Raymond Patrick Cusick Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Raymond Patrick "Ray" Cusick (May 1928 – 21 February 2013) was a designer for the British Broadcasting Corporation. He is best known for designing the Daleks, a race of aliens who move around in tank-like travel machines, for the science fiction television series Doctor Who.Born in the Lambeth district of London, Cusick became interested in engineering while still at art school, and began attending evening classes. However, his father wanted him to follow a more regular career, so Cusick took a course in mathematics and science at Borough Polytechnic, intending to become a civil engineer. Not finding this to his liking, he enlisted instead in the British Army and found himself stationed in Palestine, but did not enjoy that experience either. On his return to England he completed a teacher training course, but then obtained a nine-month position in repertory theatre at the Prince of Wales Theatre in Cardiff.In the late 1950s Cusick briefly took a position teaching art but applied and was accepted for a post at the Wimbledon Theatre where he remained for three years. Cusick joined the BBC in 1960 as a staff designer and was responsible for the set design of many Doctor Who stories, creating not just futuristic settings but also historical sets and dioramas. Another BBC in-house designer, future filmmaker Ridley Scott, had been assigned to design the Daleks in 1963, but scheduling conflicts saw the job handed to Cusick. Cusick worked on other BBC television programmes including The Pallisers, The Duchess of Duke Street, On Giant's Shoulders, When the Boat Comes In, Rentaghost and Miss Marple.As Cusick was a salaried BBC employee at the time he designed the Daleks, he was not paid royalties. Given the large revenue generated by merchandise featuring Cusick's Dalek design, he felt that he should have been paid a royalty (as was script writer Terry Nation, who created the concept of the Daleks but not their design or appearance). When Cusick left Doctor Who in 1966, unhappy with the lack of recognition he had received for his work on the series, the show's producer and head designer did arrange for the BBC to recognise his contribution with an ex-gratia payment of around GBP ₤100 and a gold Blue Peter badge.In the late 1970s, he was a designer for the James Burke BBC programme Connections. He lived near Horsham, West Sussex. After retiring as an art director for the BBC in 1988, his hobby was writing about battles from the Napoleonic era—he contributed to a number of specialist magazines and periodicals on the subject.In July 2008 he appeared in an episode of the BBC Three documentary series Doctor Who Confidential, when he spoke of the original Dalek design and how the concept came to fruition.
People do say I was inspired by a pepper pot - but I always think 'If that's all it takes to become a designer, then it's a doddle'. (on the inspiration for the look of the Daleks)
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Fact
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Was an expert on Napoleonic warfare and author of magazine and periodical articles on the subject.
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Cusick's iconic design of the Daleks was inspired by a pepper (or salt) shaker, which he picked up and moved around a table during a conversation with special effects expert Bill Roberts (in order to illustrate mode of movement).
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Cusick designed "Doctor Who"'s immortal monsters, the Daleks, though Terry Nation is usually credited with creating them.
Production Designer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: 4:50 from Paddington
1987
TV Movie as Ray Cusick
Black Silk
1985
TV Series 1 episode
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
1985
TV Mini-Series designer
The Case of the Frightened Lady
1983
TV Movie
Objects of Affection
1982
TV Series 1 episode
Play for Today
1970-1982
TV Series 3 episodes
BBC2 Playhouse
1982
TV Series 1 episode
When the Boat Comes In
1981
TV Series 6 episodes
To Serve Them All My Days
1980
TV Mini-Series 1 episode
BBC2 Play of the Week
1979
TV Series 1 episode
Rentaghost
1978
TV Series 3 episodes
The Les Dawson Show
1978
TV Series 1 episode
The Duchess of Duke Street
1976-1977
TV Series 16 episodes
Madame Bovary
1975
TV Mini-Series 4 episodes
Quiller
1975
TV Series 1 episode
Z Cars
1963-1975
TV Series 5 episodes
The Pallisers
1974
TV Mini-Series 10 episodes
Comedy Playhouse
1973
TV Series 1 episode
Clouds of Witness
1972
TV Mini-Series 5 episodes
Eyeless in Gaza
1971
TV Series 5 episodes
Paul Temple
1971
TV Series designer - 1 episode
Biography
1970
TV Series 1 episode
Menace
1970
TV Series 1 episode
W. Somerset Maugham
1970
TV Series 2 episodes
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
1968-1969
TV Series 4 episodes
The Jazz Age
1968
TV Series 1 episode
Cold Comfort Farm
1968
TV Mini-Series 3 episodes
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1966-1967
TV Series 2 episodes
Boy Meets Girl
1967
TV Series 1 episode
Long After Summer
1967
TV Movie
Mickey Dunne
TV Series 1 episode, 1967 designer - 3 episodes, 1967
The Forsyte Saga
1967
TV Mini-Series 1 episode
Out of the Unknown
1966
TV Series 1 episode
Broome Stages
1966
TV Mini-Series 8 episodes
Doctor Who
1963-1966
TV Series 42 episodes
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1963-1965
TV Series 3 episodes
The Mind of the Enemy
1965
TV Mini-Series 5 episodes
Sykes and A...
1964
TV Series 3 episodes
Hugh and I
1963
TV Series 12 episodes
Billy Cotton Band Show
1963
TV Series 2 episodes
Pops and Lenny
1962
TV Series 4 episodes
Mr. Pastry Hooks a Spook
1961
TV Movie
Stranger on the Shore
1961
TV Series 5 episodes
Show Train
1961
TV Series 1 episode
BBC Sunday-Night Play
1960
TV Mini-Series 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cusick in Cardiff
2010
Video documentary short
Himself
Daleks! Conquer and Destroy
2010
Video documentary short
Himself
Daleks Beyond the Screen
2010
Video documentary short
Himself
Mounting the Rescue
2009
Video documentary short
Himself
Doctor Who Confidential
2008
TV Series documentary
Himself
Creation of the Daleks
2006
Video documentary short
Himself
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
2006
Video documentary short
Himself (as Ray Cusick)
Over the Edge: The Story of the Edge of Destruction