Ray Aranha Biography (1939-)

Born May 1, 1939, in Miami, FL. Addresses: Agent: HWA Talent Representatives, 220 East 23rd St., #400, New York, NY 10010-4606.; Contact: c/o GPO Box 1743, New York, NY 10001.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Playwright, actor, director, teacher
Birth Details: May 1, 1939; Miami, Florida, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
Bill Lewis, Hot L Baltimore, Hartford Stage Company, CT, 1974
Frederick Douglas, One Wore Blue: One Wore Grey, Hartford Stage Company, 1974
Farmworker, On the Season, Hartford Stage Company, 1974
One man show, I Am Black, Hartford Stage Company, 1974
A Mexican, Folklorico (children's show), Hartford Stage Company, 1974
Title role, Purlie Victorious, Waldo-Astoria Dinner Theatre, 1974
Johnson, The Brownsville Raid, O'Neill Theatre Centre, Waterford, CT, 1975
Eddie/Daddy, My Sister, My Sister, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, WI, 1976
Kgaravu, The Dozens, Tiffany's Attic Dinner Theatre, 1976
Benjamin Banneker, The Estate, Hartford Stage Company, 1976
Title role, Macbeth, Champlain Shakespeare Festival, 1977
Galactic Jack, Tooth of Crime, Stage West, 1977
Title role, Othello, Champlain Shakespeare Festival, 1978
Joe, The Shadow Box, Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, GA, 1978
Dandelion, Benefit of a Doubt, Folger Theatre Group, Washington, DC, 1979
Corin/Hymen, As You Like It, Folger Theatre Group, 1979
Duncan, Macbeth, Folger Theatre Group, 1979
Farmer Banks, Wild Oats, Folger Theatre Group, 1979
Reuben, Zooman and the Sign, Negro Ensemble Company, NY, 1980
Lt. Colonel Frank Harrow, Appear and Show Cause, Cleveland Playhouse, 1982
Steve, A Lesson from Aloes, South Jersey Repertory Theatre, 1983
Verrazano Narrows (a wino), Dimion's Dance, South Jersey Repertory Theatre, 1984
Professor/Panhandler, City Lights, People's Light and TheatreCompany, 1984
Jim Bono, Fences, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1985, then 46th Street Theatre, New York City, 1987-88
The Shattering, Players Theatre, New York City, 1996
Ben, Spirit North, Crossroads Theater, New Brunswick, NJ, 1998
Major Tours
I Am Black, one man show, Midwest cities, 1971-72
Willie, Master Harold and the Boys, U.S. cities, 1983-84
Stage Director
Lizzie, Rites and Reason Theatre, Brown University, 1982
Sons and Fathers of Sons, Alliance Theatre, 1982
Fugue on a Funny House, Alliance Theatre, 1982
Film Appearances

Cop in bathroom, A Stranger Is Watching, 1982
Arthur, Five Corners, 1987
Errol, City of Hope, 1991
Bruford Jamison, Sr., DROP Squad, 1994
Janitor, Die Hard: With a Vengeance (also known as Die Hard 3), 1995
Luis Montoya, Dead Man Walking, 1995
James Bone, City Hall, Columbia, 1996
Soapy, Box of Moonlight, Box of Moonlight Pictures Corp., 1996
Can man, Twisted, GM Films, 1997
The Kid, Cinepix Film Properties, 1997
Professor Aranha, Deconstructing Harry, 1997
Television Appearances
Series
Nick Williams, Married People, ABC, 1990
Mr. Mike (Stan's dad), The Heights, Fox, 1992
Movies
Rev. Foy, Hallelujah, PBS, 1993
Specials
George, Bodyguards, ABC, 1995
Episodic
Dr. Henry "Papa Doc" Doirnell, "Wager," Law & Order, NBC, 1994
Jameel Johnson, New York Undercover, Fox, 1994
Captain Anderson, "The Tale of Train Magic," Are You Afraid of the Dark&quest;, 1995
Mr. Carson, Swift Justice, UPN, 1996
Mel Dunston, "Is It a Crime&quest;" New York Undercover, Fox, 1997
James, Cosby, CBS, 1998
Judge, "Blood Money," Law & Order, NBC, 1999
Hit-and-run driver, "Journey to the Himalayas," Third Watch, NBC,2000
WRITINGS
Plays
I Am Black, one man show, toured Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma,Wisconsin, Michigan, 1971-72
My Sister, My Sister, Hartford Stage Company, CT, 1973, Urgent Theatre, 1974, and the Little Theatre, NY, 1974, published by Samuel French Inc., 1974
The Clowns' Corner Concert (one-act children's play), Hartford Stage Company, 1974, Baltimore Center Stage, 1976
Way Back When (one-act children's play), Hartford Stage Company, 1975, Baltimore Center Stage, 1976
The Estate, Hartford Stage Company, 1976, Afro-American Total Theatre, 1978, optioned for public television by the Minority Cultural Project, 1978
Akosu'a of the First and Final Day, staged reading, Stage West, 1977
Holidays (New Years) (ten-minute play for dramatic anthology series entitled Holidays), Actors Theatre of Louisville, KY, 1979
The Nature of Violence, commissioned by the Actors Theatre of Louisville, 1979
Creedmore (one act), commissioned by the Actors Theatre of Louisville, 1980
Snow-Pressings, Virginia Polytechnical University, 1980, O'Neill Playwrights Conference, 1981
Remington (one act), commissioned by the Actors Theatre of Louisville, produced, 1980, published by Theatre Communications Group, Plays-in-Progress, 1980
Sons and Fathers of Sons, O'Neill Playwrights Conference, 1981, Alliance Theatre, 1982, and Negro Ensemble Company, 1983
The Visions of Fire-Eater (one act), commissioned by the Actors Theatre of Louisville, 1981
Fugue on a Funny House, staged reading, Alliance Theatre, 1982
Lizzie, Rites and Reason Theatre, Brown University, 1982
Orphans and Cannibals, 1984
Television Writing
The Gift of the Magi, Channel 2, Educational Television, 1967
Lizzie, Community Television of Southern California, KCET, 1977
The Soul, PBS, 1977
Radio Writing
"The Antique Bearers," Earplay, PBS, 1978

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