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Ray Cooney
★ Writing

Ray Cooney

Born 1932 · London, England, UK · Active 1948–2025

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 1...

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Not Now Darling

Not Now Darling

★ 8.8

A married British furrier gives a mobster's mistress a cheap mink coat.

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Filmography

65 credits
2000s 1 credit
2000
Movie ★ 4.4
1980s 1 credit
1970s 2 credits
1976
Not Now, Comrade as Mr. Laver
Movie ★ 5.2
1973
Not Now Darling as Arnold Crouch
Movie ★ 4.8
1960s 4 credits
1961
Nothing Barred as Policeman (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.5
1961
TV
1960
The Hand as Pollitt
Movie ★ 4.9
1960
The Night We Got the Bird as Man with Cartwheel
Movie ★ 4.5
1940s 2 credits
1948
My Brother Jonathan as Ralph Hingston
Movie ★ 6.6
1948
Movie ★ 7.2
Crew Credits
2020s 7 credits
2025
Movie ★ 5.5
2024
Moonlight Madness Original Story
Movie ★ 4.8
2023
Movie ★ 6.3
2023
Movie ★ 6.3
2022
Movie ★ 10.0
2021
Movie ★ 5.5
2020
Mayday Theatre Play
Movie ★ 5.0
2010s 7 credits
2019
Movie ★ 5.6
2019
Movie ★ 6.5
2013
Movie ★ 3.5
2013
Movie ★ 3.5
2012
Movie ★ 4.4
2012
Movie ★ 4.4
2010
Movie ★ 4.8
2000s 13 credits
2009
Movie
2007
Chat et souris Theatre Play
Movie
2006
Movie ★ 5.2
2006
Funny Money Executive Producer
Movie ★ 5.2
2006
Movie
2005
Movie ★ 8.0
2004
Movie
2003
№13 Writer
Movie
2002
Impair et père Theatre Play
Movie ★ 6.0
2002
Movie ★ 8.0
2001
Movie ★ 6.8
1990s 9 credits
1999
Movie ★ 10.0
1997
Movie ★ 5.6
1997
Movie ★ 5.1
1996
Panique au Plazza Theatre Play
Movie ★ 6.1
1995
Movie
1993
Movie
1992
Movie ★ 4.3
1992
Movie
1990
Movie
1980s 10 credits
1989
Movie ★ 2.5
1988
Movie ★ 3.0
1987
Movie ★ 4.2
1986
Movie
1986
Movie
1985
Movie ★ 6.0
1980
Movie
1980
Movie
1980
Movie
1970s 3 credits
1979
Movie
1976
Movie ★ 5.2
1973
Movie ★ 4.8
1960s 4 credits
1961
Movie ★ 6.9
1960
The Hand Screenplay
Movie ★ 4.9
1960
Movie ★ 4.5
1960
The Hand Original Story
Movie ★ 4.9
s 2 credits
Movie
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