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Birth Name: Raymond S. Sharkey
Date of Birth: November 14, 1952
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Death: June 11, 1993
Place of Death: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Ethnicity: Irish, Italian
Ray Sharkey was an American actor. His roles included the films Hot Tomorrows , Who’ll Stop the Rain , Heart Beat , Willie & Phil , The Idolmaker , Love and Money , Some Kind of Hero , Body Rock , Hellhole (1985), Wise Guys , No Mercy (1986), P.I. Private Investigations , Act of Piracy , Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills , Wired , Dead On: Relentless II , Zebrahead , and Cop and a Half ; the shows Kojak , Crime Story , Wiseguy and The Man in the Family ; and the made-for-tv movies The Revenge of Al Capone , The Neon Empire , and In the Line of Duty: Street War .
He was the son of Cecelia and Raymond Sharkey, a professional drummer. He was raised in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Ray had a daughter with his former wife, actress Carole Graham. He died from AIDS.
Ray’s maternal grandfather was named Salvatore Formisano. Salvatore was from Naples, Campania, Italy.
Ray’s maternal grandmother was named Angelina Trani. Angelina was Italian.