Ray Shell

Infobox actor


name = Ray Shell
caption = Ray Shell as Rusty in Starlight Express, 1984.
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birthplace = USA
nationality = American
occupation = Actor, Author, Producer
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Ray Shell is an African American, film, TV and stage actor, as well as an author, director and producer. He is famous for creating the roles of Nomax in Five Guys Named Moe and Rusty in Starlight Express.

Ray Shell wrote about the closure of the musical Gone With The Wind for the Guardian Newspaper. [cite news |first=Ray |last=Shell |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Goodbye, cruel wind. Gone With the Wind was set to be the biggest show in town. Cast member Ray Shell gives the inside story as to why it flopped so badly|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2008/jun/12/culture.theatre |work=The Guardian |publisher= |date=June 12, 2008 |accessdate=2008-07-26 ]

Credits

Theatre

*Rusty in Starlight Express
*Poppa in Starlight Express
*Pork in Gone With the Wind
*Narrator in Dancing in the Streets
*Ain't Misbehavin'
*Jesus Christ Superstar
*Miss Saigon
*Mass Carib
*Little Willies Jr
*Children of Eden
*125th Street
*The Lion King
*Golden Boy
*Nomax in Five Guys Named Moe.
*Sweeny Todd in Sweeney Todd
*Vernon God Little
*Happy End
*Two Trains Running
*Hair

Film/TV

*'Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration' performed 'Light At The End Of The Tunnel'
*'The Apple' as 'Shake'
*'Too Much Sun' as 'Transvestite'
*'Velvet Goldmine' as 'Murray'
*'Pirate Prince' as 'Darbo'
*'Young Soul Rebels' as 'Jeff Kane'
*'Breakfast with Frost' as himself
*'The McGuffin'

Recordings

*Starlight Express: Original London Cast Recording
*Only You
*The Apple
*'Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration' performed 'Light At The End Of The Tunnel'

Own Work

*"Iced" Soon to be a major motion picture.
*Flatshare
*Frederick Avery Visits
*Street Angels.

References

*cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Momma Cherri |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/article554237.ece |work=The Sunday Times
publisher= |date=August 21, 2005 |accessdate=2008-07-26

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0791137/ Ray Shell on IMDB.]

* [http://angel22.tv/ Ray Shell's Internet Channel]

* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=111207606 Ray Shell's music Myspace page]

* [http://www.lastminute.com/site/entertainment/theatre/interview/ray-shell.html Lastminute.com Interview 13/10/2005]