Ray Sharkey

Career timeline

1. 1952 · Born

   Born in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

2. 1971 · Screen debut

   All in the Family (TV)

3. 1975 · Breakthrough

   The Jeffersons (TV)

4. 1993 · Latest release

   Cop & ½ (Movie)

5. 1993 · Died

   June 11, 1993

Career in numbers

9 1970s

30 1980s

12 1990s

• Drama34
• Crime21
• Comedy13
• Action11
• Thriller8
• Tv Movie6

Highest-rated title Crime Story 1986 8.0 Most popular title Miami Vice 1984 7.5

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Ray Sharkey in our catalogue.

Rod Holcomb

3 titles together

Robert Iscove

3 titles together

Larry Peerce

3 titles together

Jonathan Banks

2 titles together

László Kovács

2 titles together

Peter Boyle

2 titles together

Michael Mann

2 titles together

David Jackson

2 titles together

Daniel Pyne

2 titles together

Norman Lear

2 titles together

1. 1993 Cop & ½ as Vinnie Fountain 4.6 Movie
2. 1992 In the Line of Duty: Street War as Det. Victor Tomasino Movie
3. 1992 Zebrahead as Richard 5.7 Movie
4. 1992 Round Trip to Heaven as Stoneface Movie
5. 1992 Chrome Soldiers as Gabe Ricci Movie
6. 1992 Dead On: Relentless II as Kyle Valsone Movie
7. 1991 The Man in the Family TV
8. 1991 Caged Fear as Warden Hayes Movie
9. 1990 Good Cops, Bad Cops Movie
10. 1990 The Rain Killer as Capra Movie
11. 1990 The Take as Dennis Movie
12. 1990 27 Wagons Full of Cotton as Silva Movie
13. 1989 The Neon Empire as Junior Molov TV
14. 1989 The Neon Empire as Junior Molov Movie
15. 1989 Wired as Angel Velasquez 3.6 Movie
16. 1989 Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills as Frank 5.4 Movie
17. 1989 The Revenge of Al Capone as Scarface Movie
18. 1988 Act of Piracy as Jack Wilcox Movie
19. 1987 Jake and the Fatman 6.2 TV
20. 1987 Wiseguy 6.6 TV
21. 1987 Wiseguy: Pilot as Sonny Steelgrave Movie
22. 1987 P.I. Private Investigations as Ryan Movie
23. 1986 No Mercy as Angles Ryan 5.8 Movie
24. 1986 Crime Story as US Atty. Harry Breitel 8.0 TV
25. 1986 Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp as Grand Vizier Movie
26. 1986 Wise Guys as Marco 5.4 Movie
27. 1985 92 Grosvenor Street Movie
28. 1985 The Equalizer as Geoffery Dryden 7.2 TV
29. 1985 The Ray Bradbury Theater 7.0 TV
30. 1985 Hellhole as Silk 5.0 Movie
31. 1984 Body Rock as Terrence 4.4 Movie
32. 1984 Miami Vice as Bobby Profile 7.5 TV
33. 1984 Du-beat-e-o as duBEAT-e-o Movie
34. 1983 The Hitchhiker as Eric Coleman 6.2 TV
35. 1982 Faerie Tale Theatre as Grand Vizier 8.1 TV
36. 1982 Some Kind of Hero as Sgt. Vinnie DiAngelo 5.6 Movie
37. 1982 Regina Roma as Carry Movie
38. 1981 The Ordeal of Bill Carney as Bill Carney Movie
39. 1981 Love & Money as Byron Levin Movie
40. 1980 The Idolmaker as Vincent 'Vinnie' Vacarri 5.6 Movie
41. 1980 Willie & Phil as Phil D'Amico Movie
42. 1980 Heart Beat as Ira (based on Allen Ginsberg) 5.6 Movie
43. 1978 Paradise Alley as Legs 6.0 Movie
44. 1978 Who'll Stop the Rain as Smitty 6.4 Movie
45. 1977 Stunts as Paul Salerno Movie
46. 1977 Hot Tomorrows as Louis Movie
47. 1976 Trackdown as Flash Movie
48. 1975 The Jeffersons as Robert Phelps 7.3 TV
49. 1973 Kojak as Gallagher (uncredited) 7.3 TV
50. 1972 The Streets of San Francisco 7.1 TV
51. 1971 All in the Family as Man At Clinic (uncredited) 7.8 TV

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