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Ray Rayner (born Raymond M. Rahner; July 23, 1919 – January 21, 2004) was an American television presenter, actor and author. He was a staple of Chicago children's television in the 1960s and 1970s on WGN-TV .
By November 1961, another eventual Chicago television legend joined the show's cast, actor Ray Rayner, as "Oliver O. Oliver," a country bumpkin from Puff Bluff, Kentucky. Rayner was hosting WGN-TV's Dick Tracy Show (which also premiered the same day as Bozo's Circus ) and later replaced Dick Coughlan as host of Breakfast with Bugs Bunny , later ...
Cast members throughout the program's 40-year run included Bob Bell as Bozo (1960–1984) (Bell's voice was later the pattern for that of Krusty the Clown on The Simpsons), Ned Locke as Ringmaster Ned (1961–1976), Don Sandburg as Sandy the Tramp (1961–1969), Ray Rayner as Oliver O. Oliver (1961–1971), Roy Brown as Cooky the Cook (1968 ...
First openly gay actor to play a gay main character, a fashion designer. [351] [495] Sir: Don Johnson: A Series of Unfortunate Events: Sir and Charles are a gay couple who operate a lumber mill. [98] Isaak Sirko: Ray Stevenson: Dexter [30] Charlie Smith: Greg Austin: Class: Charlies is an openly gay alien prince. (Doctor Who spin off) [496 ...
Ray Rayner and Friends with a likeness of Rayner and Chelveston, is on the plaque along with Frazier Thomas and Garfield Goose and Friends and Bob Bell as Bozo the Clown for Bozo's Circus. [22] [23] In 2008, he was inducted into the Chicago chapter of the National Academy for Television Arts and Sciences' Silver Circle. [5]
Ray Rayner and His Friends Roy Thomas Brown (8 July 1932 – 22 January 2001) was an American television personality, puppeteer, clown and artist known for playing "Cooky the Cook" (also Cooky the Clown) on Chicago's Bozo's Circus .
Cover from Alpha Video's 2006 DVD release of Diver Dan.. Diver Dan is a series of 104 seven-minute live-action shorts made for children's television from 1960 to 1970. [1] Made by Brian Cartoons, it was syndicated (mainly to NBC affiliates) [2] and distributed by ITC Entertainment.
Cuddly Dudley as seen on WGN-TV's Ray Rayner and His Friends.. Cuddly Dudley is a lifesize (at 28.5 inch tall) shiny plush stuffed animal nostalgic cocker spaniel doll that was used as a subscription sales promotional item by the Chicago Tribune in the mid-1960s.