Philip Ray

{{Short description|British actor (1898–1978)}}

{{for multi|the English cricketer|Philip Ray (cricketer)|the American lawyer and author|Philip A. Ray}}

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|caption = in Interpol Calling (1959) Ep: The Angola Brights

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| name = Philip Ray

| birth_name = Roy Edgar Cochrane

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1898|11|01}}

| birth_place = Streatham, London, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1978|05|11|1898|11|01}}

| death_place = Kingston upon Thames, London, England

| othername =

| occupation = Stage actor
Film actor
Television actor

| yearsactive = 1929–1973

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Philip Ray (born Roy Edgar Cochrane, 1 November 1898 – 11 May 1978) was a British stage, film and television actor.{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/mvx/phil-ray|title=Phil Ray - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/97493|title=Philip Ray|publisher=|access-date=2010-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922071413/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/97493|archive-date=2013-09-22|url-status=dead}} Occasionally credited as Phil Ray,{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a87443e|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910164813/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a87443e|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 September 2018|title=Dark Journey (1937)|publisher=}} he played numerous and varied supporting roles, particularly in films and on television.{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=14353|title=Philip Ray|website=www.aveleyman.com}}

He also saw military service in both WWI and WWII.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&q=philip+ray+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=PA1990-IA149|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9781526111968|via=Google Books}}