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Raymond George Alfred Cooney OBE (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. [2]
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 began his theatrical career as a boy actor in Song of Norway at the Palace Theatre in 1946.
Ray Cooney is a British comedy playwright and actor, known for Run for Your Wife, Not Now Darling and Not Now, Comrade. He was born in 1932 in London and made an O.B.E. in 2005 for services to drama.
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Ray Cooney: Master of Farce. Ray Cooney is the master of farce, and much credit should be given to him for keeping the art form well and alive in British theatre for so many years.
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...
