1. Ray McAnally was the recipient of three BAFTA Awards in the late 1980s: two BAFTA Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor, and a BAFTA Television Award for Best Actor for A Very British Coup in 1989.
12 Facts About Ray McAnally
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Ray McAnally was born in Buncrana, a seaside town located on the Inishowen peninsula of County Donegal, Ireland and brought up in the nearby town of Moville from the age of three.
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Ray McAnally joined the Abbey Theatre in 1947 where he met and married actress Ronnie Masterson.
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In 1976 Ray McAnally appeared in the Granada Television daytime series Crown Court.
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Ray McAnally played the character of Robert Scard, a confidence trickster found guilty of fraud.
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Ray McAnally played William Gull, a Physician-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria, who the program claimed was the killer.
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Ray McAnally regularly acted in the Abbey Theatre and at Irish festivals, but in the last decade of life he achieved award-winning notice on TV and films.
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Ray McAnally earned a BAFTA Award nomination for his role in the BBC's A Perfect Spy and the ScreenPlay drama Scout in 1988 for the 1987 BAFTA Awards.
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Ray McAnally died suddenly of a heart attack on 15 June 1989, aged 63, at his home, which he shared with Irish actress Britta Smith.
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Ray McAnally remained married to actress Ronnie Masterson until his death, although they lived apart.
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Ray McAnally received a posthumous BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his last film My Left Foot in 1990.
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Ray McAnally had been cast in the lead role of First and Last, a drama about a man who walked from Land's End to John o' Groats.