Ray Cooney
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- May 30, 1932, London, England, UK
- Movies
- 36
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 Doctor novels for BBC radio, as series starring Richard Briers. He also took parts in them.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2000 | Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman | Colonel Hickering |
| 1988 | Wife Begins at 40 | |
| 1976 | Not Now, Comrade | Mr. Laver |
| 1973 | Not Now Darling | Arnold Crouch |
| 1961 | Nothing Barred | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1960 | The Night We Got the Bird | Man with Cartwheel |
| 1960 | The Hand | Pollitt |
| 1948 | The Guinea Pig | |
| 1948 | My Brother Jonathan | Ralph Hingston |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2023 | Not Now, Darling | Writer |
| 2022 | Ektos eleghou... ola | Writer |
| 2019 | Kölcsönlakás | Screenplay |
| 2012 | Run For Your Wife | Writer, Director |
| 2006 | Not Now, Sweetheart | Writer |
| 2005 | Koita poios irthe! | Writer |
| 2005 | Our... Kolotravas wants it. | Writer |
| 2003 | №13 | Writer |
| 2002 | Hrimata fantasmata | Writer |
| 1999 | Oti peite ypourge mou | Writer |
| 1997 | Out of Order | Writer |
| 1993 | One For the Pot | Writer |
| 1992 | Out of Order! | Writer |
| 1992 | Kuta och kör | Writer |
| 1990 | Pappie Hier Ben Ik | Writer |
| 1988 | Le Saut du lit | Writer |
| 1987 | C'est encore mieux l'après-midi | Writer |
| 1986 | Huwelijk In De Steigers | Writer |
| 1986 | Goeie Buren | Writer |
| 1980 | There Goes The Bride | Screenplay |
| 1980 | Een Kus van een Rus | Writer |
| 1979 | Why Not Stay For Breakfast? | Screenplay |
| 1976 | Not Now, Comrade | Director, Writer |
| 1973 | Not Now Darling | Director |
| 1961 | What a Carve Up! | Screenplay |
| 1960 | The Night We Got the Bird | Writer |
| 1960 | The Hand | Screenplay |
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