| Who is it? | Actor, Writer |
| Birth Day | March 30, 1926 |
| Birth Place | Buncrana, County Donegal, Ireland, Ireland |
| Age | 94 YEARS OLD |
| Died On | 15 June 1989(1989-06-15) (aged 63)\nCounty Wicklow, Ireland |
| Birth Sign | Aries |
| Years active | 1957–1989 |
| Spouse(s) | Ronnie Masterson (1951–1989) |
| Awards | Best Actor in a Supporting Role 1986 The Mission 1989 My Left Foot Best Television Actor 1988 A Very British Coup |
Ray McAnally's net worth is estimated to range from $100K to $1M in the year 2024. Hailing from Ireland, McAnally is renowned for his exceptional talents as an actor and writer. Throughout his career, he has graced the stage and screen with his remarkable performances, captivating audiences worldwide. With numerous notable works to his credit, McAnally has amassed both critical acclaim and financial success. As the years progress, his net worth is projected to continue to thrive, cementing his status as a prominent figure in the entertainment industry.
Ray McAnally was born in Buncrana, a seaside town located on the Inishowen peninsula of County Donegal, Ireland and brought up in the nearby town of Moville from the age of three. The son of a bank manager, he was educated at Saint Eunan's College in Letterkenny where he wrote, produced and staged a musical called 'Madame Screwball' at the age of 16. He entered Maynooth seminary at the age of 18 but left after a short time having decided that the priesthood was not his vocation. He joined the Abbey Theatre in 1947 where he met and married Actress Ronnie Masterson.
The couple would later form Old Quay Productions and present an assortment of classic plays in the 1960s and 1970s. He made his theatre debut in 1962 with A Nice Bunch of Cheap Flowers and gave a well-received performance as George in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, opposite Constance Cummings, at the Piccadilly Theatre.
On television he was a familiar face, often in glossy thriller series like The Avengers, Man in a Suitcase and Strange Report. In 1968 he took the title role in Spindoe, a series charting the return to power of an English gangster, Alec Spindoe, after a five-year prison term. This was a spin-off from another series, The Fellows (1967) in which McAnally had appeared in several episodes as the Spindoe character. He could render English accents very convincingly.
McAnally regularly acted in the Abbey Theatre and at Irish festivals, but in the last decade of life he achieved award-winning notice on TV and films. His impressive performance as Cardinal Altamirano in the film The Mission (1986) earned him Evening Standard and BAFTA awards. He earned a second BAFTA award for his role in the BBC's A Perfect Spy (1987). In 1988 he won the BAFTA for Best Actor for his performance in A Very British Coup, a role that also brought him a Jacob's Award. In the last year of his life he portrayed the father of Christy Brown (played by Daniel Day-Lewis) in the Academy Award-winning film, My Left Foot (1989).
