Robert E. Bray (October 23, 1917 – March 7, 1983) was a film and television actor probably best remembered for his role as the forest ranger Corey Stuart in the long-running CBS series Lassie.
Bray was born to homesteading parents in Kalispell, the seat of Flathead County, Montana. The family moved to Seattle, where Bray attended Lincoln High School. After graduation, he was for a time a lumberjack, a cowboy, and a member of the Civilian Conserva...
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Robert E. Bray (October 23, 1917 – March 7, 1983) was a film and television actor probably best remembered for his role as the forest ranger Corey Stuart in the long-running CBS series Lassie.
Bray was born to homesteading parents in Kalispell, the seat of Flathead County, Montana. The family moved to Seattle, where Bray attended Lincoln High School. After graduation, he was for a time a lumberjack, a cowboy, and a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps. In 1942, Bray joined the United States Marine Corps and saw action in the South Pacific during World War II. He finished the war at the rank of master sergeant and then aspired to become a taxidermist or the owner of a hunting/fishing lodge.
Instead, Bray entered film in 1946 under contract to RKO. He was marketed as the "next Gary Cooper". In the 1950s, the then freelancing actor appeared in a varied number of roles including the 1952 episode "Thunder over Inyo" of the syndicated western television series The Adventures of Kit...
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