[1][2] His acting career took off with B-movie Westerns that placed his boyish good looks playing opposite top talent of the time.

[5] George Seaton was in New York casting his 1956 film The Proud and Profane and gave Stricklyn a one-scene role.

In 1973 he joined the public relations firm John Springer Associates in Los Angeles and became one of the most influential publicists in Hollywood, working with some of the biggest names in entertainment, including Henry Fonda, Shelley Winters, Janet Leigh, Elizabeth Taylor, and Bette Davis.

The accent may waver a bit, but all those small mannerisms, tics, idiosyncratic intonations, hesitancies, shifts of mood are fraught with authenticity.

Eva Marie Saint and her husband Jeffrey Hayden took out a full-page advertisement in Daily Variety urging everyone to see the show.

[3] He is survived by his sister, Mary Ann, and his longtime companion, Los Angeles stage director David Galligan.

Film Television Square One TV - D. John Mutard (Mathnet segment, “The Map with the Gap") - 1988 Seinfeld - Clarence (season 8, Episode 10: "The Andrea Doria") - 1996 Cheers - Ed (season 9, Episode 16: "Wedding Bell Blues") - 1991 Stricklyn received a Theatre World Award in 1952–1953 for his work in The Climate of Eden.

[4] He was nominated for two Golden Globe awards: Ray Stricklyn: Actor whose boyish looks became a hindrance Obituary by Tom Vallance in The Independent, 29th.