Andrew Ray

Andrew Ray was an English actor whose career began with success as a child star. Born in Southgate, Middlesex, he was cast at ten in the title part of The Mudlark, playing a street urchin who meets Queen Victoria; the film was chosen for the Royal Command Performance in 1950. He went on to appear in many films over the following years, including Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957), Serious Charge (1959) and The System (1964). Later work on screen included Rough Cut (1980) and The Bunker (1981). His theater roles included Flowering Cherry with Ralph Richardson and Celia Johnson and A Taste of Honey on Broadway. On television he played Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations, the nuclear scientist Klaus Fuchs for Anglia Television, and King George VI in Crown Matrimonial, a role he repeated in Edward & Mrs. Simpson. He also appeared in Tales of the Unexpected, Upstairs, Downstairs, Inspector Morse and Peak Practice. He died in 2003.