Trevor Ray

{{Short description|British actor, writer, and script editor (died 2019)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{more footnotes needed|date=January 2013}}

{{Infobox person |name = Trevor Ray |birth_name = Trevor W P Ray |image = |caption = |birth_date = 1934 |birth_place = Westminster, England |death_date = 24 November 2019 |death_place = Suffolk, England |occupation = Actor, writer, scriptwriter }}

'''Trevor Ray''' (1934<ref>https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?scan=1&r=168970891:4101&d=bmd_1737698379</ref> – 24 November 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?code=688|title=Doctor Who Guide: Trevor Ray|website=Doctor Who Guide}}</ref>) was a British actor, writer and script editor. As a writer and script editor he worked on series such as ''Doctor Who'', ''Paul Temple'' and ''Children of the Stones''.

==Writing== Ray authored the final draft of Episode 1 of David Whitaker's much-rewritten ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Ambassadors of Death'' (1970), but Whitaker received the sole credit on screen. He was an uncredited assistant script editor on the programme from ''The Invasion'' (1968) to ''Spearhead from Space'' (1970).

In October 1969, Ray joined former ''Doctor Who'' producers Peter Bryant and Derrick Sherwin to work on revamping another BBC series, ''Paul Temple''.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/season7.shtml | title= Season 7 | work=BBC Online | access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref>

Along with Jeremy Burnham, Ray co-wrote the children's fantasy television serial ''Children of the Stones'' (1977) for HTV.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/966601/index.html | title= Children of the Stones (1977) | work=Screenonline | author=Alistair McGown | accessdate=25 May 2020}}</ref> With Burnham, he also wrote the serial's novelization, published in the same year. With Burnham, he co-wrote a five episode children's serial entitled ''Raven'' (1977), as well as its novelization (1977).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cathoderaytube.co.uk/2010/05/raven-complete-series-review.html|title=RAVEN - The Complete Series / Review}}</ref> (A sequel to ''Children of the Stones'', titled ''Return to the Stones'' , written by Jeremy Burnham, appeared first as an e-book in 2012 and then as a physical book in 2015.)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://celluloidwickerman.com/2015/03/02/interview-with-jeremy-burnham-children-of-the-stones-1977/|title=Interview With Jeremy Burnham (Children Of The Stones, 1977).|date=March 2, 2015}}</ref>

==Acting== While working as script editor Terrance Dicks' assistant on ''Doctor Who'' in 1969, he also appeared on screen playing a ticket inspector in ''Doctor Who and the Silurians''.<ref>{{cite book | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=7aM2CgAAQBAJ&q=terrance+dicks+trevor+ray&pg=PT29 | title= Doctor Who Episode By Episode: Volume 3 Jon Pertwee | author=Ray Dexter | date= 24 June 2015 | publisher= Lulu.com | isbn= 9781326315757 | accessdate=25 May 2020}}</ref>

Ray appeared in ''Emmerdale Farm'' from 1972 to 1973 as Bart Ansett, a friend of Jack Sugden and again in 1986 as Robin Parr.

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1969|| ''Lock Up Your Daughters'' || Quill || |- |1972|| ''Rentadick'' || Rivet || |- |1987|| ''The Sicilian'' || Frisella, the barber || |- |1987|| ''Little Dorrit'' || Magnate from the City || |- |2004|| ''Ladies in Lavender'' || Very Old Man 1 || (final film role) |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0713028|name=Trevor Ray}}

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