Ray Shell
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| Ray Shell |
| Born |
USA |
| Nationality |
American |
| Occupation |
Actor, Author, Producer |
Ray Shell is an African American, film, TV and stage actor, as well as an author, director and producer. He is famous for creating the roles of Nomax in Five Guys Named Moe and Rusty in Starlight Express. He is a Creative Director of the Giant Olive Theatre Company, resident Company at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre in Kentish Town.
Ray Shell wrote about the closure of the musical Gone With The Wind for The Guardian Newspaper.[1] After arriving in London in 1978 with the Gospel Musical LITTLE WILLIE JR'S RESURRECTION produced by LON SATTON (who would later play PAPA to Ray Shell's RUSTY in STARLIGHT EXPRESS; LITTLE WILLIE's score was by gospel composer JOHHNY THOMPSON leader of THE JOHNNY THOMPSON SINGERS and book by OSCAR JOHNSON) Ray immediately became part of London's NEW WAVE music scene recording with HOWARD DEVOTO'S MAGAZINE, covering KATE BUSH's THEM HEAVY PEOPLE prouduced by THE SQUEEZE for EMI Records which Ray thought meant EVIL MEN INCORPORATED, he went on to record with his own band THE STREET ANGELS featuring a pre SIMON COWELL SINITA, CARL McKINTOSH (LOOSE ENDS) and CHARITA JONES (GORDON RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES).
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[edit] Own Work
- Iced - (Soon to be a major motion picture)
- Flatshare
- Frederick Avery Visits
- Street Angels.
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Shell, Ray |
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| Short description |
American actor |
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| Place of birth |
USA |
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