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"Andrew Ray" was an England/English actor, who was best known as a child star.

He was born Andrew Olden (Ray was his father's stage name) in North London, the son of the famous radio comic Ted Ray (comedian)/Ted Ray and his wife, showgirl Dorothy Sibil. Ray's life was transformed at the age of 10 when he was cast in the title part of The Mudlark, a 20th Century Fox film starring Alec Guinness and Irene Dunne. He played a street urchin who ends up meeting Queen Victoria. The film was chosen as the Royal Command Performance in 1950 and catapulted Ray to child stardom.

He featured in numerous films during the next few years, including The Yellow Balloon (film)/The Yellow Balloon (1953), Escapade (1955 film)/Escapade (1955), Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957), Serious Charge (1959) with Cliff Richard, Twice Round the Daffodils (1962), and The System (1964 film)/The System (1964). He also portrayed Herbert Pocket in the ITC Entertainment/ITC remake of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations (1974 film)/Great Expectations (1974) opposite Michael York (actor)/Michael York. His later films included Rough Cut (1980 film)/Rough Cut (1980), The Bunker (1981 film)/The Bunker (1981), Pope John Paul II (film)/Pope John Paul II (1984) and Paris by Night (1988 film)/Paris by Night (1988).