I've highlighted his Benjamin Shamrayevsky name in this color. And variations of his birth date are highlighted in this color.

• 1905 New York census summary and census takers worksheet - 35 year old Nicolas Shamroy (born Russia; occupation "Civil Engineer") and 9 year old son Ben (born Russia; is "At School") are boarders living in Manhattan, New York: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP6T-J31
• 1910 census summary and census takers worksheet - renting in the Bronx, New York are 40 year old Nicholas Shamroy (born Russia; occupation "Civil Engineer"), his 38 year old wife Nettie (born Russia), 15 year old daughter Ray (born Russia), 14 year old son Benjamin (born Russia), 8 year old son Leo [sic] (born Russia), and 1 year old son George (born New York): https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5ZM-2XR
• World War I draft registration dated June 5, 1917 - 21 year old Benjamin N. Shamroy resides at 4600 Kingswell, Los Angeles, California. He is single; born in Moscow, Russia on November 18, 1895; and employer / occupation is "Motion Picture - Lasky Co. - Hollywood": https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-L1SL-L4C?mode=g&i=1649&cc=1968530
• 1920 census summary and census takers worksheet - 24 year old Ray B. Shamroy (born Russia) is one of many lodgers living at 1752 1/2 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles. He is single; migrated to the U. S. about 1904 from Moscow, Russia; and occupation is "Laboratory - Motion Picture": https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQF-SLK
• Ancestry.com had several Citizenship and Naturalization petitions:
  January 3, 1923 Declaration of Intention to become a citizen for 27 year old Benjamin Shamrayevsky, known as "Bernard Bennie Ray". He was born November 5, 1894 in Moscow, Russia; immigrated to the U.S. in 1904 and arrived at the Port of New York on the ship Celtic. He lives in Los Angeles; is single; occupation is "Motion Pictures".
  August 15, 1925 Petition for Naturalization for Benjamin Shamrayevsky along with a name change to "Bernard Bennie Ray". He was born November 5, 1895 in Moscow, Russia; emigrated to the U.S. in 1904 and arrived at the Port of New York on the ship Celtic. He lives in Los Angeles; is single; occupation is "Cameraman". Motion for citizenship was denied on February 19, 1926 by the Naturalization Examiner. Reason was "failed to prosecute" which appears to be a legal term meaning he didn't follow-up or take action to complete the naturalization process.
  January 7, 1928 Naturalization Petition for Benjamin Shamrayevsky and that his name be changed to "Bernard Benny Ray". He was born November 5, 1895 in Moscow, Russia; immigrated to the U.S. in 1904 and arrived at the Port of New York on the ship Celtic. He lives in Los Angeles; is married to Georgia M. T. and his occupation is "Editor".
• Citizenship index card for Bernard Benny Ray, formerly Benjamin Shamrayevsky. Original citizenship paperwork filed January 3, 1923, and he was admitted as a U. S. citizen on May 4, 1928 by the U. S. District Court, Los Angeles, California.
• January 29, 1927 Los Angeles marriage license of 29 year old Bernard Benny Ray (born Russia) and 22 year old Georgia Mae Tallant (born Oklahoma). His parents were Nicholas J. Shamroy and Nadia Matskin. His occupation is "Motion Pictures - Film Editor". Brother Leon Shamroy was a witness:
  https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893H-WW54?mode=g&i=846&cc=1804002
  https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93H-W4VF?i=847&cc=1804002
• California Birth Index for son Leon Nicholas Ray, born October 21, 1928 in the Los Angeles area, and mother's maiden name was Tallant: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGHD-SPX
• 1930 census summary and census takers worksheet - 33 year old Bernard B. Ray (born Russia), his 25 year old wife Georgia M. (born Oklahoma), 1 year old son Leon N. (born California) and a servant are among many renters at what appears to be an apartment building at 401 North Orange Grove Avenue, Los Angeles. Ray's occupation is "Cinematographer - Motion Pictures": https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCV3-LMD
• California Birth Index for daughter Jean Alice Ray, born May 30, 1931 in the Los Angeles area, and mother's maiden name was Talland [sic]: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VLP3-KVM
• 1940 census summary and census takers worksheet - 44 year old Bernard Ray (born Russia), his 35 year old wife Georgia N. (born Oklahoma), 11 year old son Leon (born California) and 8 year old daughter Jean Alice (born California) and they own their home at 300 West Duarte Road, Arcadia, California. Ray's occupation is "Director - Motion Pict": https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K97B-WJW
• 1942 World War II draft registration - Bernard B. Ray was born November 18, 1895 in Moscow, Russia. Home address was 300 West Duarte Road, Arcadia, California and contact is Mrs. Georgia Mae Ray at same address. He's 5 feet, 5 1/2 inches tall and weighs 155 pounds. Employer is "Self - Beaumont Productions", 4516 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939V-7247-J?mode=g&i=329&cc=1861144
• California Death Index for Bernard B. Ray - he was born November 18, 1895 in the USSR and passed away December 10, 1964 in the Los Angeles area: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP4X-ZZW
• Ray passed away at the Motion Picture Home and Hospital, Woodland Hills, California, and death notices were published in various newspapers. Excerpt: "Bernard B. Ray, 66, a film camerman, producer and director for 40 years, died Friday at the Motion Picture Country Home Hospital after a lengthy illness."
  December 12, 1964 Los Angeles (California) Times newspaper had a funeral notice for Ray who was to be interred at Forest Lawn - Glendale, California.
• Find A Grave website has photos of the grave markers for Bernard B. Ray and wife Georgia Mae Tallant Ray (1904 - 1958) who are interred next to each other at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, California:
  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66665532/bernard-ray
  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66665537/georgia-mae-ray

