Ray Sharkey

Highest Rated: 93% WarGames (War Games) (1983)

Lowest Rated: 4% Wired (1989)

Birthday: Nov 14, 1952

Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY, USA

Trained at HB Studio, rough-edged American actor Ray Sharkey quickly graduated to movies and television. Sharkey's first film was The Lords of Flatbush (1974), a street-gang drama that also featured early appearances by Henry Winkler and Sylvester Stallone. The actor's breakthrough film was 1980's The Idolmaker, in which he played rock 'n' roll entrepreneur Bob Marcucci; that same year, he was Phil in the low-budget but highly praised Willie and Phil. Sharkey's best known role was as Atlantic City gangster Sonny Steelgrave on the TV series "Wiseguy" (1987-90). Shortly after finishing work on the 1992 Burt Reynolds vehicle Cop and A Half, Sharkey made public the fact that he had contracted AIDS through indiscriminate drug use; he died less than one year later.

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies

		Credit
90%	The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom	Police Officer	—	1993
14%	Cop & 1/2	Fountain	—	1993
75%	Zebrahead	Richard	—	1992
No Score Yet	Dead On: Relentless II	Kyle Valsone	—	1992
No Score Yet	Caged Fear	Warden Hayes	—	1992
No Score Yet	Round Trip to Heaven	Stoneface	—	1992
No Score Yet	In the Line of Duty: Street War	Det. Victor Tomasino	—	1992
No Score Yet	Chrome Soldiers	Gabe	—	1992
90%	The Grifters	FBI Man	—	1990
No Score Yet	The Rain Killer	Vince Capra	—	1990
No Score Yet	Good Cops, Bad Cops	Actor	—	1990
No Score Yet	The Take	Dennis	—	1990
No Score Yet	After Midnight	Ray	—	1989
No Score Yet	Sweet Bird of Youth	Actor	—	1989
4%	Wired	Angel	—	1989
83%	Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills	Frank	—	1989
No Score Yet	Act of Piracy	Jack Wilcox	—	1989
No Score Yet	The Neon Empire	Actor	—	1989
No Score Yet	Capone	Actor	—	1989
No Score Yet	Dudes	Blix	—	1987
No Score Yet	P.I. Private Investigations	Ryan	—	1987
No Score Yet	Behind Enemy Lines	M.Sgt. Max Zierman	—	1987
51%	Dragnet	Drug Pagan	—	1987
21%	No Mercy	Angles Ryan	—	1986
58%	Short Circuit	Zack	—	1986
31%	Wise Guys	Marco	—	1986
73%	Murphy's Romance	Larry Le Beau	—	1985
No Score Yet	Hellhole	Silk	—	1985
No Score Yet	Body Rock	Terrence	—	1984
No Score Yet	Best Defense	Radio Man	—	1984
No Score Yet	Du-beat-e-o (We're All Crazy Now)	du Beat-e-o	—	1984
93%	WarGames (War Games)	Radar Analyst	—	1983
80%	Blue Thunder	Air Controller	—	1983
No Score Yet	Regina	Actor	—	1983
40%	Some Kind of Hero	Vinnie	—	1982
89%	The Idolmaker	Vincent Vacarri	—	1980
No Score Yet	Willie & Phil	Phil D'Amico	—	1980
No Score Yet	Heart Beat	Ira	—	1980
40%	Paradise Alley	Legs	—	1978
73%	Who'll Stop the Rain	Smitty	—	1978
No Score Yet	Stunts	Pauley	—	1977
67%	The Lords of Flatbush	Student	—	1974

TV

		Credit
No Score Yet	The Man in the Family 1991	Sal Bavasso	1991
No Score Yet	Wiseguy 1987-1990	Sonny Steelgrave	1989 1988 1987
No Score Yet	The Equalizer 1985-1989	Geoffrey Dryden	1985
No Score Yet	Saturday Night Live 1975	Host Guest	1981
No Score Yet	The Streets of San Francisco 1972-1977	Benny Lester	1977
No Score Yet	The Jeffersons 1975-1985	Robert Phelps	1976
No Score Yet	All in the Family 1971-1979		1975
No Score Yet	Kojak 1973-1978	Gallagher	1974

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