About Richard Kay
Lived 1937 – 1985 (aged 47–48). Richard Kay was an actor and television actor.
Richard Arthur Kay (16 March 1937 – 2 July 1987) was a British actor. Originally from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he was educated at Leighton Park School followed by Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and is best known for his work in Déjà Vu, Three Sisters (1970) and Wuthering Heights (1978). In television, he appeared in Coronation Street, Lady Killers and Juliet Bravo amongst other programmes.
Kay was the son of the entertainer Arthur Kay (died 1970). He married Jacqueline Venetia Maxwell in 1964. The marriage produced three children. Their son is the actor Barnaby Kay, and their daughter-in-law is fellow actor Nicola Walker.
Kay died aged 50, on 2 July 1987.
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Who was Richard Kay?
English actor (1937–1985)
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Richard Kay was born on 16 March 1937.
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Richard Kay died in 1985.
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Richard Kay was an actor and television actor.
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