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Raymond D. "Ray" McPartlin (born 1954) is the estranged father of Ant McPartlin, a TV presenter best known for being one half of Ant and Dec. Raymond works as a gas pipe fitter, earning £15 an hour and lives in a two-bed council house.

Biography
Raymond McPartlin was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1954. Raymond married Christine Woodhall (née Clarke) in 1974, and his first child, son Ant was born in 1975. His two other children, Robert and Sarha were born in 1976 and 1977. Raymond walked out on the family when Ant was 10 years old.

He now lives with his long-term partner, Sheila Taylor.