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Ray Manzarek(1939-2013)

  • Music Department
  • Director
  • Actor
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Ray Manzarek
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Ray Manzarek was born on 12 February 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Army of the Dead (2021), Strange Days (1995) and The X Files (1998). He was married to Dorothy Manzarek. He died on 20 May 2013 in Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany.
BornFebruary 12, 1939
DiedMay 20, 2013(74)
BornFebruary 12, 1939
DiedMay 20, 2013(74)
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Known for

Ana de la Reguera, Matthias Schweighöfer, Omari Hardwick, Dave Bautista, and Ella Purnell in Army of the Dead (2021)
Army of the Dead
5.8
  • Soundtrack
  • 2021
Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, and Juliette Lewis in Strange Days (1995)
Strange Days
7.2
  • Soundtrack
  • 1995
Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in The X Files (1998)
The X Files
7.0
  • Soundtrack
  • 1998
Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994)
Forrest Gump
8.8
  • Soundtrack(as The Doors)
  • 1994

Credits

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Music Department

  • The Doors: Riders on the Storm
    Music Video
    • Music Department
    • 2021
  • VH1 Storytellers (1996)
    VH1 Storytellers
    7.9
    TV Series
    • musician: keyboards
    • 2000
  • X: Breathless
    Music Video
    • music producer
    • 1983
  • X: The New World
    Music Video
    • music mixer
    • music producer
    • 1983
  • X: True Love
    Music Video
    • music mixer
    • music producer
    • 1983
  • X: Because I Do
    Music Video
    • music producer
    • 1982
  • X: Motel Room in My Bed
    Music Video
    • music producer
    • 1982
  • X: The Hungry Wolf
    Music Video
    • music producer
    • 1982
  • X: White Girl
    Music Video
    • music producer
    • 1981
  • X: Johny Hit and Run Paulene
    Music Video
    • music producer
    • 1980
  • X: Los Angeles
    Music Video
    • music producer
    • 1980
  • Don Johnson, Tim McIntire, and Tiger in A Boy and His Dog (1975)
    A Boy and His Dog
    6.4
    • musician
    • 1975

Director

  • Love Her Madly (2000)
    Love Her Madly
    3.4
    • Director
    • 2000
  • Light My Fire: Ray Manzarek - A Return to the Whisky a Go Go (2000)
    Light My Fire: Ray Manzarek - A Return to the Whisky a Go Go
    Video
    • Director
    • 2000
  • The Doors Collection (1999)
    The Doors Collection
    8.4
    Video
    • Director
    • 1999
  • The Best of the Doors
    8.0
    Video
    • Director
    • 1997
  • The Doors: The Soft Parade (1991)
    The Doors: The Soft Parade
    7.9
    Video
    • Director
    • 1991
  • The Doors: Live in Europe 1968 (1990)
    The Doors: Live in Europe 1968
    7.8
    Video
    • Director
    • 1990
  • Jim Morrison and The Doors in The Doors: Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1987)
    The Doors: Live at the Hollywood Bowl
    8.2
    Video
    • Director
    • 1987
  • The Doors: Dance on Fire (1985)
    The Doors: Dance on Fire
    8.2
    Video
    • creative director
    • 1985
  • The Doors: L.A. Woman (1985)
    The Doors: L.A. Woman
    8.6
    Music Video
    • Director
    • 1985
  • The Doors: Light My Fire
    7.8
    Music Video
    • Director
    • 1967
  • Induction
    6.3
    Short
    • Director
    • 1965
  • Dorothy Manzarek in Evergreen (1964)
    Evergreen
    5.7
    Short
    • Director (as Raymond D. Manczarek)
    • 1964

Actor

  • The Doors: Videobiography
    5.3
    • 2007
  • Sigourney Weaver, Chevy Chase, and Gregory Hines in Deal of the Century (1983)
    Deal of the Century
    4.7
    • Charlie Simbo
    • 1983
  • Jools Holland and Paula Yates in The Tube (1982)
    The Tube
    7.7
    TV Series
    • 1982
  • The Doors: Roadhouse Blues
    7.6
    Music Video
    • Ray Manzarek
    • 1970
  • John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison, and The Doors in The Doors: The Unknown Soldier (1968)
    The Doors: The Unknown Soldier
    7.7
    Music Video
    • Ray Manzarek
    • 1968
  • The Doors: Wild Child (1968)
    The Doors: Wild Child
    6.8
    Music Video
    • Ray Manzarek
    • 1968
  • John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison, and The Doors in The Doors: Break on Through (To the Other Side) (1967)
    The Doors: Break on Through (To the Other Side)
    7.6
    Music Video
    • Ray Manzarek
    • 1967
  • The Doors: Light My Fire
    7.8
    Music Video
    • Ray Manzarek
    • 1967
  • The Doors: People Are Strange
    7.3
    Music Video
    • Ray Manzarek
    • 1967
  • The Doors: The Crystal Ship
    5.9
    Music Video
    • Ray Manzarek
    • 1967
  • Induction
    6.3
    Short
    • Ray (uncredited)
    • 1965
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Videos5

Official Trailer
Trailer 2:19
Official Trailer
When You're Strange
Trailer 1:56
When You're Strange
When You're Strange
Trailer 1:56
When You're Strange
When You're Strange
Trailer 0:31
When You're Strange
A NORML Life
Trailer 2:16
A NORML Life
The Reinactors
Trailer 2:33
The Reinactors

Personal details

  • Official site
    • The Doors' Official Site
  • Alternative names
    • The Doors
  • Height
    • 6′ 0½″ (1.84 m)
  • Born
    • February 12, 1939
    • Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Died
    • May 20, 2013
    • Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany(bile duct cancer)
  • Spouse
    • Dorothy ManzarekDecember 21, 1967 - May 20, 2013 (his death, 1 child)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 1 Portrayal
    • 2 Interviews
    • 4 Articles

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Keyboard player with The Doors.
  • Quotes
    Maybe, maybe we can make the world a better place to live and to love and to get high...'cause it sure ain't that now, man!
  • Trademarks
      Would incorporate the works of Coltrane and other jazz artists into his organ solos. (The Coltrane allusion specifically refers to block and minor chord vamping behind long instrumental solos and is associated with Coltrane's 1960 version of "My Favorite Things" and its influence on The Doors' "Light My Fire".)

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