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Bill Raymond | |
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| Born | William Joseph Raymond September 9, 1938 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1960s–present |
William Joseph Raymond (born September 9, 1938) [1] is an American actor who has appeared in film, television, theater and radio drama since the 1960s.
He is featured in the second and fifth seasons of the HBO drama The Wire as "The Greek", the mysterious head of an international criminal organization. [2] Other TV appearances include Miami Vice , Law & Order , Third Watch , Ed and As the World Turns . [3]
Raymond co-starred as Dr. Carroll on The Cobblestone Corridor , which premiered on October 16, 2016, on Connecticut Public Television.
In 2015, Raymond played Grand Albert in the kids TV show, Super Wings.[ citation needed ]
His film credits include Eight Men Out , Michael Clayton , C.H.U.D. , The Crow , Quick Change , How I Got into College , My New Gun , 12 Monkeys , and Dogville .
Raymond played Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Schuyler Colfax in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln . [4] In 2014, he played the lead role in the ghost film Foreclosure, opposite Michael Imperioli. [5] He appeared in seven of Vermont filmmaker, Jay Craven's indie films, including Where the Rivers Flow North, A Stranger in the Kingdom, In Jest, The Year That Trembled, Windy Acres, Disappearances, and Peter and John.
Raymond was an active member and co-artistic director of the experimental theater group Mabou Mines in the 1970s and 1980s. [6]
He played Ebenezer Scrooge in the Hartford Stage production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol for 17 of its first 19 years, retiring from the role in 2016. [6] [7]
Raymond was also active in the early days of the R.G. Davis Mime Troupe in San Francisco in the 1960s. [8]
Raymond has played the character T.J. Teru, archeologist on Summa Nulla, in all 13 chapters of the ZBS Foundation's audio series, Ruby the Galactic Gumshoe , produced from 1982 to 2018. Raymond has appeared in other ZBS productions as well, including Saratoga Springs, Saratoga Fat Cats, Do That in Real Life? and the audio adaptation of Dinotopia . [9]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Sudden Death | Businessman | Uncredited |
| 1980 | Christmas Evil | Priest | |
| 1981 | Strong Medicine | Young man | |
| 1983 | Baby It's You | Mr. Ripeppi | |
| 1984 | C.H.U.D. | Victor | |
| 1988 | Eight Men Out | Ben Short | |
| 1988 | Me and Him | Humphrey | |
| 1989 | How I Got into College | Flutter | |
| 1989 | Forced March | Gyorgy | |
| 1990 | Quick Change | Policeman | |
| 1991 | City of Hope | Les | |
| 1991 | True Identity | Grunfeld | |
| 1991 | Liebestraum | Matt | |
| 1992 | My New Gun | Andrew | |
| 1993 | Where the Rivers Flow North | Wayne Quinn | |
| 1994 | The Crow | Mickey | |
| 1994 | The Ref | George | |
| 1995 | 12 Monkeys | Microbiologist | |
| 1997 | Ties to Rachel | Henry | |
| 1997 | One Night Stand | Gridlock Taxi Driver | |
| 1998 | Harvest | Roger Barnes | |
| 1999 | Simply Irresistible | Howard | |
| 1999 | Summer of Sam | Father Cadilli | |
| 1999 | The Hurricane | Paterson Judge | |
| 1999 | Spring Forward | Don Regan | |
| 1999 | A Stranger in the Kingdom | Resolved Kinneson | |
| 2000 | The Intern | Deep Throat | |
| 2000 | Autumn in New York | Michael | |
| 2001 | Wish You Were Dead | Dr. Norm Rollins | |
| 2002 | The Year That Trembled | Ernie Whirly | |
| 2003 | What Alice Found | Bill | |
| 2003 | Dogville | Mr. Henson | |
| 2004 | A Hole in One | Dr. Harold Ashton | |
| 2006 | Disappearances | Compton | |
| 2007 | Michael Clayton | Gabe Zabel | |
| 2007 | The Junior Defenders | Bill Samuels | |
| 2008 | Eavesdrop | Hal | |
| 2012 | Lincoln | Schuyler Colfax | |
| 2014 | Foreclosure | Raymond | |
| 2014 | Rob the Mob | Priest | |
| 2015 | Peter and John | Beausire | |
| 2015 | Five Nights in Maine | George | |
| 2015 | The Dark Side | Man Waiting For Coffee | |
| 2021 | Blood Brothers: Civil War | Captain Beausire |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986, 1987 | Miami Vice | Dave Frobel / Tommy Barkley | 2 episodes |
| 1988 | Clinton and Nadine | Jewell | Television film |
| 1991 | Golden Years | Dr. Richard X. Toddhunter | 7 episodes |
| 1992–2000 | Law & Order | Various roles | 3 episode |
| 1993-95 | All My Children | Bill Hart | Recurring role |
| 1993 | TriBeCa | Lawyer | Episode: "Heros Exoletus" |
| 1994, 1995 | Halifax f.p. | Caretaker | 2 episodes |
| 1995 | Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long | Oscar K. Allen | Television film |
| 1996 | If Looks Could Kill | Florida Realtor | |
| 1998 | Saint Maybe | B.B. Brandt | |
| 1999 | Now and Again | Reverend Miller | Episode: "A Girl's Life' |
| 2000 | Cupid & Cate | Father Francis | Television film |
| 2000, 2003 | Ed | George Wilkes | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Mr. Green | Episode: "Faith" |
| 2002 | A Death in the Family | Father Jackson | Television film |
| 2003 | Third Watch | Jerry | Episode: "The Spirit" |
| 2003–2008 | The Wire | The Greek | 10 episodes |
| 2004 | Windy Acres | Ug | 7 episodes |
| 2005 | As the World Turns | Judge | 4 episodes |
| 2010 | Damages | Albert Wiggins | |
| 2011 | Duckworth | Eli Duckworth | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2016 | The Cobblestone Corridor | Dr. Carroll | 5 episodes |
| 2017 | Super Wings | Grand Albert | 3 episodes |
| 2018 | Bull | Judge Jessup | Episode: "Bad Medicine" |
| 2019 | Mrs. Fletcher | Roy Rafferty | 5 episodes |
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