Philip Ray (born Roy Edgar Cochrane, 1 November 1898 – 11 May 1978) was a British
stage
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,
film
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and
television actor
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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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and
WWII
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.
Selected filmography
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Old Roses
''Old Roses'' is a 1935 British crime film directed by Bernard Mainwaring and starring Horace Hodges, Nancy Burne and Bruce Lester. The screenplay concerns an elderly man who assists the police in solving a murder, but accidentally reveals hi ...
'' (1935) - Minor Role (uncredited)
* '' Blue Smoke'' (1935) - Jan
* ''
Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor
''Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor'' is a 1935 British mystery film directed by George A. Cooper and starring George Curzon, Henry Oscar and Tony Sympson. It is based on the novel ''The Blazing Launch Murder'' by Rex Hardinge, and was one ...
Head Office
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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. In ...
'' (1937) - Moore
* ''
The Man Who Made Diamonds
''The Man Who Made Diamonds'' is a 1937 British crime film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Noel Madison, James Stephenson and Lesley Brook.
Plot summary
A professor invents a way of manufacturing diamonds.
Cast
* Noel Madison ... Josep ...
'' (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
''Mr. Reeder in Room 13'' is a 1938 British crime film directed by Norman Lee and starring Peter Murray-Hill, Sally Gray and Gibb McLaughlin. It is based on the first J. G. Reeder book, ''Room 13 (Wallace novel), Room 13'' by Edgar Wallace. The f ...
It's in the Air It's in the Air may refer to:
* It's in the Air (1938 film)
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'' (1938) - Airman with Shoe (uncredited)
* ''
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
''The Nursemaid Who Disappeared'' is a 1939 British, black-and-white, crime film, directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Ronald Shiner as Detective Smith (uncredited), Ian Fleming, Arthur Margetson, Peter Coke and Edward Chapman. Based on ...
Jamaica Inn
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'' (1939) - Undetermined Role (uncredited)
* '' The Door with Seven Locks'' (1940) - Tom Cawler
* ''
Send for Paul Temple
''Send for Paul Temple'' is a 1946 British crime film directed by John Argyle and starring Anthony Hulme, Joy Shelton and Tamara Desni. Paul Temple is called in by Scotland Yard after a major diamond theft. It was the first of four film adaptati ...
'' (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 Night and the City (novel), novel of the same name by Gerald Kersh. Shot on location in Londo ...
'' (1950) - Man (uncredited)
* '' The Adventurers'' (1951) - Man in Restaurant
* ''
No Highway in the Sky
''No Highway in the Sky'' (also known as ''No Highway'') is a 1951 British black-and-white aviation drama film from 20th Century Fox, produced by Louis D. Lighton, directed by Henry Koster, that stars James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Glynis ...
'' (1951) - Burroughs (uncredited)
* ''
Emergency Call
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The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
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Gilbert Harding Speaking of Murder
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'' (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 ...
Hell Below Zero
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'' (1954) - Capt. Petersen
* ''
The Good Die Young
''The Good Die Young'' is a 1954 British crime film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Laurence Harvey, Gloria Grahame, Joan Collins, Stanley Baker, Richard Basehart and John Ireland. It was made by Remus Films from a screenplay bas ...
'' (1954) - Promoter (uncredited)
* '' Before I Wake'' (1955) - Station master
* '' Where There's a Will'' (1955) - Squire Stokes
* ''
Passage Home
''Passage Home'' is a 1955 British drama film directed by Roy Ward Baker.
Plot
Captain "Lucky" Ryland (Peter Finch) is about to retire. He has a flashback of several years to a voyage on a merchant ship which he was captaining from South Americ ...
'' (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 ...
Dunkirk
Dunkirk (french: Dunkerque ; vls, label=French Flemish, Duunkerke; nl, Duinkerke(n) ; , ;) is a commune in the department of Nord in northern France.A Night to Remember'' (1958) - Reverend Anderson
* ''
Sapphire
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'' (1959) - Mr. Young (uncredited)
* '' Date at Midnight'' (1959) - Jenkins
* ''
Sons and Lovers
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'' (1960) - Dr. Ansell
* ''
No Love for Johnnie
''No Love for Johnnie'' is a 1961 British drama film in CinemaScope directed by Ralph Thomas. It was based on the 1959 book of the same title by the Labour Member of Parliament Wilfred Fienburgh, and stars Peter Finch.
It depicts the disill ...
'' (1961) - M.P - House of Commons Entrance Area (uncredited)
* ''Backfire!'' (1962) - Coroner
* '' In the Doghouse'' (1962) - Vicar (uncredited)
* ''
Panic
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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.
Wher ...