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Raymond O'Connor (actor)

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Raymond O'Connor
O'Connor in 2014
Born
Raymond John O'Connor

(1952-09-13) September 13, 1952 (age 72)
DiedOctober 9, 2023(2023-10-09) (aged 71)
OccupationActor
Years active1985–2016
Children1

Raymond John O'Connor (September 13, 1952 - October 9, 2023) was an American character actor.

Life and career

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Raymond John O’Connor was born September 13, 1952, in the Parkchester neighborhood of the South Bronx, New York. Born to a typical Irish Catholic family, his early life included attending Catholic schools and minor brushes with law enforcement. This path led Ray to attend Belmont Abbey College, a Benedictine monastery in North Carolina. Ray had no intentions of entering the monastery although it was a remarkable intellectual, emotional, and spiritual experience. During and after college he dabbled with many jobs including working as a hard rock miner, drilling and blasting 795 feet beneath New York. Ray flirted with theater in undergraduate school and began pursuing it more seriously in graduate school in the mid-1970’s eventually jumping into the deep end of the New York Theatre scene and finding his sea legs with the First Amendment Comedy group and Medicine Show Theatre, an off-off Broadway experimental troupe.

It was here that he met his wife of 38 years, Stephanie. They spent their early days together onstage at Medicine Show Theater and tending bar at Robert’s Restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen. They married in 1985 and moved to Los Angeles where Ray continued a successful acting career of nearly 40 years. Easily recognized, “Hey ain’t that the guy from….” were words frequently heard in his vicinity. His film and TV resume lists over one hundred productions not to mention his commercial work, for which TV Guide once dubbed him the “master of 60-second comedy.” Among others, Ray worked with such directors as Michael Bay, Mel Brooks and Blake Edwards. His notable film works include: The Rock, Off-Limits, Big Momma’s House, My Giant, Life Stinks, My Blue Heaven, Halloween 4, Just like Heaven, Inspector Gadget, and many other independent and big budget productions.

In addition to his success as an actor, Ray was a talented and dedicated writer, penning many screenplays, short stories, and poems. A selection of his poetry can be found in the Golden Pen Writers Guild anthologies “This and That (and everything else)”and “The Writer’s Brush.” More than anything, he was a family man and considered his family his greatest work of art.

O'Connor was in a number of films, some small roles and some larger. His first role was in the 1985 mini series Kane & Abel. He made guest appearances on several television shows, such as Seinfeld, Beverly Hills, 90210, Sister, Sister, Silk Stalkings and Babylon 5 (in the 5th-season episode "A View from the Gallery" as Mack).

O'Connor died on October 9, 2023 of Bladder Cancer.[1][2]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1988 Off Limits Elgin Flowers
1988 Arthur 2: On the Rocks Drunk #1
1988 Traxx Tibbs
1988 Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers Security Guard
1988 Dr. Alien Drax
1990 My Blue Heaven Dino
1990 Megaville Taylor
1991 Life Stinks Yo
1991 Pyrates Fireman
1993 Mr. Nanny Frank Olsen
1995 Prehysteria! 3 Stutts Direct-to-video
1996 The Rock Park Ranger Bob
1998 My Giant Eddie
1999 Breakfast of Champions Rabo Karabekian
2000 Drowning Mona Father Tom Stowick
2003 The Bug in My Ear Jimmy
2003 April's Shower Sgt. Ted Burns
2004 See This Movie Manager
2004 Serial Killing 4 Dummys Frank
2004 Bananas Heston Brother #1 Short
2004 Careful What You Wish For Sleazy Salesman Short
2005 Don't Come Knocking Elko Policeman - Charlie
2005 Just like Heaven Catholic Priest
2006 Love Made Easy Pellini
2006 Bottoms Up Frank Peadman Direct-to-video
2007 Crazy Jimmy
2008 Diamonds and Guns Mr. Gretano
2009 The Intervention Norman Gardy
2009 Off the Ledge Richard
2011 Balls to the Wall Bernie Niles
2011 L.A. Noire Harold Kirby (voice) Video game
2016 The Usual Maitre D'

