Andrew Ray

Andrew Ray

Born: May 31, 1939
Died: August 20, 2003
in Southgate, Middlesex, London, England, UK

Movies for Andrew Ray...

Title: Peak Practice
Character: Dr. John Reginald
Released: May 10, 1993
Type: TV
Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time. It originally starred Kevin Whately as Dr Jack Kerruish, Amanda Burton as Dr Beth Glover and Simon Shepherd as Dr Will Preston, though the roster of doctors would change many times over the course of the series. Cardale was based on the Staffordshire village of Longnor for the final series, but was previously based in the Derbyshire village of Crich, although certain scenes were filmed at other nearby Derbyshire towns and villages, most notably Matlock, Belper and Ashover.
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Paris by Night
Title: Paris by Night
Character: Michael Swanton
Released: April 18, 1989
Type: Movie
Clara Bell is a busy Euro MP with a husband and child at home and a high powered career - but on a trip to Paris her ordered existence is overturned by a murder and a chance encounter.
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Passion and Paradise
Title: Passion and Paradise
Character: Duke of Windsor
Released: February 19, 1989
Type: Movie
Sir Harry Oakes is a wealthy magnate, living amongst the British aristocrats who have made their home in the Bahamas just prior to World War II. Their small community is one of privilege and status and when Sir Harry's beloved daughter marries a handsome but penniless gigolo, Alfred De Marigny, Sir Harry is outraged by the union. But before Sir Harry can break up the marriage he is brutally and viciously murdered and his son-in-law is the prime suspect. Nothing is as it appears and Sir Harry's death soon points towards intrigue and deception on an international scale.
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Title: Inspector Morse
Character: Alfred Rydale
Released: January 6, 1987
Type: TV
Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and actresses.
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Ladies' Night
Title: Ladies' Night
Character: Leach
Released: December 6, 1986
Type: Movie
A tradition-bound gentlemen's club is thrown into chaos when women are allowed in during "ladies' night." One member resents the intrusion of women so much, he resorts to murder.
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Title: Unnatural Causes
Character: Leach
Released: November 8, 1986
Type: TV
Series of seven psychological dramas concerning death by unnatural causes.
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Pope John Paul II
Title: Pope John Paul II
Character: Prof. Pigon
Released: April 22, 1984
Type: Movie
Bio-drama tracing the life and career of Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyla from his days as a young activist in Poland to his rise and installation in 1978 as Pope of the Catholic world.
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Title: Dalgliesh
Character: Clifford Bradley
Released: April 8, 1983
Type: TV
Centred on the cases of P. D. James' gentleman detective Adam Dalgliesh. In addition to his career as a policeman, Dalgliesh is also a published poet and an intensely private man.
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The Reunion
Title: The Reunion
Character: Nick
Released: July 10, 1982
Type: Movie
Sally meets some old friends of Murray's from his life in South Africa whom he has never mentioned. A pleasant reunion disguises the real purpose of a visit; revenge.
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The Bunker
Title: The Bunker
Character: Major Otto Günsche
Released: April 15, 1981
Type: Movie
Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the battle for the city.
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Rough Cut
Title: Rough Cut
Character: Pilbrow
Released: June 19, 1980
Type: Movie
Two sophisticated jewel thieves join forces to steal $30 million in uncut jewels.
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Title: Tales of the Unexpected
Character: Percy Hayward
Released: March 24, 1979
Type: TV
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
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Title: Tales of the Unexpected
Character: Harry Pope
Released: March 24, 1979
Type: TV
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
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Title: Tales of the Unexpected
Character: Steve
Released: March 24, 1979
Type: TV
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
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Title: Tales of the Unexpected
Character: Roger Carson
Released: March 24, 1979
Type: TV
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
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Title: Tales of the Unexpected
Character: Cranmer Oakes
Released: March 24, 1979
Type: TV
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
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Title: Tales of the Unexpected
Character: Jerry Wilde
Released: March 24, 1979
Type: TV
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
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Title: Edward and Mrs Simpson
Character: Duke of York
Released: November 8, 1978
Type: TV
While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis Simpson. Their relationship causes furor in the palace and in parliament, especially when King George V dies, Mrs. Simpson gets divorced, and King Edward announces his intention to marry her.
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Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Title: Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Character: Duke of York
Released: November 6, 1978
Type: Movie
While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis Simpson. Their relationship causes furor in the palace and in parliament, especially when King George V dies, Mrs. Simpson gets divorced, and King Edward announces his intentions to marry her.
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Well Thank You, Thursday
Title: Well Thank You, Thursday
Character: Toby
Released: January 25, 1976
Type: Movie
Miss Shepherd of the registry office is getting a new desk, but things don't go entirely as expected.
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Brassneck
Title: Brassneck
Released: May 22, 1975
Type: Movie
Through the story of a single family, Brassneck traces a history that parallels the Labour Party's advent to power in 1945 through to the property speculation of the 1960s and the disillusionment with the Labour government in the early 1970s. Like most of the early work of the writers, David Hare and Howard Brenton, committed radical (if not revolutionary) socialists throughout the 1970s, it is a satirical attack on capitalist greed and corruption, full of savage, and often disturbing, humour.
