Well-known currently active British actors and actresses include: Gemma Arterton, Rowan Atkinson, Christian Bale, Sacha Baron Cohen, Kate Beckinsale, Paul Bettany, Orlando Bloom, Emily Blunt, Helena Bonham Carter, Kenneth Branagh, Jim Broadbent, Daniel Craig, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Rupert Everett, Ralph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Michael Gambon, Anthony Hopkins, Jeremy Irons, Ben Kingsley, Keira Knightley, Hugh Laurie, Jude Law, James McAvoy, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren, Carey Mulligan, Thandie Newton, Bill Nighy, Gary Oldman, Clive Owen, Robert Pattinson, Daniel Radcliffe, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, Alan Rickman, Tim Roth, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jason Statham, Patrick Stewart, Alex Pettyfer, Gerard Butler, Emma Thompson, Emma Watson, Rachel Weisz, Kate Winslet, Tom Hiddleston, Ray Winstone and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Some of the scripts written for Hancock by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson almost repudiated a narrative structure altogether and attempted to reproduce an everyday environment with the intention of also reproducing its comedy.

Ray Galton and Alan Simpson wrote for him from 1964 to 1966 when he worked for the BBC and also for a one-off show for Thames, Frankie Howerd meets the Bee Gees, shown on 20 August 1968.

( Sykes and Milligan later jointly formed Associated London Scripts ( ALS ) with Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, a writers ' agency which lasted for well over a decade until being effectively dissolved in 1967.

In December 1961 Sykes co-starred with Warren Mitchell in Clicquot et Fils, a one-off, 30-minute comedy written by Associated London Scripts colleagues Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

* The BBC sitcom Steptoe and Son is completely intact, although approximately half of the colour episodes only exist in monochrome ; this was after copies of episodes thought to be lost were recovered in the late 1990s from early home video recordings made by writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Among the actors who appear from classic films are Edward Arnold, Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Wally Brown, James Cagney, William Conrad, Jeff Corey, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Brian Donlevy, Kirk Douglas, Ava Gardner, Cary Grant, Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Burt Lancaster, Charles Laughton, Charles McGraw, Fred MacMurray, John Miljan, Ray Milland, Edmund O ' Brien, Vincent Price, Barbara Stanwyck, Lana Turner and Norma Varden.

The most prominent and most prolific modern-day suppliers of professional ventriloquial dummies include Steve Axtell, Tim Selberg, Alan Semok, Ray Guyll, Conrad Hartz, Geoffrey Felix, Jerry Layne, Mike Brose, and Albert Alfaro.

: Many Italian Americans actors became well known in movies and TV, such as: Don Ameche, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anne Bancroft ( Anna Italiano ), Ernest Borgnine ( Ermes Borgnino ), Robert Alda, Alan Alda, Lou Costello, Frank Langella, Frankie Avalon ( Avallone ), Annette Funicello, James Darren ( Ercolani ), Jimmy Durante, Anthony Franciosa, Sal Mineo, Ben Gazzara, Harry Guardino, Aldo Ray ( DaRe ), Richard Conte, Bernadette Peters ( Lazzara ), Connie Stevens ( Concetta Ingoglia ), Richard Crenna, Dom DeLuise, Armand Assante, Susan Sarandon, Danny DeVito, Joe Mantegna, John Travolta, Tony Danza, Alyssa Milano, Paul Sorvino, Mira Sorvino, Al Pacino, Liza Minnelli, Rene Russo, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Nicolas Cage ( Coppola ), Stanley Tucci, Marissa Tomei, John Turturro and Sylvester Stallone.

This was presented by Ray Woollard ( Peter Baynham, who had appeared previously in I'm Alan Partridge as the voice box using executive from the boat holiday company in " Watership Alan ") and " Digital Dave ", and was basically a sycophantic look at Alan's career, past and present ; the credits listed it as being executively produced by Alan himself and produced by his company, Apache Productions.

Ray Noble & Alan Murray

Both Alan Jackson and Travis Tritt achieved greater success, and Billy Ray Cyrus became a teen idol.

The Broad Left went on to help elect Ray Buckton ( Aslef ) Ken Cameron ( FBU ) Alan Sapper ( ACTT ) and Jack Jones ( TGWU ) in 1969.

The mystery plays which had preceded the original Young Vic productions were dropped, and instead the musical was preceded by a piece called Jacob's Journey, with music and lyrics by Lloyd Webber and Rice and a book by television comedy writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Rowan in particular warned Snow for his short-pitched bowling and Snow thought this was partisanship as Alan Thomson was not called to book when he bowled bouncers at Snow and six in one eight-ball over against Ray Illingworth.

Notable published authors on chaos magic include John Balance, Peter J. Carroll, Jan Fries, Jaq D. Hawkins, Robert Anton Wilson, Phil Hine, Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Jozef Karika, Ian Read, Ray Sherwin, Lionel Snell and Ralph Tegtmeier.

Hancock's Half Hour is a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy, series of the 1950s and 60s written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Actors appearing in the most episodes include Patricia Hitchcock ( Alfred Hitchcock's daughter ), Dick York, Robert Horton, James Gleason, John Williams, Robert H. Harris, Russell Collins, Claude Rains, Barbara Baxley, Ray Teal, Percy Helton, Phyllis Thaxter, Carmen Mathews, Mildred Dunnock and Alan Napier.

