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- ↑ Pitts p.319
- ↑ "B.B. Ray in Hospital". The Hollywood Reporter. January 10, 1962. p. 2. ProQuest 2339659540.
Veteran producer-director Bernard B. Ray checked into Mt. Sinai Hospital yesterday for exploratory surgery this morning.
- ↑ "Obituaries: Bernard B. Ray". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. December 14, 1964. p. 7. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
- ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8NF-1J7 : 9 March 2021), Bernard Benny Ray and Georgia Mae Tallant, 29 Jan 1927; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,640.
- ↑ "Gleason to Star". The Hollywood Reporter. December 13, 1953. pp. L13. ProQuest 152610046.
James Gleason will star in 'Hollywood Stunt Man,' feature film being produced by Bernard B. Ray, which goes before the cameras next week with a cast of real live stunt men and women. The picture will incorporate footage of some of the most dangerous stunts done by film dare-devils since 'The Perils of Pauline.'
- ↑ "Ray changes Title". The Hollywood Reporter. January 13, 1954. p. 4. ProQuest 2338252748.
Producer Bernard B. Ray has changed the title of his 'Hollywood Stunt Man' to 'Hollywood Thrill Makers' due to a conflict with a Columbia Screen Gems telefilm release.
