Senator Lisa Murkowski took the occasion of the 105th anniversary of Ray Mala’s birth to share the memories and the meaning of the nation’s first Native film star. An Alaska Native and the first non-white actor to receive top billing in Hollywood entertainment, Mala was born on December 27th, 1906 in Candle, Alaska. Over the course of his career, he worked with cinema legends like Alfred Hitchcock and Cecil B. DeMille.
“It is a great honor for me to reflect upon the life of this inspirational Alaska Native icon, and to offer a tribute to his spirited and really very triumphant journey from small town village boy to silver screen leading man. Alaskans look forward to the day when Ray Mala’s magnificent star might be posthumously added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a tribute to the nation’s first ever Native American film star.”
Here are a number of film stills of Mala’s work, via the Ray Mala Facebook fan page.
From Ray Mala (Showing 15 of 194 items)
- “Last of the Pagans” MGM, 1936
- Academy Award Winner Joe LaShelle and Ray Mala on the set of “Something for the Birds…
- Mala signing autographs in Hollywood
- “The Jungle Princess” Starring Dorthy Lamour, Ray Milland, and Ray Mala. Paramount P…
- Mala in Cecil B. DeMille’s Epic Film “Union Pacific” (1939)
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