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Raymond George Alfred Cooney OBE (born 30 May 1932) [1] 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. [2] . He has had 17 of his plays performed there. [3] Career.
Biography. Ray Cooney is today recognised theatrically and publicly as ‘THE MASTER OF FARCE’ and a most worthy successor as an author to the great Ben Travers, and as a director/actor to Brian Rix.
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.
- Writer, Actor, Producer
- May 30, 1932
- Ray Cooney
Ray Cooney began his theatrical career as a boy actor in Song of Norway at the Palace Theatre in 1946.
Funny Money is a farce written by Ray Cooney. It premièred at The Churchill Theatre , Bromley , London , England, in 1994, followed by a successful two-year run in the West End . Cooney directed his own play and also played the part of Henry Perkins.
Sep 3, 2005 · Ray Cooney, 73, was born in London and is best known for writing the farces Run For Your Wife and Funny Money. At 14, he appeared in Song Of Norway at the Palace...
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