# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ray-mala
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:56:50.939Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ray-mala"
name: "Ray Mala"
slug: "ray-mala"
description: "Ray Mala was a prominent Alaska Native actor. He was one of Hollywood's Native American movie actors along with Lillian St. Cyr, Jesse Cornplanter, Chief Yowlachie, William Eagle Shirt, and Will Rogers who also had successful careers during that time. Mala's career peaked in the 1930s and he was best known for his lead role in Republic Pictures' 14-part serial Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1936) following his feature role in MGM's Eskimo, directed by Woody Van Dyke. He was named a \"Top Ten Alaskan\" by TIME Magazine in 2009."
tagline: "Native American actor and cinematographer (1906-1952)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mala_headshot.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1906-12-27"
deathDate: "1952-09-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.18
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.613752
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0154868/"
    handle:    "nm0154868"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%92_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "رے مالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Mala"
    title: "Ray Mala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "راى مالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%95%DB%95%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "ڕەی مالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Mala"
    title: "Ray Mala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Mala"
    title: "Ray Mala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "ری مالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Mala"
    title: "Ray Mala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3420538"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump