Ray Charles
Acting
🎂 1930-09-23
Ray Charles Robinson, better known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records. He also helped racially integrate country and pop music during the 1960s with his crossover success on ABC Records, most notably with his Modern Sounds albums. While with ABC, Charles became one of the first African-American musicians to be given artistic control by a mainstream record company. Frank Sinatra called Charles “the only true genius in show business.” Rolling Stone ranked Charles number 10 on their list of "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" in 2004, and number two on their November 2008 list of "100 Greatest Singers of All Time". In honoring Charles, Billy Joel noted: "This may sound like sacrilege, but I think Ray Charles was more important than Elvis Presley. I don't know if Ray was the architect of rock & roll, but he was certainly the first guy to do a lot of things . . . Who the hell ever put so many styles together and made it work?"
Cast credits(120)
Self
1962
Sammy
1993
Self - Host & Musical Guest
1975
Self - Co-Host
1961
Ray Charles
1990
1984
Ray Charles
1985
Self
1982
1982
Self
1956
Self - Guest
1967
Self
1948
Self
1987
Self - Guest
1968
Host - Self
1972
Self
1972
Self
2002
Self
1978
Ray Charles
1993
Self
1958
Self
1972
Ray
1980
Self
1986
Self
1970
Self - Singer
1964
Self (archive footage)
1987
Self
1985
Busdriver
1996
Self
1987
1991
Self
1969
Self - Singer
1964
Self (archive footage)
2024
Self
1975
Self
2001
Self
1969
Self
2005
Self
1994
Self
2025
Self (archive footage)
2022
2003
Self
1977
1987
Self
2014
Self
1985
Self (archive footage)
2013
Self (archive footage)
1994
Self
1993
Self
1978
Self
1961
Self
2001
Self
1995
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
Self (archive footage)
1994
Self - Composer
1985
Self (archive footage)
2025
Self
2011
Self (archive footage)
2017
Self (archive footage)
2022
Self
1988
Self (archive footage)
2023
Self
1965
Self (archive footage)
2022
Self - Piano, Vocals
2008
Self - Performer
1995
Julius
1989
Ray Charles
1989
Self
1984
Self
2003
Himself
1965
Self
1980
Self
1990
Self
2004
Self (archive footage)
2005
Self (archive footage)
2009
Self (archive footage)
2004
Self
2007
Self (archive footage)
2022
Self
1998
Self
1978
1975
Self
1990
Self
1987
Self
2004
Self
1996
Self
2003
Self
1978
1994
Self
1973
Self (archive footage)
1986
Self
2002
Self
2023
Self
2008
Self
1986
1980
Self
2004
G-Clef (voice)
2000
Self (archival footage)
2021
Self (archive footage)
2001
Self (archive footage)
2001
Self
1981
Self
2007
Self
2008
Self
2001
Self
2004
Self
1983
Self
2007
Self
2006
Self
2004
Self
2006
Self
1981
Self
2002
Self
1980
Self
1968
Himself
Self (archive footage)
2004
Self
2012
1979
Self
2006
1983
