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  Andrew Ray   [Andrew Olden]    (b. 31 May 1939) Children's Music Soloist 
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Andrew Ray Andrew Ray, born in Southgate, north London, was the younger son of popular comedian Ted Ray (real name Charles Olden [1909-1977]). He unexpectedly sprang to fame in the title role of the Royal Command performance film The Mudlark (1950), in which the 10-year-old Cockney orphan Wheeler goes to Windsor Castle to see Queen Victoria. (The story was inspired by an actual incident in December 1838 when "Edward Cotton" [real name Edwin Jones] sneaked into Buckinham Palace for the same purpose.) Andrew's brother Robin was originally cast in the part but looked too old and although their father had brought Andrew along to the studio just for an outing after a bout of mumps, he was given a screen test and secured the part. Later that year he made a Christmas record with his father. Nothing in his later stage & screen career could quite match his early success. He died in London in August 2003. (BJP)
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Ray & Green: Jack the Giant Killer / When Daddy Was a Boy (Columbia DB.2774, 78 RPM) December 1950
Featuring Andrew Ray  
Two songs by Ted Ray & Philip Green sung by Ted Ray and his 11-year-old son Andrew with orchestra conducted by Philip Green, rec. 7 Nov. 1950 (matrices CA21590-2, 21591-2). Disc deleted Aug. 1953.
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