Well-known currently active performers include the likes of Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ian McKellen, Clive Owen, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Ewan McGregor, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Craig, Emma Watson, Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Orlando Bloom, Tilda Swinton, Daniel Day-Lewis, Christian Bale, Jason Statham, Idris Elba, Paul Bettany, Mischa Barton, Emma Thompson, Kate Beckinsale, Michael Sheen, Helena Bonham Carter, Hugh Laurie, Ben Kingsley, Christopher Lee, Alan Rickman, Jason Isaacs, John Hurt, Emily Blunt, Sienna Miller, Bill Nighy, Carey Mulligan, Ray Winstone, Peter O ' Toole, Jeremy Irons, Gary Oldman, Helen Mirren, Liam Neeson, Tim Roth, Robert Pattinson, Julie Andrews, Sean Bean, Gemma Arterton, Gerard Butler, Tom Hardy, Maggie Smith, Russell Brand, Andrew Garfield, Henry Cavill, Simon Pegg, Patrick Stewart, Judi Dench, Anthony Hopkins, Michael Caine and Sacha Baron Cohen.

Bootsie and Snudge is a British television situation comedy series written, in the early days, by Barry Took and Marty Feldman, later writers were John Antrobus, Jack Rosenthal, ventriloquist Ray Alan and Harry Driver.

* Linear City ( 2001, remastered and remixed 2006 ) Audio collaborations with Susanne Drescher, Per Odderskove, Ray Darr, Darren B. Dunn, Marc Uzan, Ola Norlander, Haki, U-She, Drew Kalapach, Michael Letourneau, Alan Evil from IFPR, Luca Kormentini, Andrew Paine ( Boomboy ), The Weeds of Eden, Michael Banabila, Dreamfluid, Beatsystem, Noiseman433, Dane Johnson, James Webb, Panoptic, 1605 Munro, Tom Hamlyn

Noted Signature recording artists included Anita O ' Day, Coleman Hawkins, Eddie Lawrence, Ray Anthony, Barbara McNair, Monica Lewis, Dickie Thompson, Jane Harvey, Kay Thompson, Alan Dale and the label's Musical Director, Ray Bloch.

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* November 18 – Man Ray, American artist ( b. 1890 )

* December 18 – Ray Hnatyshyn, Governor General of Canada ( b. 1934 )

Man Ray ( born Emmanuel Radnitzky, August 27, 1890November 18, 1976 ) was an American modernist artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France.

On September 18, 2012, the next day after the official announcement of the third Dragon Age title, both Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, two of the remaining co-founders of BioWare, simultaneously announced they will be retiring from gaming industry.

In an unrelated incident QPR were further rocked by the murder of Youth Team footballer Kiyan Prince on 18 May 2006 and, in August 2007, the death of promising teenager and first-team player Ray Jones in a car crash.

Glasco was originally incorporated as " The Dell Ray Town Co " on July 18, 1871.

* Ray Mungo, author of over 18 books and co-founder of Liberation News Service

There is a regional Goodyear manufacturing facility that works in conjunction with Veyance Technology, which recently completed an $ 18 million expansion and has investors including the Carlyle Group, a DuPont operation, the eastern United States headquarters of United Rotary Brush, Ray Lewis and Son, Scioto Services, and many others.

Ramon John Hnatyshyn (; March 16, 1934December 18, 2002 ), commonly known as Ray Hnatyshyn, was a Canadian politician and statesman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 24th since Canadian Confederation.

Sugar Ray appeared on the May 18, 2008, season 3 finale of American Dad, titled " Spring Break-Up ", as themselves, playing " Fly " at a Spring Break party.

He was given an opportunity to face fellow undefeated fighter Ray Mercer, the WBO title holder in a Pay Per View card held on October 18, 1991.

* The Death of Ray Chapman-NY Times, 18 August 1920

Donnie Ray Moore ( February 13, 1954 – July 18, 1989 ) was an American relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs ( 1975, 1977 – 79 ), St. Louis Cardinals ( 1980 ), Milwaukee Brewers ( 1981 ), Atlanta Braves ( 1982 – 84 ) and California Angels ( 1985 – 88 ).

* July 1 – Ray Knight stages the first Raymond Stampede in Raymond, Alberta, and in so doing coined the rodeo word stampede, thus launching his rodeo career as the world's first rodeo producer and stock contractor, as well as being the world's richest rodeo promoter with some of ranchland with 18, 000 head of cattle and 3, 000 head of horses.

* Child actress Anissa Jones of " Family Affair " briefly worked at the Winchell's in Playa Del Ray, CA, in the summer of 1975, one year before her overdose death at age 18.

Raymond Allen " Ray " Liotta ( born December 18, 1954 ) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Henry Hill in the crime-drama Goodfellas, directed by Martin Scorsese and his role as Shoeless Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams.

* The Death of Ray Chapman-NY Times, 18 August 1920

Dolby ( left ) is inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Ray Dolby ( born January 18, 1933 ) is the American engineer and inventor of the noise reduction system known as Dolby NR.

His run of successes continued in 1995 / 96 with three titles, including the World Championship, where an 18 – 12 victory in the final against Peter Ebdon saw him equal the achievement of Ray Reardon and Steve Davis by notching up a sixth World crown.

Higgins recorded an 18 – 9 victory over Shaun Murphy in the final to become the ninth player to win the World title three or more times after Joe Davis, Fred Davis, John Pulman, John Spencer, Ray Reardon, Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O ' Sullivan.

His career peaked in 1978, when he reached the final of the world championships, losing 25 – 18 to Ray Reardon.

Seeded 8, Spencer defeated John Virgo 13 – 9 ( having trailed 4 – 1 ), Ray Reardon 13 – 6, a resurgent John Pulman 18 – 16 and finally Cliff Thorburn 25 – 21 ( having trailed 15 – 11 ) in the final.

She and Anthony had one son, Perry Ray Anthony, who was born March 18, 1956.