Ray Aranha

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| name = Ray Aranha

| image = RayAranhaPic.jpg

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| birth_name = Raymond Douglass Aranha

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|05|01|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Miami, Florida, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|10|09|1939|05|01}}

| death_place = Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.

| other_names = Ray Arahna

| occupation = Actor, playwright, theater director

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| spouse = Jean Aranha

| children = Marc Aranha, Teri Pauline Aranha Tate, Delaine Aranha

| website = www.prometheusfire.org

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Ray Aranha (May 1, 1939 – October 9, 2011) was an American actor, playwright, and stage director.

Career

Born in Miami, Florida, Aranha appeared in and written numerous stage productions. In 1974, he won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Playwright for My Sister, My Sister. Aranha also wrote and toured in a one-man show, I Am Black, and later appeared as "Jim Bono" in Fences.{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/89/Ray-Aranha.html|title=Ray Aranha Biography (1939-)|publisher=filmreference.com|accessdate=2009-11-10}}

In addition to stage work, Aranha appeared in various film and television roles. In 1990, he co-starred in the short-lived ABC series Married People. After the series was canceled in 1991, he appeared in yet another short-lived series The Heights in 1992. Aranha has since had roles in Are You Afraid of the Dark?, New York Undercover, and Law & Order, and has roles in Dead Man Walking (1995), Deconstructing Harry (1997), and Maid in Manhattan (2002).

Death

On October 9, 2011, Aranha died at the age of 72 from a stroke.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/stamfordadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=ray-aranha&pid=154175541&fhid=11211|title=Ray Aranha Obituary|publisher=legacy.com|accessdate=17 October 2011}}

Filmography

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Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1982 \| A Stranger Is Watching \| Cop in Bathroom \|
1987 \| Five Corners \| Arthur \|
1990 to 1991 \| Married People \| Nick Williams \| 18 episodes
1991 \| City of Hope \| Errol \|
1992 \| The Heights \| Mr. Mike \| 12 episodes
1994 \| Drop Squad \| Bruford Jamison Sr \|
1993 \| American Playhouse \| Reverend Foy \| Episode: "Hallelujah"
1994 \| Lifestories: Families in Crisis \| Victor \| Episode: "POWER: The Eddie Matos Story"
1994 to 1997 \| New York Undercover \| Jamell Johnson Mel Dunston \| 2 episodes
1994 to 1999 \| Law & Order \| Dr. Henry "Papa Doc" Doirnell Judge \| 2 episodes
1995 \| Are You Afraid of the Dark? \| Cap Anderson \| Episode: "The Tale of Train Magic"
1995 \| Die Hard with a Vengeance \| Janitor \| Credited as Ray Arahna
1995 \| Dead Man Walking \| Luis Montoya \|
1995 to 1997 \| As the World Turns \| Sparky Wells \| 2 episodes
1996 \| City Hall \| James Bone \|
1996 \| Box of Moon Light \| Soapy \|
1996 \| Twisted \| Can Man \|
1997 \| Deconstructing Harry \| Professor Aranha \|
1997 \| The Kid \| Cappy Dover \|
1998 \| Cosby \| James \| Episode: "Chemistry"
2000 \| Third Watch \| Barnett Freeman \| Episode: "Journey to the Himalayas"
2001 \| Ed \| Harry Lockemather \| 2 episodes
2001 \| Good Advice \| Man in Central Park \|
2002 \| Maid in Manhattan \| Bus driver \|
2003 \| Shortcut to Happiness \| Mailman \| (final film role)

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Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1982

| A Stranger Is Watching

| Cop in Bathroom

1987

| Five Corners

| Arthur

1990 to 1991