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Raymond Huntley
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Raymond Huntley
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1904-04-23,King's Norton, Worcestershire, England, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
Horace Raymond Huntley (23 April 1904 – 15 June 1990) was an English actor who appeared in dozens of British films from the 1930s to the 1970s. He also appeared in the ITV period drama Upstairs, Downstairs as the pragmatic family solicitor Sir Geoffrey Dillon, and other television shows, such as the Wodehouse Playhouse, ('Romance at Droitwich Spa'), in 1975. Born in Kings Norton, Worcestershire (now a suburb of Birmingham) in 1904, Huntley made his stage debut at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre on 1 April 1922, in A Woman Killed with Kindness. His London debut followed at the Court Theatre on 22 February 1924, in As Far as Thought can Reach. He subsequently inherited the role of Count Dracula from Edmund Blake in Hamilton Deane's touring adaptation of Dracula, which arrived at London's Little Theatre on 14 February 1927, subsequently transferring to the larger Duke of York's Theatre. Later that year he was offered the chance to reprise the role on Broadway (in a script streamlined by John L. Balderston); when he declined, the part was taken by Bela Lugosi instead. Huntley did, however, appear in a US touring production of the Deane/Balderston play, covering the east coast and midwest, from 1928-30. "I have always considered the role of Count Dracula to have been an indiscretion of my youth" he recalled in 1989. After Dracula, he made his Broadway debut at the Vanderbilt Theatre on 23 February 1931, in The Venetian Glass Nephew. On returning to the UK, his many West End appearances included The Farmer's Wife (Queen's Theatre 1932), Cornelius (Duchess Theatre 1935), Bees on the Boat Deck (Lyric Theatre 1936) Time and the Conways (Duchess Theatre 1937), When We Are Married (St Martin's Theatre 1940), Rebecca (Queen's Theatre 1940; Strand Theatre 1942), They Came to a City (Globe Theatre 1943), The Late Edwina Black (Ambassadors Theatre 1948), And This Was Odd (Criterion Theatre 1951), Double Image (Savoy Theatre 1956), Any Other Business (Westminster Theatre 1958), Caught Napping (Piccadilly Theatre 1959), Difference of Opinion (Garrick Theatre 1963), An Ideal Husband (Garrick Theatre 1966), Getting Married (Strand Theatre 1967), Soldiers (New Theatre 1968) and Separate Tables (Apollo Theatre 1977). He also starred opposite Flora Robson in the Broadway production of Black Chiffon (48th Street Theatre 1950). Often cast as a supercilious bureaucrat or other authority figure, Huntley was also a staple figure in British films, his many appearances including The Way Ahead, I See a Dark Stranger, Passport to Pimlico and The Dam Busters. In his later years, he became well-known on television as Sir Geoffrey Dillon, the family solicitor to the Bellamys in LWT's popular 1970s drama series Upstairs, Downstairs. Huntley died in Westminster Hospital, London in 1990. In his obituary, the New York Times wrote, "During his long career the actor played judges, bank managers, churchmen, bureaucrats and other figures of authority. He could play them straight if necessary, but in comedy his natural dryness of delivery was exaggerated to the point where the character he was playing invited mockery as a pompous humbug." Source: Article "Raymond Huntley" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

Passport to Pimlico

6.8

Passport to Pimlico
1949-10-26

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

6.1

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
1960-12-22

6.7

Town on Trial
1957-01-24

Our Man in Havana

6.8

Our Man in Havana
1960-01-27

I See a Dark Stranger

6.3

I See a Dark Stranger
1946-07-04

I'm All Right Jack

6.7

I'm All Right Jack
1959-08-18

6.4

The Way Ahead
1944-06-09

The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

5.8

The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
1966-03-11

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

5.9

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
1959-03-10

Night Train to Munich

7.2

Night Train to Munich
1940-08-31

6

Laxdale Hall
1953-04-01

Room at the Top

6.8

Room at the Top
1958-12-29

7.1

Make Mine Mink
1960-08-09

Mr. Denning Drives North

6

Mr. Denning Drives North
1951-12-18

5.7

The Last Page
1952-01-25

5.3

Doctor at Sea
1955-07-12

So Evil My Love

6.3

So Evil My Love
1948-08-02

6.7

The Mummy
1959-08-01

6.6

Rembrandt
1936-11-06

0

The Criminals
1958-12-28

Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle

0

Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle

7.2

The Prisoner
1955-04-19

School for Secrets

6.5

School for Secrets
1946-12-23

Only Two Can Play

5.8

Only Two Can Play
1962-01-19

The Constant Husband

6.9

The Constant Husband
1955-04-21

7

The Green Man
1956-12-21

The Black Torment

5.8

The Black Torment
1964-10-19

Orders Are Orders

6.4

Orders Are Orders
1954-10-01

Hostile Witness

6

Hostile Witness
1968-11-01

Arthur? Arthur!

