Portrait of Ray Cooney

Writing

Ray Cooney

Career

Active from 1960 to 2023, with a break from 1963 to 1972, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score50/100
Highest rated
Poster for What a Carve Up!
What a Carve Up!
GoodWatch score64/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 2.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ray Cooney Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Wonder
    1.4, average 3.4
  • Wholesome
    1.5, average 3.4
  • Pathos
    3.4, average 5.3
  • Coming of Age
    1.2, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • British Farce 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

52
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
På ville veier
På ville veier

Dramaturgy, Writer

2020s

6 titles · average score 51
Tout Va Très Bien !
Tout Va Très Bien ! (2025)

Author

Moonlight Madness
Moonlight Madness (2024)

Original Story

Not Now, Darling
Not Now, Darling (2023)

Theatre Play, Writer

Ektos eleghou... ola
Ektos eleghou... ola (2022)

Writer

Espèces Menacées
Espèces Menacées (2021)

Author

Mayday
Mayday (2020)
GoodWatch score 51

Theatre Play

2010s

5 titles · average score 25
Kölcsönlakás
Kölcsönlakás (2019)
GoodWatch score 47

Screenplay

C'est encore mieux l'après-midi
C'est encore mieux l'après-midi (2019)

Theatre Play

10 Rules for Sleeping Around
10 Rules for Sleeping Around (2013)
GoodWatch score 12

Thanks, Theatre Play

Run For Your Wife
Run For Your Wife (2012)
GoodWatch score 16

Writer, Director

Out Of Order
Out Of Order (2010)

Novel

2000s

13 titles · average score 30
Außer Kontrolle
Außer Kontrolle (2009)

Author

Chat et souris
Chat et souris (2007)

Theatre Play

Baby Baby, Balla Balla!
Baby Baby, Balla Balla! (2007)

Book

Funny Money
Funny Money (2006)
GoodWatch score 41

Executive Producer, Author

Not Now, Sweetheart
Not Now, Sweetheart (2006)

Writer

Our... Kolotravas wants it.
Our... Kolotravas wants it. (2005)

Writer

Koita poios irthe!
Koita poios irthe! (2005)

Writer

Dure bi rot
Dure bi rot (2004)

Author

Hrimata fantasmata
Hrimata fantasmata (2002)

Writer

Impair et père
Impair et père (2002)

Theatre Play

Espèces menacées
Espèces menacées (2001)

Theatre Play

Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman
Jack Frost 2: The Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman (2000)
GoodWatch score 18

as Colonel Hickering

1990s

9 titles · average score 50
Oti peite ypourge mou
Oti peite ypourge mou (1999)

Writer

Out of Order
Out of Order (1997)
GoodWatch score 62

Writer

Jack Frost
Jack Frost (1997)
GoodWatch score 28

Thanks

Panique au Plazza
Panique au Plazza (1996)

Theatre Play

Le vison voyageur
Le vison voyageur (1995)

Author

One For the Pot
One For the Pot (1993)

Writer

Out of Order!
Out of Order! (1992)
GoodWatch score 62

Writer

Kuta och kör
Kuta och kör (1992)

Writer

Pappie Hier Ben Ik
Pappie Hier Ben Ik (1990)

Writer

1980s

9 titles · average score 60
Double mixte
Double mixte (1989)

Novel

Le Saut du lit
Le Saut du lit (1988)

Writer

C'est encore mieux l'après-midi
C'est encore mieux l'après-midi (1987)

Writer

Se devi dire una bugia dilla grossa
Se devi dire una bugia dilla grossa (1986)

Author

Huwelijk In De Steigers
Huwelijk In De Steigers (1986)

Writer

Goeie Buren
Goeie Buren (1986)

Writer

Move Over, Mrs. Markham
Move Over, Mrs. Markham (1985)
GoodWatch score 60

Author

There Goes The Bride
There Goes The Bride (1980)

Screenplay, Theatre Play

Een Kus van een Rus
Een Kus van een Rus (1980)

Writer

1970s

3 titles · average score 50
Why Not Stay For Breakfast?
Why Not Stay For Breakfast? (1979)

Screenplay

Not Now, Comrade
Not Now, Comrade (1976)
GoodWatch score 55

as Mr. Laver

Not Now Darling
Not Now Darling (1973)
GoodWatch score 46

as Arnold Crouch

1960s

5 titles · average score 57
What a Carve Up!
What a Carve Up! (1961)
GoodWatch score 64

Screenplay

Nothing Barred
Nothing Barred (1961)

as Policeman (uncredited)

They Met in a City
They Met in a City (1961)

TV show · as Andy

The Hand
The Hand (1960)
GoodWatch score 50

as Pollitt

The Night We Got the Bird
The Night We Got the Bird (1960)

as Man with Cartwheel

1940s

1 title · average score 70
My Brother Jonathan
My Brother Jonathan (1948)
GoodWatch score 70

as Ralph Hingston