61 Ray Walston Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

This Academy Awards-winning movie is about an elaborate con planned to take revenge. When his mentor-partner Luther is killed by a ruthless crime-boss Lonnegan, young swindler Hooker seeks help of con-pro Gondorff to plot a complicated scam to get back at Lonnegan. They assemble a group of con-artists for the scheme. However, they also encounter several twists and obstacles along the way.

Timid insurance worker C.C. Baxter attempts to rise up the corporate ladder by lending his apartment to company executives to use for their extramarital affairs. However, he is torn from the inside when he realizes that the personnel director, who recently granted his promotion, brought to his apartment the elevator girl he is attracted to.

The coming-of-age story revolves around the lives of sophomores, Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner, and their friends, Linda and Mike. Stacy’s older brother, Brad, is also trying to figure things out after a break up while Stacy becomes pregnant. There is also Jeff Spicoli, a stoned surfer who is constantly going up against teacher Mr.Hand. 

The Player is an American satirical black comedy film, which tells the story of Hollywood film producer Griffin Mill, who starts receiving threats anonymously. However, he is certain that David, a scriptwriter is behind it. He invites the latter to sort things out, but things take an ugly turn, and he ends up murdering him.  

Of Mice and Men tells the story of two friends, one a gentle and dim-witted giant, and the other a nomadic farmer, who in order to fulfill their dreams, work in the fields during the Great Depression.    

Orville Spooner is a pianist who sends his beautiful wife Zelda away for the night since he has invited a famed singer named Dino for the night, hoping that he can impress him and sell him a song.

During a cross-country train ride, a book editor George Caldwell meets an enigmatic woman named Hilly Burns, and falls for her. However, his vacation is interrupted when he witnesses a murder for which he is then accused. Things get worse when the actual murderers kidnap Hilly and attempt to throw him off the train.

Nellie Forbush is a nurse working for the US Navy, who falls for a middle-aged French plantation owner named Emile. However, when she finds out that he is the father of two children, she decides to leave him. Heartbroken, Emile agrees to take on a dangerous military espionage mission. But in his absence, Nellie is struggling to deal with her feelings for him. When she learns about his mission, she starts to care for his children, fearing he might not return alive.  

During the Gold Rush, Ben Rumson finds a wrecked wagon containing a dead man and his surviving brother, Pardner, in the wilds of California. At the burial, their lives take a turn when they discover gold dust, and stake a claim.  

Glamorous socialite Sheila Cabot devises a plan to be free of her ailing tyrannical husband while retaining his fortune by convincing her lover, Dr. David Rivera, to poison him during his treatment. One death leads to another after they are blackmailed for the crime, and the plot is further complicated when the doctor threatens to confess.

Rad is a sports drama film which revolves around Cru Jones, a young man, who wishes to win a BMX race called Helltrack. However, he has to face several obstacles as Duke Best, the president of the Federation of American Bicyclists, keeps adjusting the rules, to keep him out of the race, so that BMX star Bart Taylor can easily emerge as the winner.     

Sentenced to death for killing a shopkeeper over a teddy which he couldn’t afford for his daughter, John Resko receives last-minute reprieve and is transferred to Dannemora. After initial difficulties with inmates and news from family, a principal keeper helps him discover his talent for art that fetches appreciation. Released after 18 years, he reunites with his grown-up daughter.

Johnny Kelly is an honest newsboy in New York City. However, he is quite poor, and his mother needs an operation which his family can’t afford. Johnny’s life soon takes a turn when he gets into a street fight and attracts the attention of a local crime boss named Jocko Dundee, who offers him a job. Johnny agrees, as he sees no honest way to earn the money required for the operation.