CHICAGO — Legendary WGN-TV personality Ray Rayner would have celebrated his 100th birthday Tuesday. Rayner became a part of the WGN-TV family in 1961. He is best known for hosting the show “Ray Rayner ...

Ray Rayner, longtime Chicago kidshow star who played Oliver O. Oliver on “Bozo’s Circus” for a decade and hosted kids’ show “Ray Rayner and His Friends” for 19 years on WGN TV, died Jan. 21 in Fort ...

Children’s television historian Jim Engel talks to Dave Plier about WGN Television’s Very Own, Ray Rayner, celebrating the 1964 launch of his own self titled show ’Ray Rayner & His Friends’ which ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Children’s television historian Jim Engel ...

On Friday, May 17, the actor, known for starring in hit television series such as Chicago Fire and Sex and the City, turned 60 years old. “Well I hit 60 and my beautiful daughter and son and wife ...

Growing up in south suburban Dolton, Ray Cortopassi fondly remembers another Ray - the legendary children's show performer Ray Rayner - who was a fixture on WGN-Channel 9 for 20 years. Tonight begins ...

Ray Rayner, the jumpsuit-wearing comedian who engaged generations of Chicago children on his own show and as Oliver O. Oliver on WGN-TV's "Bozo's Circus," died Wednesday of pneumonia in Fort Myers, ...

Ray Rayner (born Raymond M. Rahner; July 23, 1919 – January 21, 2004) was an American television presenter, actor and author. He was a staple of Chicago children's television in the 1960s and 1970s on ...