Richard Arthur Kay (16 March 1937 – 2 July 1987) was a British actor. Originally from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he was educated at Leighton Park School followed by Emmanuel College, Cambridge and is best known for his work in Déjà Vu (1985), Three Sisters (1970) and Wuthering Heights (1978). In television, he appeared in Coronation Street and Juliet Bravo amongst other programmes.

Kay was the son of the entertainer Arthur Kay (died 1970). He married Jacqueline Venetia Maxwell in 1964. The marriage produced three children. Their son is the actor Barnaby Kay.^[1]

Kay died aged 50, on 2 July 1987.