Ray Cooney

Ray Cooney

1932-05-30 London, England, UK 56 Credits

Biography

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...

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Tout Va Très Bien !

Tout Va Très Bien !

2025

Writer

Writing
Out of Order

Out of Order

2024

Original Story

3.5
Writing

When gold medal lawyer Hu Gongping was having a secret meeting with his lover She Xiaoman, a body suddenly fell from the sky in the room. Hu Gongping ...

Le vison voyageur

Le vison voyageur

2023

Writer

6.5
Writing
Ektos eleghou... ola

Ektos eleghou... ola

2022

Writer

Writing
Espèces menacées

Espèces menacées

2021

Author

5.5
Mayday

Mayday

2020

Theatre Play

5.1

Janek, who has two wives, skillfully maneuvers between them. The risk that one of his loved ones will learn about a double relationship increases dram...

C'est encore mieux l'après-midi

C'est encore mieux l'après-midi

2019

Theatre Play

Kölcsönlakás

Kölcsönlakás

2019

Screenplay

5.6
Writing

Balázs and his wife Anikó share their apartment’s renovation schedule with playboy Henrik and his latest girlfriend, while designer András and his adm...

10 Rules for Sleeping Around

10 Rules for Sleeping Around

2013

Theatre Play, Thanks

3.6

By following ten simple rules, 20-somethings Vince and Cameron spice up their relationship by sleeping around. But when their straitlaced friends get...

Run For Your Wife

Run For Your Wife

2012

Writer, Director

4.4
Writing Directing

John Smith has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. He lives with Stephanie in Finsbury and Michelle in Stockwell. Fortunately...

Out Of Order

Out Of Order

2010

Novel

4.8

A parliament member suddenly finds a dead body in his hotel room...

Außer Kontrolle

2009

Author

The Franconian Minister of State in the government, Richard Wilhelm, has perfectly arranged a tête-à-tête with an opposition secretary: The husband th...

Baby Baby, Balla Balla!

Baby Baby, Balla Balla!

2007

Book

Chat et souris

Chat et souris

2007

Theatre Play

Not Now, Sweetheart

Not Now, Sweetheart

2006

Writer

Writing

Vasilis Tsivilikas directs and stars in this hilarious comedy of romantic misunderstandings by masters of the genre, Ray Cooney and John Chapman. The ...

Funny Money

Funny Money

2006

Executive Producer, Author

5.2
Producing

Henry Perkins, a mild-mannered accountant, accidentally trades briefcases with another man, to find out that there's a million dollars inside. Henry t...

Koita poios irthe!

Koita poios irthe!

2005

Writer

8.0
Writing

An exercise in skill for the actors, as two different families coexist in the same interior space (living room, bedroom, children's room, dining room,...

Τα θέλει ο... Κολοτράβας μας

Τα θέλει ο... Κολοτράβας μας

2005

Writer

Writing

Dure bi rot

2004

Author

The lively Oskar faces the biggest challenge of his retirement. The double life of his bigamist friend Hugo threatens to be exposed. To prevent this, ...

№13

№13

2003

Writer

Writing
Impair et père

Impair et père

2002

Theatre Play

6.0
Hrimata fantasmata

Hrimata fantasmata

2002

Writer

8.0
Writing

A hilarious romantic comedy about people's behavior and dreams when money falls from the sky! The play begins as an unrestrained farce, only to end up...

Espèces menacées

Espèces menacées

2001

Theatre Play

6.7

An accountant, presumed honest, inadvertently finds 7 million francs in his bag and decides to change his life.

Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman

Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman

2000

as Colonel Hickering

4.3
Acting

The sheriff and his deputies from the first movie decide to take a vacation in the Caribbean. Their holiday will be short-lived, however, as the thawe...

Oti peite ypourge mou

Oti peite ypourge mou

1999

Writer

10.0
Writing

A theatrical performance.

Out of Order

Out of Order

1997

Writer

5.8
Writing

A Minister and the Secretary of the Opposition party go to a 5 star hotel to conduct a secret affair. Their plans are ruined when they discover a corp...

Jack Frost

Jack Frost

1997

Thanks

5.1

On his way to be executed, the vehicle containing notorious serial killer Jack Frost collides with a hazardous chemical truck, turning him into a snow...

Panique au Plazza

Panique au Plazza

1996

Theatre Play

5.9

During a long night session at the parliament a deputy sneaks to meet his mistress in a nearby hotel.

