- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- May 30, 1932
- Place of Birth
- London, England, UK
Ray Cooney
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. Cooney has also appeared on TV and in several films, including a film adaptation of his successful theatrical farce Not Now, Darling (1973), which he co-wrote wi…
Filmography
movieTout Va Très Bien !
2025 · Author
movieMoonlight Madness
2024 · Original Story
movieNot Now, Darling
2023 · Writer, Theatre Play
movieEktos eleghou... ola
2022 · Writer
movieEspèces Menacées
2021 · Author
movieMayday
2020 · Theatre Play
movieC'est encore mieux l'après-midi
2019 · Theatre Play
movieKölcsönlakás
2019 · Screenplay
movie10 Rules for Sleeping Around
2013 · Theatre Play, Thanks
movieRun For Your Wife
2012 · Writer, Director
movieOut Of Order
2010 · Novel
Außer Kontrolle
movieAußer Kontrolle
2009 · Author
movieBaby Baby, Balla Balla!
2007 · Book
movieChat et souris
2007 · Theatre Play
movieNot Now, Sweetheart
2006 · Writer
movieFunny Money
2006 · Executive Producer, Author
movieKoita poios irthe!
2005 · Writer
movieOur... Kolotravas wants it.
2005 · Writer
Dure bi rot
movieDure bi rot
2004 · Author
movie№13
2003 · Writer
movieImpair et père
2002 · Theatre Play
movieHrimata fantasmata
2002 · Writer
movieEspèces menacées
2001 · Theatre Play
movieJack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman
2000 · Colonel Hickering
movieOti peite ypourge mou
1999 · Writer
movieOut of Order
1997 · Writer
movieJack Frost
1997 · Thanks
moviePanique au Plazza
1996 · Theatre Play
movieLe vison voyageur
1995 · Author
movieOne For the Pot
1993 · Writer
movieOut of Order!
1992 · Writer
movieKuta och kör
1992 · Writer
moviePappie Hier Ben Ik
1990 · Writer
Challenge Anneka
tvChallenge Anneka
1989 · Self
movieDouble mixte
1989 · Novel
Wife Begins at 40
movieWife Begins at 40
1988
movieLe Saut du lit
1988 · Writer
movieC'est encore mieux l'après-midi
1987 · Writer
movieHuwelijk In De Steigers
1986 · Writer
Se devi dire una bugia dilla grossa
movieSe devi dire una bugia dilla grossa
1986 · Author
movieGoeie Buren
1986 · Writer
movieMove Over, Mrs. Markham
1985 · Author
movieThere Goes The Bride
1980 · Theatre Play, Screenplay
movieEen Kus van een Rus
1980 · Writer
movieWhy Not Stay For Breakfast?
1979 · Screenplay
movieNot Now, Comrade
1976 · Mr. Laver, Director, Writer
movieNot Now Darling
1973 · Arnold Crouch, Director
movieNothing Barred
1961 · Policeman (uncredited)
movieWhat a Carve Up!
1961 · Screenplay
They Met in a City
tvThey Met in a City
1961 · Andy
movieThe Night We Got the Bird
1960 · Man with Cartwheel, Writer
movieThe Hand
1960 · Pollitt, Screenplay, Original Story
movieThe Guinea Pig
1948
movieMy Brother Jonathan
1948 · Ralph Hingston
På ville veier
moviePå ville veier
— · Dramaturgy, Writer