Ray Alan

Ray Alan

Ray Alan (born 18 September 1930) is an English ventriloquist and television entertainer in the 1950s through to the 1980s. He is associated with the puppet "Lord Charles".

Career

Born in Greenwich, London, educated at Morden Terrace School, Lewisham [Who's Who on Television, page 6, pub 1982, ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph] , Ray Alan was introduced to the world of entertainment at a young age, entering a talent contest at the age of five. He often performed at the Lewisham Hippodrome Theatre as a teenager, and then started to entertain private functions. By this stage, Ray had introduced ventriloquism into his act, along with playing the ukulele.

Ray would tour in cabaret all over the world and he also joined Laurel and Hardy on several comedy shows, (the former of whom provided inspiration for the appearance of Alan's most famous creation, Lord Charles). [cite news
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] who first appeared at a charity show in Wormwood Scrubs Prison, London. [Who's Who on Television, page 6, pub 1982, ITV Books in association with Michael Joseph] He appeared on the BBC programme "The Good Old Days" regularly, and created the puppet character Ali Cat for the HTV series "Magic Circle" (1977). He was also the presenter for two years of the BBC show "Ice Show". In 1985 he was a special guest for Bob Hope's birthday show at London’s Lyric Theatre.

Later life

Ray still performs tours and also undertakes conference and corporate events. In 1998/1999 he entertained guests on the QE2. He has also written for many shows, including a documentary entitled "A Gottle of Geer" for Channel 4, and the ITV show "And There's More" in 1985 which starred Jimmy Cricket.

TV credits

*"Ice Show" (1969)
*"Magic Circle" (1977)
*"Mike Reid's Mates and Music" (1984)
*"Bobby Davro's TV Weekly" (1987)

He has also made many appearances on game shows such as "Celebrity Squares", "Give Us A Clue", "Family Fortunes", "3-2-1", "Bullseye" and "The Bob Monkhouse Show".

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