Known For
Art
Born
Apr 28, 1928
Died
Feb 21, 2013
Credits
32 titles
Raymond Cusick
Biography
Raymond Patrick Cusick (28 April 1928 – 21 February 2013) was an English designer for the BBC. He is best known for designing the Daleks, for the science fiction television series Doctor Who. 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 did not design them). 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 £100. In the late 1970s, he was a designer for the James Burke BBC programme Connections.
Known For
Filmography
Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour
Production Design
Daleks! Conquer and Destroy
Self (As Ray Cusick)
Daleks! Beyond the Screen
Self (As Ray Cusick)
Shawcraft: The Original Monster Makers
Self
Cusick in Cardiff
Self
The Sets of Marinus
Himself
What Has 'The Romans' Ever Done For Us?
Self
Mounting the Rescue
Self
Creation of the Daleks
Himself
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
Self
Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'
Self
Carnival of Monsters
Doctor Who: Daleks - The Early Years
Self
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
Production Design
The Gathering Seed
Production Design
Rolling Home
Art Direction
London Is Drowning
Production Design
To Serve Them All My Days
Production Design
On Giant's Shoulders
Production Design
Madame Bovary
Production Design
Get Off My Cloud
Production Design
The Jazz Age
Production Design
Too Many Cooks
Production Design
Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
Production Design
Out of the Unknown
Production Design
Doctor Who: The Chase
Production Design
Doctor Who: The Romans
Production Design
Doctor Who: The Rescue
Production Design
Doctor Who: Planet of Giants
Production Design
Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction
Art Designer
Doctor Who: The Daleks
Production Design
Doctor Who
Production Design