death_date death_place birth_place birth_date image article_title name occupation
15 march 1971 durango , mexico brooklyn , new york , u.s. 5 may 1912 mwsnap00862.jpg joe gray -lrb- actor -rrb-
 joe gray actor , stuntman , boxer
joe gray -lrb- actor -rrb-

joe gray -lrb- may 5 , 1912 -- march 15 , 1971 -rrb- was an american boxer , actor and stuntman who made appearances in over 110 films in numerous uncredited roles , including 10 of frank sinatra 's films and 32 of dean martin 's films .
he was a technical adviser on boxing films for john garfield , elvis presley , jeff chandler , james cagney , george raft , tony curtis , and kirk douglas , among others .
as a boxer , he compiled a professional boxing record of 8-3-2 with 3 knockout wins .
in his private life he was a close friend of the writer henry miller .
after gray 's death , miller dedicated a chapter of his 1973 book , `` my bike and other friends '' , to gray .
gray was the brother of mack gray and uncle of the artist martin abrahams and great-uncle of actor jon abrahams .
gray died in mexico while on location making a film in durango .
he was 58 years old .
