to teach him there are more valuable things in life than money.
		Walston starred as a Martian who crash landed on Earth and moved in with newspaper reporter Tim O'Hara (Bill Bixby).
		Walston's career was jump-started again on the small screen when he returned to series television in the early 1990s on "Picket Fences," playing the cranky town judge with a heart of gold.
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	Biography for Ray Walston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Born in New Orleans, Ray Walston started his acting career as a spear carrier with a local stock company.
		Walston debuted on the stage in Houston in 1938, and gained major stardom in New York beginning in the mid 1940s, in such plays as "Summer and Smoke" and "The Rat Race," and the musicals "Me and Juliet" and "House of Flowers." He won a Tony Award playing Mr.
		Walston starred in TV's "My Favorite Martian" (1963-66) and was featured in "Stop Susan Williams," a part of the "Cliffhangers" series (1979), and "Fast Times" (1986), recreating his screen role from Fast Times at Ridgemont High Most recently he appeared in the recurring role of a judge on the critically acclaimed series "Picket Fences" (1992-).
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	Ray Walston Bio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ray Walston started acting in 1938 at the Margo Jones Players in Houston, Texas.
		Ray continued to work in films: Universal's Portrait In Black with Lana Turner, Lloyd Nolan and Anthony Quinn; Billy Wilder's Academy Award winning (best picture) The Apartment; Say One For Me, with Bing Crosby; Convicts Four, which filmed ten days inside maximum security Folsom prison (an experience Ray says he will never forget).
		In 1962 Ray was offered the title role in the television series My Favorite Martian.
	www.actors-studio.com /walston/bio.html (804 words)

	RGJ.com - Actor Ray Walston dies at 86
		But it took Walston decades to receive award recognition from the Hollywood community: “I have 30 seconds to tell you I have been waiting 60 years to get on this stage,” he said in his 1995 Emmy acceptance speech.
		Walston’s film debut came in the 1957 movie “Kiss Them For Me” with Cary Grant, and the next year he played the devil again in the film version of “Damn Yankees.”
		Walston was known to younger film fans as the irascible Poopdeck Pappy in Robert Altman’s live-action film “Popeye” in 1980, and as the crusty, slacker-hating teacher Mr.
	www.rgj.com /news/stories/lifestyle/978563388.php (441 words)

	Ray Walston, starred in 'My Favorite Martian': 1/3/01
		BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Ray Walston, who played the lovable extraterrestrial Uncle Martin on the 1960s TV sitcom "My Favorite Martian" and the devil in "Damn Yankees," has died.
		Walston made a career of playing charismatic, cranky characters.
		Walston once said he auditioned and accepted the role for the money.
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	MISFITS - Ishmael Williams - On the Passing of Ray Walston
		Ray Walston's portrayal was one of fun, and understanding of the humans with which he was trapped.
		I personally credit Ray Walston, and Bill Bixby by extension, with shaping some of my own earlier and lasting attitude of tolerance.
		After My Favorite Martian, Ray Walston went on to a variety of projects, and I was always thrilled to run across him in some endeavor or other (notably Silver Streak and Picket Fences).
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	CNN Transcript - CNN Today: Actor Ray Walston Dies at Age 86 - January 2, 2001
		From the devil to a Martian; a teacher to a judge; the various roles that Ray Walston portrayed extended his appeal across generational lines.
		WALSTON (singing): Like the hopes that were dashed when the stock market crashed; those were the good old days.
		WALSTON: After being in the business for quite a long time, you feel all of a sudden that you belong.
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	CTV.ca - Actor Ray Walston dies at 86 - CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Actor Ray Walston, perhaps best known as the lovable Uncle Martin on the 1960s TV sitcom âMy Favorite Martianâ has died.
		Walston acted in dozens of movies early in his career, including South Pacific and The Apartment.
		Walston's last screen appearance was in the season premiere of
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	Ray Walston (1914-2001) - SFWA News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ray Walston, star of the television show My Favorite Martian, died Monday at his home in Beverly Hills.
		His agent, Harry Gold, reported that Walston’s death was preceded by a short illness.
		He is survived by Ruth Walston, his wife of 57 years.
	www.sfwa.org /News/walston.htm (182 words)

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