Frankie Ray

West Hills, California, running his entertainment co. and acting. [September 2005]

Frankie Ray was born in Las Vegas Nevada. After growing up in a variety of areas Colville/Spokane WA. Oakland/Vallejo Ca, he joined the U. S. Army in 1979 out of Bend Oregon and spent 3 years in Germany. There he learned to play guitar. Finishing up his 3 years of service, he joined a band in Tacoma Wa called Lamoor. Without income from the band, he started teaching Pro Ballroom and Latin Dancing at Fred Astaire Dance studio in Tacoma Wa. Teaching and honing his skill for over 10 years at various studios around the country he finished his ballroom dancing A career at Arthur Murray's in Beverly Hills. After finishing a Japan tour as the lead dancer, singer in the production of "Hello America Hello," Frankie found himself homeless. He lived under the bank in century next to where to old Hy's restaurant was Hy's became the Century Club. while teaching Salsa at HY's he heard of a film in rehearsal and crashed the rehearsals and booked his first job as a dancer in the Film "Mambo Kings". Frankie Ray Started his film carrier homeless, broke and dam near starving living on the dirt under the bank in Century City.