Robin Ray

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Robin Ray (17 September 1934 – 29 November 1998) was an English broadcaster on radio and television, actor of stage and screen, and musician. The eldest son of the comedian Ted Ray, he was educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and was the school's chief technical instructor from 1961 to 1965. Ray was the first chairman of the BBC Television panel programme Call My Bluff in the 1960s, and regularly appeared on the BBC 2 evening quiz show Face the Music in the 1970s. He was the author of plays and books and was the music adviser to Classic FM between 1988 and 1997, and artistic director for Performance Channel TV from 1996 to 1997. Born Robin Olden in Fulham, London on 17 September 1934, he was the eldest son of Charles Olden, later known as the comedian Ted Ray, and the dancer Dorothy Sybil Stevens. His younger brother, Andrew, also became an actor. At age 10, Ray received records of Franz Schubert's Unfinished Symphony and Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 from his father and briefly harboured aspirations of becoming a classical conductor. From the age of 15, he also wanted to become a concert pianist after an unsuccessful venture with the violin until he realised his lack of skill. Ray was taught at Highgate School in North London and decided to enrol at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) after his brother began working as an actor. He did his national service in the Royal Army Service Corps and rose to the rank of second lieutenant.