Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Ray Daniels obit

PASSAGES – Raymond L. Daniels, Jr.

 

He was not on the list.


Raymond L. Daniels, Jr. passed away in West Hills Hospital in West Hills, California, from acute kidney failure. He was 83.

Ray was born in New London, Connecticut and moved to California in 1942, settling in Hollywood with his mother and father and younger brother. He attended Cheremoya Elementary School, Le Conte Junior High and Hollywood High School, where he joined the football team and was head of the single wing formation. At 18 years old, he met Claudia LaVarre at Hollywood High and took her to the senior prom.

After graduating high school, Ray was drafted into the Army at the end of the Korean War. He was honorably discharged after suffering a recurring knee injury that he first received while playing football in his senior year at Hollywood High.

Ray and Claudia were married in 1955. As a newlywed, he got his first job at a California film studio in the mailroom. Shortly thereafter, he became an apprentice editor, assistant editor and eventually a picture editor at many studios.

Among his many television editing credits are Hill Street Blues (1981-1987). A 1981 episode, “Phantom of the Hill” earned him an Emmy Award, as well as an ACE Eddie nomination. In addition, he received Emmy nominations for three other Hill Street Blues episodes, as well as for episodes of The Streets of San Francisco (1972-1977) and L.A. Law (1986-1994) and the miniseries Hollywood Wives (1985).

His other credits include episodes of TV’s Cannon (1971-1976), Starsky and Hutch (1975-1979), Hawaii Five-O (1968-1980), The White Shadow (1978-1981), St. Elsewhere (1982-1988), Wolf (1989-1990) and Murder, She Wrote (1984-1996).

He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Claudia; their daughters Deborah and Darrylin, and son Raymond Leroy Daniels III; and five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Editor

 

    Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)

    Murder, She Wrote

    7.3

    TV Series

        Editor

        1991–1992

    Wolf (1989)

    Wolf

    6.7

    TV Series

        Editor

        1989–1990

    James Arness and Joe Lara in Gunsmoke: The Last Apache (1990)

    Gunsmoke: The Last Apache

    7.2

    TV Movie

        Editor

        1990

    Night Walk (1989)

    Night Walk

    5.9

    TV Movie

        Editor

        1989

    A Fine Romance (1989)

    A Fine Romance

    8.4

    TV Series

        Editor

        1989

    Outback Bound (1988)

    Outback Bound

    5.9

    TV Movie

        Editor

        1988

    Joaquin Phoenix in Secret Witness (1988)

    Secret Witness

    5.6

    TV Movie

        Editor

        1988

    Jonathan Brandis in Home Free (1988)

    Home Free

    7.4

    TV Movie

        Editor

        1988

    Barry Bostwick, Roy Campanella II, and Margot Kidder in Body of Evidence (1988)

    Body of Evidence

    5.5

    TV Movie

        Editor

        1988

    Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987)

    Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge

    6.9

    TV Movie

        Editor

        1987

    Deadly Deception (1987)

    Deadly Deception

    6.3

    TV Movie

        Editor

        1987

    Denzel Washington, Ed Begley Jr., David Morse, Howie Mandel, Cynthia Sikes Yorkin, Ellen Bry, William Daniels, and Ed Flanders in St. Elsewhere (1982)

    St. Elsewhere

    8.0

    TV Series

        Editor

        1982–1987

    That Secret Sunday (1986)

    That Secret Sunday

    5.6

    TV Movie

        Editor

        1986

    L.A. Law (1986)

    L.A. Law

    7.1

    TV Series

        Editor

        1986

    The Children of Times Square (1986)

    The Children of Times Square

    6.2

    TV Movie

        Editor

        1986

    Kristy McNichol in Love, Mary (1985)

    Love, Mary

    6.8

    TV Movie

        Editor

        1985

    Stark (1985)

    Stark

    5.6

    TV Movie

        edited by

        1985

    Joanna Cassidy, Angie Dickinson, Suzanne Somers, and Mary Crosby in Hollywood Wives (1985)

    Hollywood Wives

    6.4

    TV Mini Series

        Editor

        1985

    Robert Clohessy, Michael Warren, and Bruce Weitz in Hill Street Blues (1981)

    Hill Street Blues

    8.2

    TV Series

        Editor

        1981–1985

    He's Not Your Son (1984)

    He's Not Your Son

    5.7

    TV Movie

        Editor

        1984

    The White Shadow (1978)

    The White Shadow

    8.0

    TV Series

        Editor

        1979–1981

    Kam Fong, Al Harrington, Jack Lord, and James MacArthur in Hawaii Five-O (1968)

    Hawaii Five-O

    7.4

    TV Series

        Editor

        1978–1979

    Starsky and Hutch (1975)

    Starsky and Hutch

    7.0

    TV Series

        Editor

        1977–1978

    Tales of the Unexpected (1977)

    Tales of the Unexpected

    7.3

    TV Series

        Editor

        1977

    The Streets of San Francisco (1972)

    The Streets of San Francisco

    7.3

    TV Series

        Editor

        1974–1977

    The Force of Evil (1977)

    The Force of Evil

    6.3

    TV Movie

        Editor

        1977

    The City (1977)

    The City

    6.0

    TV Movie

        Editor

        1977

    Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (1976)

    Bert D'Angelo/Superstar

    5.7

    TV Series

        Editor

        1976

    Carl Franklin and Stacy Keach in Caribe (1975)

    Caribe

    6.6

    TV Series

        Editor

        1975

    William Conrad in Cannon (1971)

    Cannon

    6.8

    TV Series

        Editor

        1972–1973

    Killer by Night (1972)

    Killer by Night

    5.6

    TV Movie

        Editor (as Raymond Daniels)

        1972

    Bearcats! (1971)

    Bearcats!

    7.4

    TV Series

        Editor

        1971

    The F.B.I. (1965)

    The F.B.I.

    7.5

    TV Series

        Editor

        1971

    Lee Marvin and Jeanne Moreau in Monte Walsh (1970)

    Monte Walsh

    7.0

        Editor (as Raymond Daniels)

        1970

    Anthony Quinn, Sam Levene, Irene Papas, and Inger Stevens in A Dream of Kings (1969)

    A Dream of Kings

    6.3

        Editor

        1969

 

Editorial Department

 

    Starsky and Hutch (1975)

    Starsky and Hutch

    7.0

    TV Series

        film editor

        1977

    House on Greenapple Road (1970)

    House on Greenapple Road

    6.8

    TV Movie

        assistant film editor

        1970

    Elvis Presley in Charro! (1969)

    Charro!

    5.7

        assistant editor (uncredited)

        1969

    The Invaders (1967)

    The Invaders

    8.0

    TV Series

        assistant film editor

        1967

    The F.B.I. (1965)

    The F.B.I.

    7.5

    TV Series

        assistant editor

        1965–1966

 

Additional Crew

 

    Skin (2003)

    Skin

    6.5

    TV Mini Series

        creator: opening sequence

        2003–2005

 

Actor

 

    The Blair Warner Project

    Short

        Ray

        1999

 

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