Raymond George Alfred Cooney, OBE (born 30 May 1932) is an English playwright and actor. His biggest success, Run for Your Wife, ran for nine years in London's West End and is its longest-running comedy. He has had 17 of his plays performed there.
He was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the order of the British Empire) in the 2005 Queens New Years Honours List for his services to drama.
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He was nominated for a 2001 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Comedy for Caught in the Net performed at the Vaudeville Theatre.
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His play, "Caught in the Net", performed at the Vaudeville Theatre in London, was nominated for a 2002 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best New Comedy of 2001.
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He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1991 (1990 season)for Best Comedy for "Out of Order".
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Daddy Cool
2015
TV Movie play
De Komedie Compagnie
2013-2014
TV Series 3 episodes
Run for Your Wife
2012
play / written by
Heißmann & Rassau: Alles auf Krankenschein
2011
TV Movie stage play
Na izmene
2010
play
Heißmann & Rassau: Außer Kontrolle
2009
TV Movie play Out of Order
Chat et souris
2009
TV Movie play
Dois Amores
2008
TV Movie play
Funny Money
2006
play "Funny Money"
Ohi tora agapoula
2006
TV Movie play "Not Now Darling"
Hotelliggaren
2005
TV Movie
Impair et père
2003
TV Movie play
Bleib doch zum Frühstück
2000
TV Movie play
A miniszter félrelép
1997
play "Out of Order"
Panique au Plazza
1996
TV Movie
Kink in de kabel
1995
TV Movie play
Panik på kliniken
1994
TV Movie play
Pappie, hier ben ik
1993
TV Movie play "It Runs in the Family"
Ute av drift!
1992
play "Out of Order"
Trois partout
1991
TV Movie play
Double mixte
1989
TV Movie play
Le saut du lit
1989
TV Movie play
Den Haag vandaag: ofwel een avond lang lachen
1989
TV Movie play "Two into One"
Wife Begins at 40
1988
TV Movie
To theatro tis Defteras
1987
TV Series 1 episode
Goeie Buren
1987
TV Movie play "Run for your Wife"
Huwelijk in de Steigers
1987
TV Movie play "Wife Begins at 40"
Lauf nach Haus, egal wohin
1987
TV Movie play
Daar gaat de bruid
1986
TV Movie play "There Goes the Bride"
Wenn schon - denn schon
1986
TV Movie play "Two into One"
Se devi dire una bugia dilla grossa
1986
TV Movie play
Sé infiel y no mires con quién
1985
play
See How They Run
1984
TV Movie adapted by
Au théâtre ce soir
1983
TV Series play - 1 episode
Een scheve schaats
1983
TV Movie play "One for the Pot"
Een kus van een rus
1981
TV Movie play
There Goes the Bride
1980
play / screenplay
Nee schat, nu niet
1980
TV Movie play
Why Not Stay for Breakfast?
1979
play / screenplay
Not Now, Comrade
1976
original play / screenplay
Voyez-vous ce que je vois?
1976
TV Movie play
Ik slaap wel op de bank
1976
TV Movie play "Why Not Stay for Breakfast"
Bleib doch zum Frühstück
1975
TV Movie play "Why Not Stay For Breakfast"
Fall nicht in den Schwanensee
1973
TV Movie play
Wie wär's denn, Mrs. Markham?
1973
TV Movie play
Not Now Darling
1973
play
Jetzt nicht, Liebling
1972
TV Movie play "Not Now Darling"
Nid jetz, Schatz!
1972
TV Movie play "Not Now Darling"
Norman
TV Series writer - 2 episodes, 1970 written by - 1 episode, 1970
One for the Pot
1968
writer
Six of the Best
1965
TV Series writer - 1 episode
BBC Sunday-Night Play
TV Mini-Series 1 episode, 1963 play - 1 episode, 1962
Dial RIX
1962
TV Series 1 episode
No Place Like Homicide!
1961
screenplay
The Night We Got the Bird
1961
The Hand
1960
original story / screenplay
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Run for Your Wife
2012
You think that's funny? man (uncredited)
Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman
2000
Video
Colonel Hickering
Last of the Summer Wine
2000
TV Series
French proprietor
Wife Begins at 40
1988
TV Movie
George Harper
See How They Run
1984
TV Movie
Police Sergeant
Not Now, Comrade
1976
Mr. Laver
Not Now Darling
1973
Arnold Crouch
Laughter from the Whitehall
1965
TV Series
Macfarlaine
Dixon of Dock Green
1964
TV Series
Stan Collier / Mr. Parsons
Brian Rix Presents: Caught Napping
1963
TV Movie
Laker-Hopp
Bonehead
1962
TV Series
Railway Porter
Nothing Barred
1961
Policeman (uncredited)
They Met in a City
1961
TV Series
Andy
The Night We Got the Bird
1961
Man with cartwheel
Brian Rix Presents: Boobs in the Wood
1960
TV Movie
Alexander
The Hand
1960
Pollitt
BBC Sunday-Night Play
1960
TV Mini-Series
Thompson
Make Mine a Double
1959
Corporal
Dial 999
1959
TV Series
Keon
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
1957-1958
TV Series
Alfred / Jerry Winterton / Art / ...
Theatre Night
1958
TV Series
Corporal Flight
Educated Evans
1957
TV Series
Joe Bennet
Escape
1957
TV Series
Bill
My Sister and I
1956
TV Series
For the Children
1949
TV Series
Albert Milligan
My Brother Jonathan
1948
Ralph Hingston
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
10 Rules for Sleeping Around
2013
executive producer
Firehouse Kitchen
2012
TV Series executive producer - 2 episodes
Funny Money
2006
executive producer
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981
executive producer
There Goes the Bride
1980
producer
Why Not Stay for Breakfast?
1979
executive producer
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Run for Your Wife
2012
See How They Run
1984
TV Movie
Not Now, Comrade
1976
Not Now Darling
1973
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Brian Rix Presents: Boobs in the Wood
1960
TV Movie book and lyrics by
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Not Now, Comrade
1976
performer: "All Things Bright and Beautiful", "Good King Wenceslas" - uncredited
$850,000
