{{short description|American writer and producer (1916–1992)}} '''Ray Singer''' (1916–1992) was an American writer and producer who worked in radio, film, and television.
Singer was from New York. He was one of four sons and a daughter born to an ambitious ladies' garment entrepreneur who would keep his large family in America's middle class. One of his brothers was the boxer Al Singer. He wrote for radio shows such as ''The Rudy Vallée Show'',<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ellett|first=Ryan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SME8DwAAQBAJ&q=ray+singer|title=Radio Drama and Comedy Writers, 1928–1962|date=2017|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-6593-1|language=en}}</ref> ''The Joan Davis Show'', and ''The Fred Allen Show''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Ray Singer|url=https://variety.com/1992/scene/people-news/ray-singer-100336/|date=1992-11-18|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref>
He and Dick Chevillat first collaborated on ''The Joan Davis Show'' and were known for ''The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show''.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dunning|first=John|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EwtRbXNca0oC&q=chevillat|title=On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio|date=1998|publisher=Oxford University Press, US|isbn=978-0-19-507678-3|language=en}}</ref> They later worked on films such as ''Neptune's Daughter'' and television shows such as ''The Frank Sinatra Show''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=1984-06-06|title=Obituaries|volume=315|pages=93–95|work=Variety|issue=6|page= |id={{ProQuest| }} }}</ref> They created the television show ''It's a Great Life''.<ref name=":0" />
Singer, a member of the Writers Guild of America, was active on the Guild's age discrimination committee.<ref name=":0" /> He taught film and television writing at UCLA and in the California State University system.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1992-11-19|title=Ray Singer; Comedy Writer, 76|page=D21|work=New York Times|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/428755455|url-access=subscription|access-date=2020-05-25|id={{ProQuest|428755455}} }}</ref>
He died in 1992.<ref name=":0" />
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== External links == * {{IMDb name|id=0802025|name=Ray Singer}} * [https://radiogoldin.library.umkc.edu/Home/RadioGoldin_Records?searchString=Singer,%20Ray&type=Artists Ray Singer at the RadioGOLDINdex] * [https://www.speakingofradio.com/interviews/singer-ray-writer/ Interview] (1988) with Chuck Schaden
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Category:1916 births Category:1992 deaths Category:American radio writers Category:20th-century American male writers