Andrew Ray

Andrew Ray

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1939-05-31
Deathday: 2003-08-20 (64 years old)

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Biography

Andrew Ray (31 May 1939 – 20 August 2003) was an English actor who was best known as a child star. He was born Andrew Olden (Ray was his father's stage name) in Southgate, Middlesex, the son of the radio comic Ted Ray and his wife, showgirl Dorothy Sybil (née Stevens). Ray's life was transformed at the age of 10 when he was cast in the title part of The Mudlark, a 20th Century Fox film starring Alec Guinness and Irene Dunne. He played a street urchin who ends up meeting Queen Victoria. The film was chosen as the Royal Command Performance in 1950.He was featured in numerous films during the next few years, including The Yellow Balloon (1953), Escapade (1955), Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957), The Young and the Guilty (1958), Serious Charge (1959) with Cliff Richard, Twice Round the Daffodils (1962), and The System (1964). He also portrayed Herbert Pocket in the ITC remake of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations (1974) opposite Michael York. His later films included Rough Cut (1980), The Bunker (1981), Pope John Paul II (1984) and Paris by Night (1988).Theatre roles included Flowering Cherry (with Sir Ralph Richardson and Celia Johnson), and A Taste of Honey on Broadway (with Angela Lansbury and Joan Plowright).At the age of 19, he married the Rhodesian actress Susan Burnet and they later had two children.Ray appeared in numerous film, theatre and television roles over the years, including as nuclear scientist Klaus Fuchs for Anglia Television and as King George VI in Crown Matrimonial on stage and television. So successful was his depiction on stage of the stammering George VI that he was cast in the same role (though then Prince Albert, Duke of York) in the television series Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978).He starred in six episodes of television series Tales of the Unexpected, "The Wrong 'Un", "Royal Jelly", "Poison", "The Way To Do It", "The Best Chess Player in the World" and "Accidental Death". He also appeared in Upstairs, Downstairs, Inspector Morse, and Peak Practice.In later years, Ray was a committed member of Equity and served as a Councillor of the actors' union.Ray died at the age of 64 in 2003 from a heart attack. His brother Robin Ray was a well-known television and radio personality who died in 1998, also at the age of 64.

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Filmography

all 38

Movies 22

TV Shows 16

self 2

Ratings

Average 6.17
Based on 37.7 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
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Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1939-05-31

Deathday
2003-08-20 (64 years old)

Birth Place
Southgate, United Kingdom

Father
Ted Ray

Siblings
Robin Ray

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Also Known As
Andrew Olden


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