Ted Ray

Ted Ray (real name Charlie Olden) was a popular English comedian of the 1940s, '50s and '60s.

Ray was born in Wigan, Lancashire. His parents moved to Liverpool within days of his birth and Liverpudlians regard him as a local. As a comedian of the 1940s and 1950s he demonstrated his ad-libbing skills in his weekly radio show, Ray's A Laugh, from 1949 until 1961.

Ted had narrated some of the Railway Series books for the BBC Children's Television Series Jackanory from September - October 1970.

Ted died at 71 on the 8th November 1977.

Books

 * The Three Railway Engines
 * Thomas the Tank Engine
 * Toby the Tram Engine
 * The Eight Famous Engines