FrameThrower · Actors · Ray Walston
Ray Walston
4 films · 363 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1960–1992
Born 2 November 1914 · Laurel, Mississippi, USA · died 1 January 2001
Ray Walston was an American stage, television and film actor best known as the title character on the 1960s situation comedy My Favorite Martian. In addition, he was also known for his role as high school teacher Mr. Hand in the 1982 film Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Judge Henry Bone on the drama series Picket Fences.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 363 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1960–1992
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series1996
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series1995
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical1956
- Clarence Derwent Awards
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 363 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Ray takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 51% of their frames are day — the look of the work Ray takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 363 frames from Ray Walston's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.