3

Arthur? Arthur!
1969-10-01

That's Your Funeral

1.5

That's Your Funeral
1972-12-01

The Ghost of St. Michael's

6.6

The Ghost of St. Michael's
1941-04-01

6.4

Bottoms Up!
1960-03-25

Innocent Meeting

5.5

Innocent Meeting
1959-04-01

6

Broken Journey
1948-04-14

The Teckman Mystery

6.1

The Teckman Mystery
1954-10-27

They Came to a City

6

They Came to a City
1944-08-21

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

6.9

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
1941-05-17

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

7.7

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
1948-09-27

Sands of the Desert

6.3

Sands of the Desert
1960-09-08

6.5

Suspect
1960-11-15

7.7

On the Beat
1962-12-11

Destiny of a Spy

0

Destiny of a Spy
1969-10-27

6.3

Freedom Radio
1941-02-04

5

London Melody
1937-02-04

The Adding Machine

5.5

The Adding Machine
1969-09-23

5.7

Glad Tidings
1953-06-13

7.5

Breathless
1960-03-16

The Yellow Teddy Bears

4.3

The Yellow Teddy Bears
1963-07-01

Next to No Time

8

Next to No Time
1958-08-04

The House in the Square

6.7

The House in the Square
1951-12-07

Knight Without Armour

5.6

Knight Without Armour
1937-07-23

Nurse on Wheels

5.7

Nurse on Wheels
1963-01-03

6.1

Sleepwalker
1984-07-05

Hobson's Choice

7.3

Hobson's Choice
1954-04-19

Follow That Horse!

0

Follow That Horse!
1960-07-11

Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife

5.2

Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
1936-02-22

0

The New Lot
1943-01-01

Let's Be Famous

5.8

Let's Be Famous
1939-03-22

What Happened Then?

5

What Happened Then?
1934-09-24

'Pimpernel' Smith

7.1

'Pimpernel' Smith
1941-07-28

6.8

Geordie
1955-09-02

The Ghost Train

5.9

The Ghost Train
1941-05-05

A Voyage Round My Father

7.6

A Voyage Round My Father
1984-04-19

Can You Hear Me, Mother?

0

Can You Hear Me, Mother?
1935-12-02

4.5

Aunt Clara
1954-11-22

6.3

Trio
1950-10-10

The Last Man to Hang

5.2

The Last Man to Hang
1956-08-01

The Dam Busters

6.8

The Dam Busters
1955-05-16

The Long Dark Hall

6.4

The Long Dark Hall
1951-02-06

Brothers in Law

7.1

Brothers in Law
1957-03-04

Crooks Anonymous

6.3

Crooks Anonymous
1962-03-31

Father Came Too!

6

Father Came Too!
1964-02-11

6.2

Symptoms
1974-05-10

Rotten to the Core

6.2

Rotten to the Core
1965-07-14

The Day Will Dawn

5.6

The Day Will Dawn
1942-06-08

It's Hard to be Good

5.5

It's Hard to be Good
1948-11-10

6.6

Hot Millions
1968-09-19

Dinner at the Ritz

5.5

Dinner at the Ritz
1937-11-26

Waltz of the Toreadors

4.8

Waltz of the Toreadors
1962-04-12

When We Are Married

0

When We Are Married
1943-07-12

When We Are Married

0

When We Are Married
1938-11-16

When We Are Married

0

When We Are Married
1951-12-25

Meet Mr. Lucifer

5.1

Meet Mr. Lucifer
1953-11-30

A French Mistress

5.7

A French Mistress
1960-08-25

The Portland Millions

0

The Portland Millions
1976-09-17

Upstairs, Downstairs

7.7

Upstairs, Downstairs
1971-10-10

That's Your Funeral

0

That's Your Funeral
1970-03-25

6.8

Gideon's Way
1965-03-18

Upstairs, Downstairs

7.7

Upstairs, Downstairs
1971-10-10

Interpol Calling

6.7

Interpol Calling
1959-09-13

The Count of Monte Cristo

4.4

The Count of Monte Cristo
1956-02-20

No Hiding Place

3.7

No Hiding Place
1959-09-16

Sir Francis Drake

4

Sir Francis Drake
1961-11-12

0

A Time Of Day
1957-11-13

Hancock's Half Hour

7.5

Hancock's Half Hour
1956-07-06

My Honourable Mrs

0

My Honourable Mrs
1975-07-14

5

Barnaby Rudge
1960-09-30

6

Justice
1971-10-08

6

Justice
1971-10-08

5

Crown Court
1972-10-11

Victorian Scandals

0

Victorian Scandals
1976-09-03