---
name: "Ray Manzarek"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ray-manzarek"
fi1m_id: "ray-manzarek"
imdb_id: "nm0544456"
tmdb_id: 122380
wikidata_id: "Q108912"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "12 February 1939"
died: "20 May 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-02T22:46:45.203438+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ray Manzarek

## Identity

Ray Manzarek

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ray-manzarek
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ray-manzarek
- **IMDb ID:** nm0544456
- **TMDB ID:** 122380
- **Wikidata ID:** Q108912
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Manzarek, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108912, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0544456/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/122380

Producer. Born 12 February 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 20 May 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 12 February 1939, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 20 May 2013
- **Also known as:** The Doors
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Manzarek, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108912, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0544456/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/122380

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*When You're Strange*](https://film.one/film/when-youre-strange.md) (55)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ray Manzarek was an American musician and actor. He was born Raymond Daniel Manczarek Jr. on 12 February 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, and died on 20 May 2013 in Rosenheim, Germany.

He co-founded the rock band The Doors in 1965 with Jim Morrison after meeting at UCLA film school. Manzarek played keyboards and contributed to the band's recordings until 1973. He appeared as himself in archive footage in the documentary *When You're Strange* (2010) and played the role of Charlie Simbo in the film *Deal of the Century* (1983).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *When You're Strange* (2010), Fi1m 55, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/when-youre-strange.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Best Of The Doors* (2017), Actor
- *The Doors - Feast of Friends: Encore* (2014), Actor
- *The Doors: Live at the Bowl '68* (2012), Director
- *Reworking The Doors* (2012), Actor
- *You Had to Be There* (2012), Actor
- *When You're Strange* (2010), Music Producer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/when-youre-strange.md)
- *Rock Legends (The Best Of 50's 60's 70's From The Ed Sullivan's Show) VOL. 2* (2009), Director
- *Retro Video Collection 1975-1999 vol3* (2004), Director
- *Retro Video Collection 1975-1999 vol1* (2004), Director
- *Retro Video Collection 1975-1999 vol2* (2004), Director
- *The Doors of the 21st Century : L.A. Woman Live* (2004), Actor
- *Rockin' in the USA* (2003), Actor
- *The Doors - Soundstage Performances* (2002), Actor
- *Love Her Madly* (2000), Writer, Director
- *The Doors: Collection* (1999), Director
- *The Doors - The Soft Parade* (1991), Director
- *The Doors: Live in Europe 1968* (1991), Director
- *The Doors - Dance on Fire* (1985), Director
- *Deal of the Century* (1983), as Charlie Simbo
- *The Doors vs Led Zeppelin* (1973), Actor
- *Feast of Friends* (1969), Producer
- *Induction* (1965), as Ray (uncredited) · Director
- *The Wino and the Blind Man* (1965), as The Blind Man
- *Evergreen* (1964), Director

## Gallery

- ![Ray Manzarek](https://film.one/media/person/5397030/gallery-11d863101646.png) Ray Manzarek — Elektra Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/The_Doors_%281971%29_%28cropped%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photograph taken at the Lingerie Club in Los Angeles in 1985, during the shooting of ROCK Commandos, a documentary. From left: Ray Manzarek, Mr. Bonzai, Chris S](https://film.one/media/person/5397030/gallery-d38a96980931.jpg) Photograph taken at the Lingerie Club in Los Angeles in 1985, during the shooting of ROCK Commandos, a documentary. From left: Ray Manzarek, Mr. Bonzai, Chris S — ChStone, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/0StoneC-R1-E119.jpg/1280px-0StoneC-R1-E119.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Promotional photo of The Doors. (1966)](https://film.one/media/person/5397030/gallery-350c9ab0a161.jpg) Promotional photo of The Doors. (1966) — Joel Brodsky; Distributed by Elektra Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Doors_electra_publicity_photo.JPG/1280px-Doors_electra_publicity_photo.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jay Dobkin (left), dramaturge of The Living Theatre, & Ray Manzarek, keyboardist of The Doors, at a benefit for The Living Theatre at The Players Club in Ne](https://film.one/media/person/5397030/gallery-9205fbc8e517.png) Jay Dobkin (left), dramaturge of The Living Theatre, & Ray Manzarek, keyboardist of The Doors, at a benefit for The Living Theatre at The Players Club in Ne — Jay Dobkin, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Jay_Dobkin_of_The_Living_Theatre_and_Ray_Manzarek_of_The_Doors%2C_December_18_2010.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ray Manzarek](https://film.one/media/person/5397030/gallery-ba46e2a2ac50.jpg) Ray Manzarek — Image via TMDB
- ![Ray Manzarek](https://film.one/media/person/5397030/gallery-3062cb2217ca.jpg) Ray Manzarek — Image via TMDB
- ![Manzarek-Rogers band - 2012](https://film.one/media/person/5397030/gallery-fde52e9d0fba.jpg) Manzarek-Rogers band - 2012 — Laurel L. Russwurm from Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Manzarek-Rogers_band_-_2012_%2814882591765%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ray Manzarek (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/5397030/gallery-06615214272a.jpg) Ray Manzarek (2012) — Laurel L. Russwurm from Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Ray_Manzarek_%2814696062807%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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