Philip Ray (born Roy Edgar Cochrane, 1 November 1898 – 11 May 1978) was a British

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, film and

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. Occasionally credited as Phil Ray, he played numerous and varied supporting roles, particularly in films and on television. He also saw military service in both

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Selected filmography

* '' Old Roses'' (1935) - Minor Role (uncredited) * '' Blue Smoke'' (1935) - Jan * '' Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor'' (1935) - Jim Cameron * '' Twelve Good Men'' (1936) - Higgs * '' Find the Lady'' (1936) - (uncredited) * '' Not So Dusty'' (1936) - Dan Stevens * '' Head Office'' (1936) - Gerrard * '' Dark Journey'' (1937) - Faber * '' The Perfect Crime'' (1937) - Newbold * ''

Farewell Again ''Farewell Again'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Leslie Banks, Flora Robson, Sebastian Shaw and Robert Newton. The film is a portmanteau illustrating the calls of duty on various soldiers and their families. ...

'' (1937) - Moore * '' The Man Who Made Diamonds'' (1937) - Tompkins * ''

Second Best Bed ''Second Best Bed'' is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Tom Walls and starring Walls, Jane Baxter and Veronica Rose. The screenplay is by Ben Travers, based on an earlier story of his. Walls and Travers had worked together on the Aldwyc ...

'' (1938) - Stanley Hurley * '' Mr. Reeder in Room 13'' (1938) - Fenner * '' Double or Quits'' (1938) - Hepworth * '' It's in the Air'' (1938) - Airman with Shoe (uncredited) * '' The Nursemaid Who Disappeared'' (1939) * '' Wanted by Scotland Yard'' (1939) - Ben * ''

Jamaica Inn The Jamaica Inn is a traditional inn on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall in the UK, which was built as a coaching inn in 1750, and has a historical association with smuggling. Located just off the A30, near the middle of the moor close to the hamlet ...

'' (1939) - Undetermined Role (uncredited) * '' The Door with Seven Locks'' (1940) - Tom Cawler * '' Send for Paul Temple'' (1946) - Horace Daley * '' The October Man'' (1947) - Stebbins * '' Fame Is the Spur'' (1947) - Doctor (uncredited) * '' Miranda'' (1948) - Fisherman (uncredited) * ''

The Winslow Boy ''The Winslow Boy'' is an English play from 1946 by Terence Rattigan based on an incident involving George Archer-Shee in the Edwardian era. The incident took place at the Royal Naval College, Osborne. Background Set against the strict c ...

'' (1948) - First Speaking Member (uncredited) * ''

Adam and Evalyn ''Adam and Evelyne'', released in the U.S. as ''Adam and Evalyn'', is a 1949 romance film starring Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons. According to Robert Osborne, host of Turner Classic Movies, this suited the stars, as they were romantically inv ...

'' (1949) - Gambler (uncredited) * ''

No Place for Jennifer ''No Place for Jennifer'' is a 1950 British film directed by Henry Cass and starring Leo Genn, Rosamund John, Guy Middleton and Janette Scott. It was based on the novel ''No Difference to Me'' by Phyllis Hambleton. Plot In the film, a young g ...

'' (1950) - Mr. Marshall * ''

Night and the City ''Night and the City'' is a 1950 film noir directed by Jules Dassin and starring Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney and Googie Withers. It is based on the novel of the same name by Gerald Kersh. Shot on location in London and at Shepperton Studio ...

'' (1950) - Man (uncredited) * '' The Adventurers'' (1951) - Man in Restaurant * '' No Highway in the Sky'' (1951) - Burroughs (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1952) - Captain Wilcox * '' Derby Day'' (1952) - 2nd Newspaper Reporter (uncredited) * '' The Net'' (1953) - Sentry (uncredited) * ''

The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan ''The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan'' (also known as ''Gilbert & Sullivan'' and ''The Great Gilbert and Sullivan'') is a 1953 British musical drama film dramatisation of the collaboration between Gilbert and Sullivan. Librettist W. S. Gilbert a ...

'' (1953) - Theatre manager * '' The Fake'' (1953) - Bearded Tramp * ''

Gilbert Harding Speaking of Murder ''Adventure Theater'' is a dramatic anthology series that aired on NBC from June 16, 1956, through September 1, 1956. The series was produced in England in 1953, but was never broadcast there as a series. It was also known as ''Calling Scotland ...

'' (1953) - Theatre manager * ''

Trouble in Store ''Trouble in Store'' is a 1953 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Norman Wisdom as a department store clerk in his cinema debut. The film also featured Moira Lister, Margaret Rutherford, Jerry Desmonde and Lana ...

'' (1953) - Girls' Hostel Caretaker (uncredited) * '' Hell Below Zero'' (1954) - Capt. Petersen * '' The Good Die Young'' (1954) - Promoter (uncredited) * '' Before I Wake'' (1955) - Station master * '' Where There's a Will'' (1955) - Squire Stokes * '' Passage Home'' (1955) - River pilot * ''

The Extra Day ''The Extra Day'' is a 1956 British comedy-drama film directed by William Fairchild and starring Richard Basehart, Simone Simon and George Baker. Plot After the final scene of a film is lost by the driver taking it to the printing lab, the ca ...

'' (1956) - John Bliss * '' No Road Back'' (1957) - Garage man * '' The Secret Place'' (1957) - Mr. Venner (uncredited) * '' Count Five and Die'' (1957) * '' Dunkirk'' (1958) - Extra (uncredited) * '' A Night to Remember'' (1958) - Reverend Anderson * ''

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'' (1959) - Mr. Young (uncredited) * '' Date at Midnight'' (1959) - Jenkins * ''

Sons and Lovers ''Sons and Lovers'' is a 1913 novel by the English writer D. H. Lawrence. It traces emotional conflicts through the protagonist, Paul Morel, and his suffocating relationships with a demanding mother and two very different lovers, which exert c ...

'' (1960) - Dr. Ansell * '' No Love for Johnnie'' (1961) - M.P - House of Commons Entrance Area (uncredited) * ''Backfire!'' (1962) - Coroner * '' In the Doghouse'' (1962) - Vicar (uncredited) * ''

Panic Panic is a sudden sensation of fear, which is so strong as to dominate or prevent reason and logical thinking, replacing it with overwhelming feelings of anxiety and frantic agitation consistent with an animalistic fight-or-flight reactio ...

'' (1963) - Jessop * '' The Mind Benders'' (1963) - Father (uncredited) * '' Devil Doll'' (1964) - Uncle Walter (uncredited) * '' Dracula: Prince of Darkness'' (1966) - Priest * ''

Frankenstein Created Woman ''Frankenstein Created Woman'' is a 1967 British Hammer horror film directed by Terence Fisher. It stars Peter Cushing as Baron Frankenstein and Susan Denberg as his new creation. It is the fourth film in Hammer's ''Frankenstein'' series. Where ...

'' (1967) - Mayor * '' Doctor Who: The Seeds of Death'' (1969) - Daniel Eldred

References

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* 1898 births 1978 deaths British male stage actors British male film actors British male television actors Male actors from London 20th-century British male actors {{UK-film-actor-stub