Ray Cooney
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1932-05-30 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also known As
Raymond Cooney
Raymond George Alfred Cooney
Ray Cooney
Biography
Raymond George Alfred Cooney (born 30 May 1932) is an English playwright, actor, and director. His biggest success, Run for Your Wife (1983), ran for nine years in London's West End and is its longest-running comedy. He has had 17 of his plays performed there. Cooney began to act in 1946, appearing in many of the Whitehall farces of Brian Rix throughout the 1950s and 1960s. It was during this time that he co-wrote his first play, One For The Pot. With Tony Hilton, he co-wrote the screenplay for the British comedy film What a Carve Up! (1961), which features Sid James and Kenneth Connor. In 1968 and 1969, Cooney adapted Richard Gordon's Doct...
Acting
1973
as Arnold Crouch
1960
as Pollitt
1948
as Ralph Hingston
1961
as Policeman (uncredited)
2000
as Colonel Hickering
1948
1976
as Mr. Laver
Production
1988
as Writer
2006
as Author
2006
as Executive Producer
1960
as Screenplay
1979
as Screenplay
2003
as Writer
1997
as Writer
1976
as Director
2012
as Writer
2012
as Director
1973
as Director
1960
as Writer
1961
as Screenplay
2010
as Novel
2021
as Author
1997
as Thanks
1960
as Original Story
1992
as Writer
1985
as Author
2023
as Writer
1990
as Writer
1986
as Author
1980
as Theatre Play
1980
as Screenplay
2009
as Author
1986
as Writer
2013
as Theatre Play
2013
as Thanks
1987
as Writer
2020
as Theatre Play
2019
as Screenplay
1992
as Writer
2004
as Author
1989
as Novel
1993
as Writer
2007
as Book
1995
as Author
2019
as Theatre Play
1996
as Theatre Play
2002
as Theatre Play
2001
as Theatre Play
2007
as Theatre Play
1986
as Writer
1980
as Writer
2006
as Writer
2005
as Writer
2005
as Writer
1999
as Writer
2002
as Writer
2024
as Original Story
2025
as Writer
2022
as Writer
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as Dramaturgy
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as Writer
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