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1985 Kane & Abel New York Newsboy Episode #1.2 "New York Newsboy"
1986 Hill Street Blues Nate Mornath Episode #7.1 "Suitcase"
1987 Hunter Sooky Barnes Episode #3.10 "The Cradle Will Rock"
1987 The Wizard Raymond Episode #1.17 "The Aztec Dagger"
1987 L.A. Law Rick Santini Episode #2.1 "The Lung Goodbye"
1988 J.J. Starbuck Dickie Rich Episode #1.15 "Rag Doll"
1989 Hard Time on Planet Earth Phil Marker Episode #1.2 "Something to Bank On"
1989 Tales from the Crypt Jury Foreman Episode #1.1. "The Man Who Was Death"
1989 Hooperman Falstead Episode #2.17 "Love Bytes"
1989 Growing Pains Manny Episode #5.11 "Five Grand"
1990 Hollywood Dog Duane TV movie
1991 Tagteam Harrigan TV movie
1991 Cast a Deadly Spell Tugwell TV movie
1991 Northern Exposure Frank Watson Episode #3.5 "Jules et Joel"
1991 Who's the Boss? Burly Man Episode #8.10 "Field of Screams"
1992 Sisters I.N.S. Officer Episode #2.12 "Good Help Is Hard to Find"
1992 Baby Talk Manager Episode #2.12 "The Littlest Shoplifter"
1992 Down the Shore Carl Episode #1.8 "A House Divided"
1992 Roc Charlie Episode #2.10 "Roc and the Actor"
Episode #2.2
1993 Beverly Hills, 90210 Curtis Bray Episode #3.20 "Parental Guidance Recommended"
Episode #3.22 "The Child Is Father to the Man"
Episode #3.23 "Duke's Bad Boy
1993 Sirens Security Guard Episode #1.13 "Friday the 13th"
1993-1994 Phenom Father Coyle
Father Russell
Answered Prayers (1993)
Spring Breakout (1994)
1994 Rebel Highway Mickey Maven Episode #1.5 "Girls in Prison"
1994 Girls in Prison Mickey Maven TV movie
1994 Diagnosis Murder Peter Kincaid Episode #2.3 "Woman Trouble"
1995 Seinfeld Night Doorman Episode #6.17 "The Doorman"
1995 Vanishing Son Artie Gallo Episode #1.11 "Jersey Girl"
1995 Minor Adjustments Merchant Episode #1.6 "The Ex-Files"
1995 Fudge Dave Katz Episode #2.14 "The Mouse Trappers"
1995 Sister, Sister Howard Episode #3.9 "Thanksgiving in Hawaii: Part 1
Episode 3.10 "Thanksgiving in Hawaii: Part 2"
1996 Wings Engineer Willy Episode #7.13 "Sons and Lovers"
1996 Land's End Carl Granger Episode #1.15 "Fool's Gold
1996 Hudson Street Leo Episode #1.21 "One for the Monet"
1997 Boy Meets World Officer Dibble Episode #4.14 "Wheels"
1997 The Steve Harvey Show Episode #1.14 "African-American Me"
1997 Skeletons Mr. Muir TV movie
1997 The Sentinel Charlie Spring Episode #2.19 "Private Eyes"
1997 Silk Stalkings Building Manager Episode #7.10 "Child's Play"
1997 The Wayans Bros. Frank Rizzo Episode #4.8 "I Was En Vogue's Love Slave"
1998 Babylon 5 Mack Episode #5.4 "A View from the Gallery"
1998 Two of a Kind Walter Episode #1.11 "A Very Carrie Christmas"
2000 Brutally Normal Vice Principal Strauss Episode #1.2 "Barricade"
2000 Becker Lenny Sinclair Episode #2.15 "All the Rage"
2000 V.I.P. Jerry Goldring Episode #2.18 "Val's on First"
2000 City of Angels Hay Episode #2.2. "Jerque Du Soleil"
2000 The Michael Richards Show Harvey Episode #1.7 "USA Toy"
2001 That's Life Cookie Episode #1.13 "Heart Problems"
2001 Days of Our Lives Cab Driver Episode #1.8985
2001 Dead Last Charlie Cramachuck Episode #1.10 "Laughlin It Up"
2001 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Teeth Episode #6.9 "Tabula Rasa"
2002 Six Feet Under Man on Phone Episode #2.3 "The Plan"
2002 Providence
2002 Boomtown Albert Beechem Episode #1.6 "The Freak"
2003 NYPD Blue Aldo 'The Dentist' Sanfratello Episode #10.16 "Nude Awakening"
2003 Audrey's Rain Minster #1 TV movie
2003 The Handler Kevin Morris Episode #1.6 "Dirty White Collar"
2005 Monk Clemm Episode #3.10 "Mr. Monk and the Red Herring"
2006 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Salesman Episode #6.14 "Killer"
2006 Malcolm in the Middle Al Episode #7.22 "Graduation"
2007 Sands of Oblivion Dale TV movie
2007 Saving Grace Tendell Rusk Episode #1.5 "Would You Want Me to Tell You?"
2008 Shark Swarm George Banks TV movie
2016 The Hub Mr. Jones TV movie

References

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  1. ^ "Magazine Fall/Winter 2023". SAG-AFTRA. p. 62. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  2. ^ https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/newhall-ca/raymond-oconnor-11498886
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