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Ray Cooney

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  • Actor
  • Producer
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Ray Cooney was born on 30 May 1932 in London, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for Run for Your Wife (2012), Not Now Darling (1973) and Not Now, Comrade (1976). He has been married to Linda Dixon since 1962. They have two children.
BornMay 30, 1932
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    Known for

    Danny Dyer, Denise Van Outen, and Sarah Harding in Run for Your Wife (2012)
    Run for Your Wife
    2.7
    • Writer
    • 2012
    Not Now Darling (1973)
    Not Now Darling
    5.5
    • Writer
    • 1973
    Not Now, Comrade (1976)
    Not Now, Comrade
    5.0
    • Writer(uncredited)
    • 1976
    Brian Rix Presents ... (1960)
    Brian Rix Presents ...
    TV Series
    • Writer

    Credits

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    Writer

    • Tout va très bien (2025)
      Tout va très bien
      TV Movie
      • pièce
      • 2025
    • Le Vison Voyageur (2023)
      Le Vison Voyageur
      TV Movie
      • play
      • 2023
    • Espèces menacées (2021)
      Espèces menacées
      TV Movie
      • pièce
      • 2021
    • Piotr Adamczyk, Anna Dereszowska, and Weronika Ksiazkiewicz in Mayday (2020)
      Mayday
      5.3
      • based on play by
      • 2020
    • C'est encore mieux l'après-midi (2019)
      C'est encore mieux l'après-midi
      TV Movie
      • pièce
      • 2019
    • Heißmann + Rassau - Komödie aus Franken: Jetzt nicht, Liebling!
      TV Special
      • play
      • 2019
    • Szonja Oroszlán, Simon Szabó, Eszter Balla, Máté Haumann, Ramóna Kiss, Dorina Martinovics, Viktor Klem, Tibor Fehér, and Janka Kopek in Kölcsönlakás (2019)
      Kölcsönlakás
      3.9
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • Natale a 5 stelle (2018)
      Natale a 5 stelle
      4.6
      • loosely based on the comedy "Out of Order" by
      • 2018
    • Bam-Bam! (2018)
      Bam-Bam!
      TV Movie
      • play: Move Over Mrs. Markham
      • 2018
    • Volker Heißmann, Martin Rassau, and Bernhard Ottinger in Komödie aus Franken: Funny Money (2015)
      Komödie aus Franken: Funny Money
      TV Movie
      • play
      • 2015
    • Daddy Cool (2015)
      Daddy Cool
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • play
      • 2015
    • Ausser Kontrolle (2014)
      Ausser Kontrolle
      TV Movie
      • play
      • 2014
    • Lügen haben junge Beine
      TV Movie
      • play
      • 2013
    • Ektos eleghou... ola (2012)
      Ektos eleghou... ola
      8.4
      TV Movie
      • play: Out of Order
      • 2012
    • Danny Dyer, Denise Van Outen, and Sarah Harding in Run for Your Wife (2012)
      Run for Your Wife
      2.7
      • written by
      • play
      • 2012

    Actor

    • Danny Dyer, Denise Van Outen, and Sarah Harding in Run for Your Wife (2012)
      Run for Your Wife
      2.7
      • You think that's funny? man (uncredited)
      • 2012
    • Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman (2000)
      Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman
      3.7
      Video
      • Colonel Hickering
      • 2000
    • Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, and Brian Wilde in Last of the Summer Wine (1973)
      Last of the Summer Wine
      7.1
      TV Series
      • French proprietor
      • 2000
    • Wife Begins at 40
      6.6
      TV Movie
      • George Harper
      • 1988
    • See How They Run (1984)
      See How They Run
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • Police Sergeant
      • 1984
    • Not Now, Comrade (1976)
      Not Now, Comrade
      5.0
      • Mr. Laver
      • 1976
    • Not Now Darling (1973)
      Not Now Darling
      5.5
      • 'Crouch'
      • Arnold Crouch
      • 1973
    • Brian Rix Presents ... (1960)
      Brian Rix Presents ...
      TV Series
      • Alexander
      • Laker-Hopp
      • Hubert Shannon
      • 1960–1968
    • Laughter from the Whitehall (1963)
      Laughter from the Whitehall
      TV Series
      • Macfarlaine
      • 1965
    • Jack Warner in Dixon of Dock Green (1955)
      Dixon of Dock Green
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Stan Collier
      • Mr. Parsons
      • 1964
    • Bonehead (1957)
      Bonehead
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Railway Porter (as Raymond Cooney)
      • 1962
    • Nothing Barred (1961)
      Nothing Barred
      5.2
      • Policeman at H.Q.
      • 1961
    • They Met in a City
      TV Series
      • Andy
      • 1961
    • The Night We Got the Bird (1961)
      The Night We Got the Bird
      5.3
      • Man with cartwheel
      • 1961
    • The Hand (1960)
      The Hand
      5.0
      • Pollitt
      • 1960

    Producer

    • Not Waving (2018)
      Not Waving
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • 10 Rules for Sleeping Around (2013)
      10 Rules for Sleeping Around
      3.6
      • executive producer
      • 2013
    • Firehouse Kitchen
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2012
    • Chevy Chase, Penelope Ann Miller, Armand Assante, Christopher McDonald, and Alex Meneses in Funny Money (2006)
      Funny Money
      5.2
      • executive producer
      • 2006
    • Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
      Whose Life Is It Anyway?
      7.3
      • executive producer
      • 1981
    • There Goes the Bride (1980)
      There Goes the Bride
      3.2
      • producer
      • 1980
    • Why Not Stay for Breakfast? (1979)
      Why Not Stay for Breakfast?
      5.6
      • executive producer
      • 1979

    Personal details

    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Alternative name
      • Raymond Cooney
    • Height
      • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
    • Born
      • May 30, 1932
      • London, England, UK
    • Spouse
      • Linda Dixon1962 - present (2 children)
    • Children
      • Michael Cooney
    • Other works
      He directed John Ray Chapman and his play, "Move over Mrs. Markham," at the Vaudeville Theatre in London, England with Cicely Courtneidge, Tony Britton, and Moira Lister.
    • Publicity listings
      • 1 Article

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1991 (1990 season) for Best Comedy for "Out of Order".

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