Robert E. Bray (October 23, 1917 – March 7, 1983)[1] was an American film and television actor known for playing the forest ranger Corey Stuart in the CBS series Lassie, He also starred in Stagecoach West and as Mike Hammer in the movie version of Mickey Spillane's novel My Gun Is Quick (1957).

In 1942 he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps where he served as a drill instructor and in the South Pacific rising to the rank of Master Sergeant[5] Bray entered films in 1946 under contract to RKO.

In the 1950s, the then freelancing actor appeared in a varied number of roles including the 1952 episode "Thunder Over Inyo" of the syndicated western television series The Adventures of Kit Carson.

He also guest-starred in NBC's Temple Houston (TV series), Overland Trail, and The Loretta Young Show.

In 1963, he guest starred on Gunsmoke as Gib Dawson, a settler who marries a Comanche Squaw and has to deal with the racial hatred from others because of it in the episode “Shona” (S8E22).