Raymond Stanley Lonnen was an English stage and television actor.
11 Facts About Ray Lonnen
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Ray Lonnen's early acting appearances include TV series such as Mrs Thursday, The Power Game and Market in Honey Lane, and a small role in the film Zeppelin.
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Ray Lonnen had a small part as a uniformed Guardian, Brum G, in Episode 3 of the 1971 LWT TV series, The Guardians.
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Ray Lonnen was unavailable to film what became the final series of Z-Cars in 1978 because he was cast in the ITV cult Cold War spy drama TV series, The Sandbaggers, in which he played Willie Caine, one of the leads.
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In 1984 Ray Lonnen went on to star in yet another spy-themed drama series, The Brief, in which he played a British barrister who travels to Germany to represent a British soldier accused of spying and treason.
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Ray Lonnen appeared in the 1985 thriller movie Murder Elite, opposite Ali MacGraw, Billie Whitelaw and Hywel Bennett.
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In 1990 Ray Lonnen played Detective Inspector Alex Vale in the ITV detective drama series Yellowthread Street, which was set in Hong Kong.
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Ray Lonnen appeared in several episodes of the Canadian sci-fi series Starhunter and had a recurring role in the short-lived revival of the ITV soap opera Crossroads.
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Ray Lonnen was first married to Jean Conyers and then to the actress Lynn Dalby, with whom he had three children.
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Ray Lonnen died at his home in London on 11 July 2014 from cancer, aged 74.
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Ray Lonnen was survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.