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Gene Raymond
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1908-08-13,New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Gene Raymond, born Raymond Guion, was an American film, television, and stage actor of the 1930s and 1940s. In addition to acting, Raymond was also a composer, writer, director, producer, and decorated military pilot. His screen debut was in Personal Maid (1931). Another early appearance was in the multi-director If I Had a Million with W. C. Fields and Charles Laughton. With his blond good looks, classic profile, and youthful exuberance — plus a name change to the more pronounceable "Gene Raymond" — he scored in films like the classic Zoo in Budapest with Loretta Young, and a series of light RKO musicals, mostly with Ann Sothern. He wrote a number of songs, including the popular "Will You?" which he sang to Sothern in Smartest Girl in Town. His wife, Jeanette MacDonald, sang several of his more classical pieces in her concerts and recorded one entitled "Let Me Always Sing". His most notable films, mostly as a second lead actor, include Red Dust (1932) with Jean Harlow and Clark Gable, Zoo in Budapest with Loretta Young, Ex-Lady with Bette Davis, Flying Down to Rio with Dolores del Río, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, I Am Suzanne with Lilian Harvey, Sadie McKee with Joan Crawford, Alfred Hitchcock's Mr. and Mrs. Smith with Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery, and The Locket with Laraine Day, Brian Aherne, and Robert Mitchum. MacDonald and Raymond made one film together, Smilin' Through, which came out as the U.S. was on the verge of entering World War II. After service in the United States Army Air Forces Raymond returned to Hollywood. He wrote, directed and starred in the 1949 film Million Dollar Weekend. In later years he appeared in only a few films. His last major film was The Best Man in 1964 with Henry Fonda and Cliff Robertson. In the 1950s he mostly worked in television, appearing in Playhouse of Stars, Fireside Theatre, Hollywood Summer Theater and TV Reader's Digest. In the 1970s he appeared on ABC Television Network's Paris 7000 and had guest roles in The Outer Limits, Robert Montgomery Presents, Playhouse 90, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Ironside, The Defenders, Mannix, The Name of the Game, Lux Video Theatre, Kraft Television Theatre and U.S. Steel Hour. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Raymond, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

6.2

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941-01-31

Flying Down to Rio

6.2

Flying Down to Rio
1933-12-22

6.9

Plunder Road
1957-12-05

7.3

The Best Man
1964-04-05

Assigned to Danger

5

Assigned to Danger
1948-05-19

6.4

The Locket
1946-12-20

7

Sadie McKee
1934-05-09

6.953

Red Dust
1932-10-22

Million Dollar Weekend

5.5

Million Dollar Weekend
1948-10-29

The House on 56th Street

5.2

The House on 56th Street
1933-12-23

6.325

Ex-Lady
1933-05-15

4.6

The Hanged Man
1964-11-18

The Woman in Red

6.1

The Woman in Red
1935-02-16

If I Had a Million

6.5

If I Had a Million
1932-11-18

Zoo in Budapest

4.8

Zoo in Budapest
1933-04-28

The Bride Walks Out

5.3

The Bride Walks Out
1936-07-10

4.8

Hit the Deck
1955-02-24

Smilin' Through

6

Smilin' Through
1941-10-01

Ladies of the Big House

6

Ladies of the Big House
1931-12-26

6.2

I Am Suzanne!
1933-12-25

Behold My Wife!

7

Behold My Wife!
1934-12-06

I'd Rather Be Rich

5.8

I'd Rather Be Rich
1964-08-25

0

Stolen Heaven
1938-05-11

7

Love on a Bet
1936-03-06

2.7

Brief Moment
1933-09-29

She's Got Everything

5.3

She's Got Everything
1937-12-31

Seven Keys to Baldpate

6.6

Seven Keys to Baldpate
1935-12-13

The Life of the Party

5.2

The Life of the Party
1937-09-03

That Girl from Paris

6.5

That Girl from Paris
1936-12-31

Smartest Girl in Town

5.5

Smartest Girl in Town
1936-11-27

Ann Carver's Profession

5.5

Ann Carver's Profession
1933-06-09

Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round

4.2

Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
1934-11-02

Cross-Country Romance

6.4

Cross-Country Romance
1940-07-12

There Goes My Girl

0

There Goes My Girl
1937-05-21

5.8

Walking on Air
1936-09-11

The Night of June 13

7

The Night of June 13
1932-09-17

Hooray for Love

4.7

Hooray for Love
1935-06-14

Five Bloody Graves

4.1

Five Bloody Graves
1969-10-31

5.5

Transient Lady
1935-03-04

Forgotten Commandments

6

Forgotten Commandments
1932-05-22

3

Personal Maid
1931-09-12

5.7

Sofia
1948-09-03

Woman on the Run

4

Woman on the Run
1959-05-15

Complicated Women

6.7

Complicated Women
2003-05-06

Coming Out Party

5

Coming Out Party
1934-03-09

Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts

0

Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
1992-01-01

6

Burke's Law
1963-09-20

5.522

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19

6.667

Mannix
1967-09-16

4.7

Studio One
1948-11-07

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.6

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

6.857

Ironside
1967-03-28

6.3

Laredo
1965-09-16

6

Sam Benedict
1962-09-15

Fireside Theater

7

Fireside Theater
1949-04-05

Lux Video Theatre

6

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

7

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

3

Climax!
1954-10-07

Judd for the Defense

7.5

Judd for the Defense
1967-09-08

Matinee Theater

4.6

Matinee Theater
1955-10-31

6.5

Hondo
1967-09-08

Tales of Tomorrow

6

Tales of Tomorrow
1951-08-03

5.7

Johnny Ringo
1959-10-02

The Outer Limits

7.748

The Outer Limits
1963-09-16

TV Reader's Digest

0

TV Reader's Digest
1955-01-17

Letter to Loretta

6.2

Letter to Loretta
1953-09-20

7

Channing
1963-09-18

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

6.2

The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960-09-19

Lux Video Theatre

6

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

7

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

The Name of the Game

6.8

The Name of the Game
1968-09-20

The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen

0

The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
1958-09-26

The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood

8

The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
1987-07-03

McNaughton's Daughter

1

McNaughton's Daughter
1976-03-24

Kraft Television Theatre

0

Kraft Television Theatre
1953-10-15

Kraft Television Theatre

7.3

Kraft Television Theatre
1947-05-07

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

7.19

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964-09-22

7.8

Emergency!
1972-01-22

6.857

Ironside
1967-03-28

The Red Skelton Show

7.333

The Red Skelton Show
1951-09-30

The Invisible Man

6.091

The Invisible Man
1975-05-06

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

4

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969-09-14

Medallion Theatre

0

Medallion Theatre
1953-07-11

The Ford Television Theatre

7

The Ford Television Theatre
1952-10-02