Ray Walston
Ray Walston
Herman Raymond "Ray" Walstonwas an American actor and comedian, best known as the title character on My Favorite Martian. He had such iconic film, television and stage roles as Luther Billis, Mr. Applegate, J. J. Singleton, Mr. Hand, Candy, and Judge Henry Bone...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth2 November 1914
CityNew Orleans, LA
CountryUnited States of America
people twenties scene
If they're working in a workshop somewhere, where there is, let's say, uh... only twenty people, or something like that, that's still, when they work and do a scene, that's still working in front of somebody.
jobs new-york people
You could walk the streets, no matter how hungry people were, not matter how long theyd been out of jobs, you could walk the streets, you could ride the subways in New York, and you would not get knocked in the head.
If it's not in New York, let's say it's in St. Louis, then they've got to find a place or get with someone who knows about the work... they've got to find a place like that and do scenes, and then try to get in plays.
behind career favorite guy three tv vacation work yell
I never should have done 'My Favorite Martian' (1963). I didn't work in TV or film for three years after. Everyone thought of me as a Martian. Do you know what it's like to go to Madrid, Spain, on vacation and have a guy yell out, 'Hey, Martin!' and put antennas behind his head? When that happens, you know your career is dead.
book thinking differences
But I would like to think that it's the actor that makes the difference in these cases. Not the director, not the guy that wrote the book, not the guy that adapted it for the screen, but the actor.
I was very conscious of the actor; watched what he did.