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Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr. (May 2, 1929 – November 5, 2005) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist who became popular in the late 1950s. His 1958 instrumental single " Rumble ", reached the top 20 in the United States; and was one of the earliest songs in rock music to utilize distortion and tremolo .
Erich von Stroheim and Fay Wray on the set of the film The Wedding March. Wray was born on a ranch near Cardston, Alberta, to parents who were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Elvina Marguerite Jones, who was from Salt Lake City, Utah, and Joseph Heber Wray, who was from Kingston upon Hull, England. [1]
A review in TV Guide compared The Pride of the Family to many other situation comedies in that its "situations are contrived to the point of absurdity". [6] The review attributed most of the laughs in the program to Hartman's "wonderfully mobile face" [6] and said that Wray "deserves better" after she came out of retirement to be in this show.
Wray was born on May 26, 1923, in Searcy, Arkansas. Before moving his wife, Mary, and their four children to California in 1954, he took classes at the University of Arkansas and later attended UCLA, where he studied political science. He and his family later moved to California, where he became the president of the United Auto Workers union.
Fay Wray (1907–2004), Canadian–American actress best known for her starring role in the film King Kong Collin Raye (born Floyd Elliot Wray, born 1960), American country singer-songwriter Harmon Wray (c. 1947–2007), American prison reformer, human rights and death penalty activist
Ray was born September 10, 1954, in Wellston, Ohio, to a family originally from West Virginia.As a teenager, he regularly read Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine. Being a fan of horror and science fiction films such as Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein and the AIP movies of the 1950s and 1960s, Ray started making his own movies at the age of fourteen. [6]
Sir Christopher Wray, 4th Baronet (1621–1664), of the Wray baronets; Sir Christopher Wray, 6th Baronet (1652–1679), MP; Christopher Wray (actor) (1940–2014), actor, proprietor of the Christopher Wray Lighting Emporium shop in London; Christopher A. Wray (born 1966), American lawyer, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Mary A. Wray (née Retan; 1804 – October 5, 1892) was an American actress known for her significant contributions to the theater in the 19th century. Beginning her career as a dancer at the Chatham Street Theater in New York City , she quickly rose to prominence in the dramatic arts.