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James Earl Ray(1928-1998)

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James Earl Ray
James Earl Ray was born on 10 March 1928 in Alton, Illinois, USA. He died on 23 April 1998 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
BornMarch 10, 1928
DiedApril 23, 1998(70)
BornMarch 10, 1928
DiedApril 23, 1998(70)
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Known for

Reflex - utrikesjournal
TV Series
  • Self
Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1973)
Tomorrow Coast to Coast
7.7
TV Series
  • Self
Who Killed Martin Luther King?
TV Movie
  • Self (prison interview)
  • 1992
Who Killed Martin Luther King? (1989)
Who Killed Martin Luther King?
7.4
TV Movie
  • Self - Interviewee
  • 1989

Credits

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Self

  • Murderers, Mobsters & Madmen Vol. 2: Assassination in the 20th Century (1993)
    Murderers, Mobsters & Madmen Vol. 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
    7.0
    Video
    • Self
    • 1993
  • The Trial of James Earl Ray
    TV Movie
    • Self
    • 1993
  • Who Killed Martin Luther King?
    TV Movie
    • Self (prison interview)
    • 1992
  • Who Killed Martin Luther King? (1989)
    Who Killed Martin Luther King?
    7.4
    TV Movie
    • Self - Interviewee
    • 1989
  • Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1973)
    Tomorrow Coast to Coast
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Self
    • 1974
  • Reflex - utrikesjournal
    TV Series
    • Self
    • 1968

Archive Footage

  • The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History (2022)
    The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Self - Assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. (archive footage)
    • 2023
  • Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America (2022)
    Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Self - Inmate (archive footage)
    • 2022
  • America's Book of Secrets (2012)
    America's Book of Secrets
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Self - Martin Luther King, Jr's Assassin (archive footage)
    • 2021
  • MLK/FBI (2020)
    MLK/FBI
    7.0
    • Self - Martin Luther King, Jr's Assassin (archive footage)
    • 2020
  • WBIR Channel 10 (1956)
    WBIR Channel 10
    TV Series
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 2018
  • Martin Luther King Jr. in Martin Luther King Jr.: Marked Man (2018)
    Martin Luther King Jr.: Marked Man
    7.3
    TV Movie
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 2018
  • Martin Luther King Jr. in Marxist Lucifer King (2015)
    Marxist Lucifer King
    4.3
    Video
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 2015
  • King Kennedy
    9.1
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 2011
  • America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes (2010)
    America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 2010
  • Political Assassination (2010)
    Political Assassination
    TV Series
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 2010
  • American Experience (1988)
    American Experience
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 2010
  • J. Edgar Hoover, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby, and Sirhan Sirhan in Evidence of Revision: The Assassination of America (2006)
    Evidence of Revision: The Assassination of America
    8.8
    Video
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 2006
  • Conspiracy? (2004)
    Conspiracy?
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Self - Convicted Assassin (archive footage)
    • 2004
  • Elizabeth Short in History's Mysteries: Infamous Murders (2001)
    History's Mysteries: Infamous Murders
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Self (archive footage, uncredited)
    • 2001–2004
  • Biography (1987)
    Biography
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 1998

Personal details

  • Height
    • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
  • Born
    • March 10, 1928
    • Alton, Illinois, USA
  • Died
    • April 23, 1998
    • Nashville, Tennessee, USA(liver cirrhosis)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Interview
    • 1 Article
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

Did you know

  • Trivia
    When he was arrested for the assassination of Martin Luther King in London he was travelling under the alias John Willard.

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