YouTube and the Internet Archive have many of B. B. Ray's films which you can view or download. Caution - Raymond K. Johnson's films are mixed in with B. B. Ray:
     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22bernard+b.+ray%22
     https://archive.org/details/moviesandfilms?and%5B%5D=%22bernard+b.+ray%22&sin=#collection-date-archived

  Although some of the data may be incomplete or inaccurate, the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) has information on Bernard B. Ray: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0712748/

B. B. Ray's brother Leon Shamroy became a noted cinematographer / director of photography, and his films included BUFFALO BILL (1944), TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH (1949), THE ROBE (1953), THE KING AND I (1956), NORTH TO ALASKA (1960), and PLANET OF THE APES (1968).

He was nominated eighteen times for an Academy Award and won four Best Cinematography Oscars for THE BLACK SWAN (1942), WILSON (1944), LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (1945), and CLEOPATRA (1963). Leon was president of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) in 1947 - 1948.

  Although some of the data may be incomplete or inaccurate, the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) has information on Leon Shamroy: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005872/

Wikipedia has photos and a biography on Leon Shamroy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Shamroy

• 1910 census summary and census takers worksheet - renting in the Bronx, New York are 40 year old Nicholas Shamroy (born Russia; occupation "Civil Engineer"), his 38 year old wife Nettie (born Russia), 15 year old daughter Ray (born Russia), 14 year old son Benjamin (born Russia), 8 year old son Leo [sic] (born Russia), and 1 year old son George (born New York): https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5ZM-2XR
• 1920 census summary and census takers worksheet - renting in Bronx, New York are 47 year old Nettie Shamroy (born Russia; occupation "Nurse"), her 17 year old son Leon (born Russia) and 10 year old son George (born New York): https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJPW-L5K
• 1930 census summary and census takers worksheet - renting in Los Angeles are 28 year old Laon [sic] Shamroy (born New York), his 27 year old wife Rosamond (born Missouri), 3 year old son Paul (born California), and a maid. Leon's occupation is "Camera Man - Independent": https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCJY-CP5
• 1940 census summary and census takers worksheet - living in Santa Monica, California are 38 year old Leon Shamroy (born New York), his 27 year old wife Audrey (born California), newborn daughter Patricia (born California) and a maid. Leon's occupation is "Camera man - Motion Picture Studios", and in 1939, he worked 40 weeks and earned $2000.00: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9WG-NPW
• Social Security Death Index (SSDI) and California Death Index for Leon Shamroy, born July 16, 1901 and passed away July 6, 1974 in the Los Angeles area:
  https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J56N-J2G
  https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPN6-XH8
• Newspaper death notices on Leon Shamroy noted that he passed away on July 6, 1974 at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital, Woodland Hills, California.
• Find A Grave website has a photo of the marker for Leon Shamroy at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), Los Angeles, California: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6079694

