American dramatist
Ray Aranha
Born Raymond Douglass Aranha
(1939-05-01 ) May 1, 1939Died October 9, 2011(2011-10-09) (aged 72) Other names Ray Arahna Occupation(s) Actor , playwright , theater director Spouse Jean Aranha Children Marc Aranha, Teri Pauline Aranha Tate, Delaine Aranha Website www.prometheusfire.org
Ray Aranha (May 1, 1939 – October 9, 2011) was an American actor , playwright , and stage director .
Career
Born in Miami , Florida , Aranha appeared in and written numerous stage productions. In 1974, he won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Playwright for My Sister, My Sister . Aranha also wrote and toured in a one-man show, I Am Black , and later appeared as "Jim Bono" in Fences .[ 1]
In addition to stage work, Aranha appeared in various film and television roles. In 1990, he co-starred in the short-lived ABC series Married People . After the series was canceled in 1991, he appeared in yet another short-lived series The Heights in 1992. Aranha has since had roles in Are You Afraid of the Dark? , New York Undercover , and Law & Order , and has roles in Dead Man Walking (1995), Deconstructing Harry (1997), and Maid in Manhattan (2002).
Death
On October 9, 2011, Aranha died at the age of 72 from a stroke.[ 2]
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