Katherine Ann Walston: Everything About Ray Walston's daughter

Who is Katherine Ann Walston?

Katherine Ann Walston is the daughter of Ray Walston. Katherine Ann Walston’s father Ray was a well-known American actor and comedian who played the title character in My Favorite Martian. Luther Billis, Mr. Applegate, J. J. Singleton, Poopdeck Pappy, Mr. Hand, Candy, Glen Bateman, and Judge Henry Bone were among his major film, television, and stage roles.

Katherine Ann Walston’s father was married to her mother Ruth Calvert. She is the only known child of the parents. Her mother Ruth was also an actress. She is known for The Terror of the Tongs (1961) and Doctor Who (1963).

Ray Walston and Ruth Calvert’s marriage

How did Katherine Ann’s parents meet? The couple didn’t give any details concerning their first meeting and how their relationship started. However, they got married on 3 November 1943 in the presence of their friends, family, and loved ones. The couple did stay married until death did them apart. There isn’t much information about Katherine Ann Walston available at the moment.

Katherine Ann Walston’s father Ray Walston’s Career

Katherine Ann’s father played one of the miners in Paint Your Wagon (1969) with Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood. Walston was popular with Margo Jones’ team of actors before he traveled to Cleveland, Ohio, where he spent three years with the Cleveland Play House.

In the 1951 London production of South Pacific, he played Luther Billis. In the 1958 film adaptation, he reprised his role. He and Juanita Hall (as Bloody Mary) were the only members of the cast who appeared in both the stage and film versions.

The Front Page, Summer, and Smoke, King Richard III, Wish You Were Here, and House of Flowers was among his other Broadway credits. In 1957, Katharine Cornell, an actress, and producer cast him in Robert E. Sherwood’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play There Shall Be No Night, about the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. For a Hallmark Hall of Fame production, the play was adapted for television.

Walston achieved his greatest success as the title character (Uncle Martin) on My Favorite Martian from 1963 to 1966, alongside co-star Bill Bixby. The show was a top ten hit in its first season, still in the top 30 in its second, dropping to 45th in its third and final season

Death of Katherine Ann Walston’s Parents

In 1994, Walston was diagnosed with lupus and as a result, his career began winding down. Katherine Ann Walston’s father, Walston made a cameo in the 7th Heaven episode, “One Hundred”, which aired on January 29, 2001, 28 days after his death.

His final film role was in the independent film Early Bird Special, which was released later that year. On January 1, 2001, Kat Ann’s father Walston died at age 86 at his home in Beverly Hills, California.  Her mother also died on January 26, 2004, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA.

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