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Title: Carry On Laughing
Released: January 4, 1975
Type: TV
A series of half-hour stories, mostly historical romps, presented by the Carry On team. Starring Sid James, Barbara Windsor, Joan Sims and other regulars from the films.
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Great Expectations
Title: Great Expectations
Character: Herbert Pocket
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
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Title: Van der Valk
Character: Stevin
Released: September 13, 1972
Type: TV
Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" van der Valk. Based on the characters and atmosphere of the novels of Nicolas Freeling, the first series was shown in 1972.
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Title: Upstairs, Downstairs
Character: Lt. Jack Dyson RFC
Released: October 10, 1971
Type: TV
Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s posh Belgravia neighborhood, surviving social change, political upheaval, scandals, and the horrors of the First World War.
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Title: The Goodies
Released: November 8, 1970
Type: TV
A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and situation comedy.
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The System
Title: The System
Character: Willy
Released: April 12, 1964
Type: Movie
In a seaside village, a group of local young men mingle among the seasonal tourists in search of sexual conquests. Near the end of one summer, the leader of the group, Tinker, a strolling photographer, aims to conquer a fashion model from a well-to-do family, but he finds himself unexpectedly falling in love. The tables thus turned, Tinker begins to see that maybe it's not the tourists who are being used in these sexual games.
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Twice Round the Daffodils
Title: Twice Round the Daffodils
Character: Chris Walker
Released: April 2, 1962
Type: Movie
Twice Round the Daffodils is a 1962 British comedy drama film directed by Gerald Thomas and starring Juliet Mills, Donald Sinden, Donald Houston, Kenneth Williams, Ronald Lewis, Andrew Ray, Joan Sims and Jill Ireland. A new group of patients arrive at a hospital to be treated for tuberculosis where they all take a fancy to one of the nurses. The film was adapted from the play Ring for Catty by Patrick Cargill and Jack Beale. Carry on Nurse from 1959 was based on the same play. The cast and production team of Twice Round the Daffodils create a noticeable similarity with the Carry On films, but the film is not an official member of the Carry On series.
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Serious Charge
Title: Serious Charge
Character: Larry Thompson
Released: April 30, 1959
Type: Movie
Howard Phillips, a vicar who's new in the town of Bellington, wants to reach out to youth. The previous vicar's daughter, Hester Peters, who fears being a spinster, wants to be his wife. He tells her he's not interested. When he confronts a tough kid about something the youth has done, the lad sets out to frame the vicar. Hester, who's walked in on the confrontation, backs the youth's story. The town sides with her and the lad, turning against Phillips. He has a crisis of faith. What options does he have; can no one help him, his reputation, or his calling?
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Gideon's Day
Title: Gideon's Day
Character: PC Simon Farnaby-Green
Released: March 25, 1958
Type: Movie
Scotland Yard Inspector George Gideon starts his day off on the wrong foot when he gets a traffic-violation ticket from a young police officer. From there, his 'typical day" consists in learning that one of his most-trusted detectives has accepted bribes; hunts an escaped maniac who has murdered a girl; tracks a young girl suspected of involvement in a payroll robbery and then helps break up a bank robbery.
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The Young and the Guilty
Title: The Young and the Guilty
Character: Eddie Marshall
Released: January 1, 1958
Type: Movie
Parents veto the romance of two high-school students, forcing them to meet in secret.
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Woman in a Dressing Gown
Title: Woman in a Dressing Gown
Character: Brian Preston
Released: July 3, 1957
Type: Movie
A married, middle-aged woman is shocked to discover that her husband, who she thought was content in their marriage, has become infatuated with a beautiful younger woman and is planning to leave his family for her.
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A Prize of Gold
Title: A Prize of Gold
Character: Conrad
Released: October 14, 1955
Type: Movie
A U.S. sergeant, a British sergeant and a British pilot hijack gold for a German refugee's war orphans.
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Escapade
Title: Escapade
Character: Max Hampden
Released: August 5, 1955
Type: Movie
An English pacifist's (John Mills) sons run away from school and hijack a plane to Vienna to petition for peace.
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Escape by Night
Title: Escape by Night
Character: Joey Weston
Released: December 1, 1953
Type: Movie
An Italian racketeer on the run in London holes up in a disused theatre with a hard-drinking journalist out to get the full story.
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The Yellow Balloon
Title: The Yellow Balloon
Character: Frankie
Released: February 10, 1953
Type: Movie
A young boy is blackmailed by a crook who saw him unwittingly cause his friend's death.
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: The Duke of York (Bertie)
Released: December 24, 1951
Type: TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
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The Mudlark
Title: The Mudlark
Character: Wheeler, the mudlark
Released: October 3, 1950
Type: Movie
It's 1875 and a young street urchin wants to see Queen Victoria...
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The Unforgettable Diana Dors
Title: The Unforgettable Diana Dors
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Short documentary profiling the life of British 'Blonde Bombshell' Diana Dors, who died of cancer in 1984. Movie clips and TV footage are mixed with celebrity interviews, including rare appearances by actor Rod Steiger and veteran director J. Lee Thompson. There is some interesting location work at Dors' lavish Sunningdale mansion and plenty of long-unseen film clips, but the documentary ultimately glosses over her scandalous, and often seedy, life.