Ray Lonnen
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| Born | 18 May 1940 Bournemouth, Dorset, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
Ray Lonnen (born 18 May 1940 in Bournemouth, Dorset) is a British actor, perhaps best known for his role as Willie Caine (aka "Sandbagger 1") in the British cold-war spy drama The Sandbaggers.
He made early appearances in The Power Game (1966) and The Fellows (1967), then had a semi-regular role in the British crime drama Z Cars between 1972-77. He also appeared in the cult TV series Doctor Who (episodes Frontier in Space, 1973) and later in an episode of Lovejoy. He played the lead role in The Brief (1984).
Another notable role was as Harry Brown, an agent sent to Northern Ireland to smoke out an IRA assassin who had slain a cabinet minister, in the TV mini-series Harry's Game, based on a Gerald Seymour novel.
More recently, Lonnen appeared in the revival of the soap-opera Crossroads.
[edit] External links
- Ray Lonnen at the Internet Movie Database
- "The Sandbaggers" OpsRoom. Org
