Ray McDonald (dancer)

Ray McDonald (June 27, 1920 – February 20, 1959)[1] was a tap dancer who started his career as a vaudeville act with his older sister Grace McDonald, before being cast in a hit Broadway show, and then in films.

McDonald's Broadway credits include Park Avenue (1946), Winged Victory (1943), Crazy With the Heat (1941), and Babes in Arms (1937).

In 1949, he appeared with her in There's a Girl in My Heart and co-starred with her in the musical Shamrock Hill.

[6][7] On December 4, 1956, they guest starred on the Mickey Mouse Club.

[8] He died in 1959 at age 38 in New York City after choking on food in his hotel room.