Hollywood history is chock full of myths and misinformation and Raymond K. Johnson / Raymond K. Johnston is an example. For years, those name variations were assumed to be aliases used by low budget movie producer / director Bernard B. Ray.

C. Jack Lewis (1924 - 2009) was a retired Marine officer, movie screenwriter, co-founder of Gun World magazine, more. In his memoir White Horse, Black Hat: A Quarter Century on Hollywood's Poverty Row (Scarecrow Press, 2002), Lewis reinforced the notion that Johnson / Johnston was another name used by Bernard B. Ray. From his book:

" ... he worked under various names, mostly to keep his projects from looking like one-man shows! Names he used were Ray Bernard, Raymond Johnson, Raymond K. Johnson, Raymond Johnston, Raymond K. Johnston, Bernard Ray, Raymond Samuels, and Franklin Shamroy."

Raymond K. Johnson / Johnston were NOT Bernard B. Ray pseudonyms. Many years ago, I did an Old Corral biography on B film producer Harry S. Webb, with info and photos from his son Bob Webb. One of Bob's comments related to Raymond K. Johnson:

"This is an actual person who I had the pleasure of meeting in the sixties at MGM, where he had become head of the camera department."

May, 1957 issue of American Cinematographer magazine confirms Johnson at MGM: "The ASC last month elected to Associate Membership in the Society Raymond K. Johnson, head of the camera department at M-G-M studio ..." (ASC is the American Society of Cinematographers.)

Raymond Kingsbury Johnson was born November 24, 1901 in Leeds, Benson County, North Dakota and passed away March 23, 1999 in Thousand Palms, Riverside County, California, at the age of 97.

His movie career began in the 1920s, and one of his early jobs was the filmed-in-Alaska THE CHECHAHCOS (Alaska Moving Picture/Associated Exhibitors, 1923). He was a cameraman and his sister Gladys was one of the actors. Then Raymond directed a couple of silents. First was NORTH OF NOME (Great Northern Film Company/Arrow, 1925) which was originally titled THE ETERNAL FRONTIER. Sister Gladys was the female lead. Next was the filmed-in-Utah THE EXODUS / ALL FACES WEST (1928). EXODUS got tied up in a bankruptcy and wound up being auctioned off. A few years later, some opening narration was added and the film was released in 1931 by Syndicate as CALL OF THE ROCKIES.

In 1935 - 1940, he helmed about twenty B grade features - westerns and non-westerns - for independent, Poverty Row producers C. C. Burr (1891 - 1956) and Harry S. Webb (1892 - 1959). His films for Burr included four singing cowboy yarns with melodious Fred Scott. And for Harry S. Webb, he did a couple of Rin-Tin-Tin Jr. adventures, a Bob Steele western, and a half dozen oaters with Monogram's sagebrush crooner Jack Randall.

In July, 1942, forty year old Raymond K. Johnson enlisted in the Army for World War II service. And in the mid to late 1940s, he went to work at MGM's camera department.

We have a biography of Raymond K. Johnson with more details on his career - and several photos from relatives. Click HERE and a separate window / tab will open.