Le vison voyageur

Le vison voyageur

1995

Author

One For the Pot

One For the Pot

1993

Writer

Writing

Billy is about to become the heir to a millionaire, provided that he is the only living heir. Complications arise quite soon when it turns out that Bi...

Out of Order!

Out of Order!

1992

Writer

4.3
Writing

A labor party leader is having an affair with the opposing party's secretary. Unfortunately for them, there seems to be a corpse in their hotel room j...

Kuta och kör

Kuta och kör

1992

Writer

Writing

Comedy about a cab driver who is a bigamist.

Pappie Hier Ben Ik

Pappie Hier Ben Ik

1990

Writer

Writing
Double mixte

Double mixte

1989

Novel

2.5

Wife Begins at 40

1988

Acting

George and Linda Harper's 17 year marriage has gone stale, but George doesn't seem to be aware of it. When confronted with the problem, he gets a vase...

Move Over, Mrs. Markham

Move Over, Mrs. Markham

1988

Writer

3.0
Writing
C'est encore mieux l'après-midi

C'est encore mieux l'après-midi

1987

Writer

4.2
Writing
Huwelijk In De Steigers

Huwelijk In De Steigers

1986

Writer

Writing

Se devi dire una bugia dilla grossa

1986

Author

Palace Hotel, Rome, the story begins with the Demitri couple, who turn out to be in a marital crisis due to their not having sex for quite some time. ...

Goeie Buren

Goeie Buren

1986

Writer

Writing
Move Over, Mrs. Markham

Move Over, Mrs. Markham

1985

Author

6.0

Pablo and Fernando, owners of a children's book publishing company about to go bankrupt, have managed through unorthodox means to contract the country...

There Goes The Bride

There Goes The Bride

1980

Theatre Play, Screenplay

Writing

A nervous ad executive creates havoc on his daughter's wedding day and becomes obsessed with a dream girl he keeps seeing everywhere but whom he can't...

Een Kus van een Rus

Een Kus van een Rus

1980

Writer

Writing
Why Not Stay For Breakfast?

Why Not Stay For Breakfast?

1979

Screenplay

Writing

The peaceful existence of a New York post-office clerk is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a heavily pregnant girl on his doorstep

Not Now, Comrade

Not Now, Comrade

1976

as Mr. Laver

5.2
Acting

Not Now, Comrade tells the story of Rudi, a Russian ballet star who defects to the West, and the chaos that befalls those who try to help him... not l...

Not Now, Comrade

Not Now, Comrade

1976

Director

5.2
Directing

Not Now, Comrade tells the story of Rudi, a Russian ballet star who defects to the West, and the chaos that befalls those who try to help him... not l...

Not Now Darling

Not Now Darling

1973

as Arnold Crouch

5.9
Acting

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

Not Now Darling

Not Now Darling

1973

Director

5.9
Directing

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

Nothing Barred

Nothing Barred

1961

as Policeman (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

Penniless Lord Whitebait's plan to save his sinking fortunes is to open stately Whitebait Manor to the public. But the public ignores his gesture, and...

What a Carve Up!

What a Carve Up!

1961

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

Ernie's Uncle Gabriel has just died but to claim his inheritance he must spend the night in the ancestral family home with the rest of his rather ecce...

The Night We Got the Bird

The Night We Got the Bird

1960

Writer

4.5
Writing

Good natured comic caper charting the misadventures of a hapless bunch of Brighton based petty crooks dogged with disaster at every turn.

The Hand

The Hand

1960

as Pollitt

4.9
Acting

During World War II, a group of British soldiers are captured by the Japanese, tortured and their hands are cut off. Years later, a mad killer terrori...

The Hand

The Hand

1960

Screenplay, Original Story

4.9
Writing

During World War II, a group of British soldiers are captured by the Japanese, tortured and their hands are cut off. Years later, a mad killer terrori...

The Guinea Pig

The Guinea Pig

1948

7.2
Acting

A working-class boy wins a scholarship to a public school, as part of a post-World War Two experiment in bringing boys of different social classes tog...

My Brother Jonathan

My Brother Jonathan

1948

as Ralph Hingston

6.6
Acting

Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work a...

På ville veier

N/A

Dramaturgy, Writer

Writing

The play revolves around a government official who checks into a hotel to meet his mistress, but things quickly spiral into chaos as unexpected visito...