Ray Mala, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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actor and cinematographer
Date of Birth: 27-Dec-1906
Place of Birth: Candle, Alaska, Alaska, United States
Date of Death: 23-Sep-1952
Profession: actor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Ray Mala
- Ray Mala (December 27, 1906 – September 23, 1952) (birth name Ray Agnaqsiaq Wise) was one of Hollywood's Native American movie actors along with other Native American actors Lillian St.
- Cyr, Jesse Cornplanter, Chief Yowlachie, William Eagle Shirt, and Will Rogers who had successful careers before Mala.
- Another Inuit actor, Columbia Enuteseak (aka Nancy Columbia), had worked for the Selig Polyscope Company and Triangle Film Corporation as early as the late teens.
- Ray Mala's career had peaked in the 1930s, and in 2009 he was named a "Top Ten Alaskan" by TIME Magazine.
- He was most prominently known for his lead role in Republic Pictures' 14-part serial Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1936) followed by his feature role in MGM's Eskimo, directed by Woody Van Dyke.
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