Jack Raymond
Jack Raymond (1886–1953) was an English actor and film director. Jack Raymond was born in Wimborne, Dorset in 1886, he began acting before the First World War in A Detective for a Day. In 1921, he directed his first film and gradually he wound down his acting to concentrate completely on directing - making more than forty films in total before his death in 1953.
Jack Raymond
Paramount Pictures, Josef von Sternberg · Public domain
- Name
- Jack Raymond
- Born
- 1886
- Birthplace
- Wimborne, Dorset, England
- Died
- 20 March 1953
- Place of death
- London, England
- Occupation
- Actor; Film Director
- Nationality
- United Kingdom · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Languages
- English
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Jack Raymond (1886–1953) was an English actor and film director. Jack Raymond was born in Wimborne, Dorset in 1886, he began acting before the First World War in A Detective for a Day. In 1921, he directed his first film and gradually he wound down his acting to concentrate completely on directing - making more than forty films in total before his death in 1953.
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Jack Raymond (1886–1953) was an actor, director and film actor, among other activities, of British and British nationality. The actor was born in Wimborne Minster and died in London. Languages used include English.
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He was associated with the Hepworth Studios of Walton on Thames, since his portrait appears on a studio publicity postcard when he was probably in his early twenties. He had a major success in 1930 with The Great Game, one of the earliest films devoted to football and followed it up with Up for the Cup a year later. He remade Up for the Cup in 1950.
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• Name — Jack Raymond • Born — 1886 • Birthplace — Wimborne, Dorset, England • Died — 20 March 1953 • Place of death — London, England • Occupation — Actor; Film Director
Director
Director
• The Vicar of Wakefield (1913) • Red, White and Blue Blood (1917) • The English Rose (1920) • The Flat (1921) • A Woman Misunderstood (1921) • Tilly of Bloomsbury (1921) • The Curse of Westacott (1921) • Second to None (1927) • Lonesome (1928) • Sally of the Scandals (1928) • Three Weekends (1928) • A Peep Behind the Scenes (1929) • Splinters (1929) • The Great Game (1930) • Mischief (1931) • Almost a Divorce (1931) • Tilly of Bloomsbury (1931) • Up for the Cup (1931) • Life Goes On (1932) • Say It with Music (1932) • Up to the Neck (1933) • It's a King (1933) • Night of the Garter (1933) • Girls, Please! (1934) • Come Out of the Pantry (1935) • Where's George? (1935) • Streamline Express (1935) • The Preview Murder Mystery (1936) • Talk of the Devil (1936) • When Knights Were Bold (1936) • Chick (1936, producer) • The Frog (1937) • Blondes for Danger (1938) • A Royal Divorce (1938) • You Will Remember (1941) • Up for the Cup (1950) • Take Me to Paris (1951) • Reluctant Heroes (1951)
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Actor
• The Vicar of Wakefield (1913) - Moses Primrose • The Lights of Home (1920) - Mark • The English Rose (1920) • His Other Wife (1921) - Dick Riviere • The Dinkum Bloke (1923) - John Gilder • Dope (1924) • The Only Way (1925) - Jacques • The Last Command (1928) - Assistant Director • Up for the Cup (1931) - Railway clerk (final film role)
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