Ray Barron

{{Short description|British actor}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Ray Barron

| birth_name = Raynor Alan Francis Barton

| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|11|1|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|2|13|1940|11|1|df=y}}

| occupation = Actor

}}

Raynor Alan Francis Barron (1 November 1940 – 13 February 2016) was a British actor. He typically played minor roles such as policemen or workmen. He was known for his work in films such as 10 Rillington Place (1971) in which he played a workman,{{cite book |last=Derry |first=Charles |title=Dark Dreams 2. 0: A Psychological History of the Modern Horror Film from the 1950s to the 21st Century |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=loUaJC9VBMUC&pg=PA370 |year=2009 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-5695-6 |page=370}} Poor Cow (1967),{{cite web |url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba6d48443 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722101257/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba6d48443 |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 July 2012 |title=Highlighted works |publisher=British Film Institute |accessdate=20 January 2014}} She'll Follow You Anywhere (1971) and Cry Uncle! (1971). In 1976 he appeared in Doctor Who as Sergeant Henderson in parts five and six of the serial The Seeds of Doom,{{cite book |last1=Burk |first1=Graeme |last2=Smith |first2=Robert |title=Who's 50: The 50 Doctor Who Stories to Watch Before You Die—An Unofficial Companion |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WT0FAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA142 |date=1 October 2013 |publisher=ECW Press |isbn=978-1-77041-166-1 |page=142}} and in 1981 played a seaman in the series The Incredible Mr Tanner.

In 2008, Ray was the special guest at a 43tv Retro TV Sweeney Meet in Hammersmith, London. Ray gave an after dinner talk about his career in television and film, and in particular his part in The Sweeney.