Known for Visual Effects
Ray Caple was a British Matte Artist out of the school of the SP/FX 'great lord' Les Bowie. Les Bowie recognized his capability and trained him early as a Matte Artist, when he was still very young. The catalogue of films Ray worked on, usually uncredited, is quite substantial. He worked for 'Battle of Britain', 'Play Dirty', 'Mackenna's Gold', 'Superman, 'Alien' and so many more. In the late 60ths Ray Caple was a top-trained Matte Artist of the Les Bowie company. Producer Harry Saltzman took him to Spain for his epic 'Battle of Britain'. Obviously he was very happy with Rays work and offered him another job in Spain. Ray Caple went to Almeria (single contract?) to do the matte paintings for 'Play Dirty'. The rough and cynical answer to the Robert Aldrich movie 'The Dirty Dozen'. Kit: "You are quite right about Ray Caple being the 'foreground painting' artist, but actually he was at the time employed by the Les Bowie company, and hired out to Saltzman picture."
Born
January 5, 1938
Died
January 15, 1993 (age 55)
Birthplace
Monmouthshire, Wales, UK
Filmography
9 films


Spies Like Us
1985 · 1h 42m
country: United States
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.


Chariots of Fire
1981 · 2h 3m
country: United Kingdom
In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.


Alien
1979 · 1h 57m
country: United States
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.


Superman
1978 · 2h 24m
country: United Kingdom
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.


Circle of Iron
1978 · 1h 42m
country: United States
In a mystical desert kingdom, young martial arts fighter Cord loses a contest to determine who will journey to take the powerful Book of All Knowedge from Zetan, an evil wizard. Despite his lack of a sponsor, Cord's rule-breaking nature leads him to try retrieving the book anyway. Help is offered by a mysterious blind man who gives advice as Cord fights his way through multiple opponents, discovering more about himself as he gets closer to Zetan.


The Eagle Has Landed
1976 · 2h 15m
country: United Kingdom
When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious scheme to kidnap the prime minister and spirit him to Germany for enforced negotiations with Hitler.


Play Dirty
1969 · 1h 58m
country: United Kingdom
During World War II in North Africa, a group of British commandos disguised as Italian soldiers must travel behind enemy lines and destroy a vital Nazi oil depot.