Ray Turner


Biography

Actor-musician Raymond Turner made a splash in Hollywood both on and off-screen. Turner began his acting career with roles in such films as "The Patent Leather Kid" (1927), "A Thief in the Dark" (1928) and "Synthetic Sin" (1928). He also appeared in "Weary River" (1929). He continued to act in productions like the musical comedy "Josette" (1938) with Don Ameche, the Jack Randall wes...

Biography

Actor-musician Raymond Turner made a splash in Hollywood both on and off-screen. Turner began his acting career with roles in such films as "The Patent Leather Kid" (1927), "A Thief in the Dark" (1928) and "Synthetic Sin" (1928). He also appeared in "Weary River" (1929). He continued to act in productions like the musical comedy "Josette" (1938) with Don Ameche, the Jack Randall western "The Gun Packer" (1938) and the dramedy "Diggstown" (1992) with James Woods. He also worked in television around this time, including a part on "Married... With Children" (Fox, 1986-1997). Turner's music was most recently used in "Baby Boy" (2001) with Tyrese Gibson. In the nineties and the early 2000s, Turner lent his talents to projects like "Leprechaun" with Warwick Davis (1992), "South Central" with Glenn Plummer (1992) and "The Burning Zone" (UPN, 1996-97). His credits also expanded to "Nurse Betty" with Morgan Freeman (2000).

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Diggstown (1992)
Leprechaun (1992)
Bells of San Angelo (1947)
Mailman
Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946)
Red Cap
Duffy's Tavern (1945)
Hotel porter
Incendiary Blonde (1945)
Waiter
The Merry Monahans (1944)
Porter
They Got Me Covered (1943)
Hubert
Grandpa Goes to Town (1940)
Homer
Blondie Has Servant Trouble (1940)
Horatio Jones
Turnabout (1940)
Mose
Little Orvie (1940)
Jefferson
South to Karanga (1940)
Native
Little Accident (1939)
Those High Grey Walls (1939)
Convict
Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939)
Harrison "Gravy" Randolph
Fast and Furious (1939)
Porter
Hold That Kiss (1938)
Elevator man
Nurse from Brooklyn (1938)
Elevator boy
The Main Event (1938)
Bootblack
Gun Packer (1938)
Pinky
Josette (1938)
Mose
Exclusive (1937)
Bellboy
Wings over Honolulu (1937)
Waiter
She's Dangerous (1937)
Shoeshiner
Blonde Trouble (1937)
Porter
The Frame-Up (1937)
Black stable boy
Murder Goes to College (1937)
Decker
Under Cover of Night (1937)
Hall room boy
A Dangerous Adventure (1937)
Pullman porter
A Tenderfoot Goes West (1936)
The Invisible Ray (1936)
It Had to Happen (1936)
Zeke
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
Soldier
The Blackmailer (1936)
Moe
Mutiny Ahead (1935)
Sassafras
Lottery Lover (1935)
Bootblack
East of Java (1935)
Messenger
She Couldn't Take It (1935)
Janitor
Behold My Wife! (1934)
Porter
Mills of the Gods (1934)
Porter
Call It Luck (1934)
Stable boy
The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)
Sam
King Kong (1933)
Native
Little Johnny Jones (1929)
Carbon
Young Nowheres (1929)
George
Weary River (1929)
Elevator boy
Synthetic Sin (1929)
Sam
A Thief in the Dark (1928)
Beauregard
Kit Carson (1928)
Smokey
Riding to Fame (1927)
Roaring Fires (1927)
Dennison De Puyster
The Love Mart (1927)
Poupet
The Patent Leather Kid (1927)
Mobile Molasses
Sir Lumberjack (1926)
Colored cook
The College Boob (1926)
Whitewings Washington
The Traffic Cop (1926)
Tapioca
Smilin' at Trouble (1925)
Colored boy
O. U. West (1925)
Porter
Heads Up (1925)
Zeke
Speed Wild (1925)
Ulysses
The No-Gun Man (1924)
Obediah Abraham Lincoln Brown

Music (Feature Film)

Tyler Perry's The List (2018)
Song
Nobody's Fool (2018)
Song
Baby Boy (2001)
Song ("Just A Touch Of Love")
Nurse Betty (2000)
Song
South Central (1992)
Song
The Savage Eye (1960)
Piano
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Musician
The Man I Love (1947)
Piano solos
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Addl piano solo rec

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

A Kiss in the Dark (1949)
Piano double

Life Events

Bibliography