Home Fictional characters Ray Carling Ray Carling Fictional character DC/DS/DI Raymond Milton "Ray" Carling is a fictional character in BBC One's science fiction/police procedural drama, Life on Mars and its spin-off Ashes to Ashes. Personal facts NationalityGreat Britain facebook tumblr linkedin twitter reddit google+ Search Fictional character first appearanceLife on Mars: Episode 1 series 1 portrayerMichael ImperioliDean Andrews seriesLife on Mars (UK TV series)Ashes to Ashes (TV series) Ray Carling on Wikipedia Ray Carling External resources http://www.bbc.co.uk/ashestoashes/characters/raycarling.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/lifeonmars/characters/ray.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/2010/wk13/unplaced.shtml#unplaced_ashes http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0025010