Ray McDonald (dancer)

{{short description|American dancer}}

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Ray McDonald (June 27, 1920 – February 20, 1959){{Cite journal|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/516144106|title=McDonald, Ray: Actor, Dancer.|first1=Martin|last1=Quigley|first2=Barry|last2=Monush|date=July 4, 1995|journal=First Century of Film.|oclc=516144106|via=Open WorldCat}} was a tap dancer who started his career as a vaudeville act with his older sister Grace McDonald, before being cast in a hit Broadway show, and then in films.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1959/02/21/archives/police-find-dancer-dead-in-his-hotel.html|title=Police Find Dancer Dead in His Hotel|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 21, 1959}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/126987%7C127887/Ray-McDonald/|title=Overview for Ray McDonald|website=Turner Classic Movies}}{{Unreliable source?|date=July 2019}} He had a starring role in the films Down in San Diego and Born to Sing, some leading roles in other films, as well as lesser roles including in uncredited dance sequences.{{Cite web|url=https://thetinseltowntwins.wordpress.com/2015/09/02/todays-underrated-actor-spotlight-ray-mcdonald/|title=Today's Underrated Actor Spotlight: Ray McDonald|date=September 2, 2015}}{{Unreliable source?|date=July 2019}}

McDonald's Broadway credits include Park Avenue (1946), Winged Victory (1943), Crazy With the Heat (1941), and Babes in Arms (1937).{{cite web |title=("Ray McDonald" search results) |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/ray-mcdonald-52278 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=5 July 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190704235830/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/ray-mcdonald-52278 |archive-date=4 July 2019}}