Gary Raymond

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Gary Raymond
Gary Raymond Rat Patrol.jpg
Raymond as Jack Moffitt in The Rat Patrol, 1967.
Born
Gary Barrymore Raymond

(1935-04-20) 20 April 1935 (age 90)
Brixton, London, England
OccupationActor
Years active1956–2017, 2022, 2025
Spouse
(m. 1961)
Children3

Gary Barrymore Raymond (born 20 April 1935) is an English film, television and theatre actor. [1] [2]

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Biography

Gary Raymond was born in Brixton, London, the younger of twins and the youngest of three brothers, to theatrical parents, both of whom were variety artistes. His mother died of tuberculosis within nine months of the twins' birth, and the two were then in the care of a nanny. When Raymond was eleven years old, he won a scholarship to the Gateway School and remained there until he was sixteen.

After training at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Raymond worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1950s, playing roles such as Macbeth, Oberon and Claudius, and others. He made his film debut as Charles Stuart (King Charles II) in the British swashbuckling film The Moonraker (1958). He soon followed up with his role as Cliff Lewis in Tony Richardson's film adaptation of John Osborne's Look Back in Anger (1958), opposite Richard Burton and Mary Ure. Subsequent notable films included: Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), in which he appeared with Katharine Hepburn, Mercedes McCambridge and Elizabeth Taylor; The Millionairess (1960), where Raymond played Sophia Loren's character's husband; El Cid (1961), an epic film in which he played opposite Charlton Heston and Loren; The Playboy of the Western World (1962), which he starred in; Jason and the Argonauts (1963), a fantasy film; and The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), where he portrayed the apostle Simon bar Jonah, who became Saint Peter.

Raymond's broad theatrical career began in the mid 1950s, and he has continued appearing on stage all throughout his film and television career. Notable productions include She Loves Me, Treasure Island, Irma La Douce, The Sound of Music, Grand Hotel, The Complaisant Lover, As You Like It, Hamlet, The Crucifer of Blood, Twelfth Night, Full Circle, Look After Lulu! , Dick Turpin, Lysistrata, Frost at Midnight, The Numbered, Electra, Castle in Sweden, The World of Susie Wong, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Troilus and Cressida, The Jungle Book, Peer Gynt, The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus, The Good Person of Sichuan, My Children My Africa, The Beaux Stratagem, Bent, Sunday in the Park with George, The Wind in the Willows and Follies, as well as dozens of others.

He is also well known for his role as Sergeant Jack Moffitt in the late-1960s American television show, The Rat Patrol (1966–68), which ran for two seasons.

Raymond has been married since 1961 to actress Delena Kidd, with whom he has three children.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1956The Black Brigand (TV series)Francis8 episodes
1958 The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)HenryEpisode: "One Man's Meat"
1958About Religion (TV series)Episode: "Christ in Jeans"
1958 The Moonraker Charles Stuart
1958ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)ObieEpisode: "Poet's Corner"
1959 Look Back in Anger Cliff Lewis
1959 The Invisible Man (TV series)Prince JonettaEpisode: "Man in Power"
1959 Suddenly, Last Summer George Holly
1960 The Millionairess Alastair
1961ITV Play of the Week (TV series)Joesy VaughanEpisode: "Hallelujah Corner"
1961 Drama 61-67 (TV series)Episode: "Drama '61: The Best of Everything"
1961 El Cid Prince Sancho
1962 Out of this World (TV series)Seldon BishopEpisode: "Immigrant"
1962 Man of the World (TV series)HossainEpisode: "The Frontier"
1962 Playboy of the Western World The Playboy (Christy Mahon)
1963 Jason and the Argonauts Acastus
1963 The Sentimental Agent (TV series)MateoEpisode: "A Box of Tricks"
1964 Martin Chuzzlewit (TV series)Martin Chuzzlewit13 episodes
1964 Traitor's Gate /Das VerrätertorGraham
1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told Peter
1965 The Saint (TV series)Gilberto ArroyoEpisode: "The Spanish Cow"
1965Blackmail (TV series)Machiavelli EdwardsEpisode: "Cut Yourself a Slice of Throat"
1966The Hunchback of Notre Dame (TV series) Pierre Gringoire 7 episodes
1966Love Story (TV series)Karim LateefEpisode: "Another Name from Nowhere"
1967 Red and Blue Songwriter
1966–1968 The Rat Patrol (TV series)Sergeant Jack Moffitt58 episodes
1968What Maisie Knew (TV series)Sir Claude3 episodes
1968Massacre HarborSergeant Jack Moffitt
1968 Sherlock Holmes (TV series)Sir Henry Baskerville2 episodes
1969Who-Dun-It (TV series)Jeremy Moon5 episodes
1969 Dombey and Son (TV mini series)James Carker9 episodes
1970ITV Sunday Night Theatre (TV series) Orsino Episode: "Twelfth Night"
1971 UFO (TV series)Colonel John GreyEpisode: "The Man Who Came Back"
1971 And Mother Makes Three (TV series)John MontgomeryEpisode: "School for Love"
1971The Doctors (TV series)Paul Foster6 episodes
1971 Jason King (TV series)SandroEpisode: "Buried in the Cold Cold Ground"
1972 The Persuaders! (TV series)SergeiEpisode: "The Ozerov Inheritance"
1972BBC Show of the Week (TV series)Episode: "Keith Michell at the Adelphi"
1972 New Scotland Yard (TV series)Ronnie JohnsonEpisode: "Evidence of Character"
1972 Harriet's Back in Town (TV series)Andrew Folland6 episodes
1973Comedy Playhouse (TV series)Episode: "The Birthday"
1974Boy Dominic (TV series)CarnabyEpisode: "The Man with the Painted Face"
1976 The New Avengers (TV series)Roger MasgardEpisode: "Three Handed Game"
1977–1978 The Cedar Tree (TV series)Jack Poole36 episodes
1979 Thomas and Sarah (TV series)Eli WatkinsEpisode: "Return to Gethyn"
1979 The Omega Factor (TV series)TownsendEpisode: "Out of Body, Out of Mind"
1980Spy! (TV series)CommandantEpisode: "Camp 020"
1980 Hammer House of Horror (TV series)MartinEpisode: "The Two Faces of Evil"
1982Playhouse: The Combination (TV movie)Father – Mr Bedford
1983Jemima Shore Investigates (TV series)Sterling StanleyEpisode: "Dr. Ziegler's Casebook"
1984Play for Today (TV series)MichaelEpisode: "Moving on the Edge"
1985 Coronation Street (TV series)Wally TrainerEpisode: "Episode #1.2524"
1986 God's Outlaw Sir John Walsh
1987Screen Two (TV series)Quentin FeatherstonEpisode: "The Children of Dynmouth"
1988 The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (TV movie) Kraler
1994Scarlett (TV mini series)Old Daniel O'Hara3 episodes
1995Casualty (TV series)William GowerEpisode: "Lost Boys"
1996Ellington (TV series)FalconniEpisode: "Man of Honour"
1997Love in the Ancient World (TV movie)Member at Platon's Guest meal
2001Brilliant! (Short)Art Collector
2001 Victoria & Albert (TV movie) Archbishop
2003 The Foreigner Jared Olyphant
2007Empathy (TV movie)Walt
2010S.N.U.B!Ministerial Driver (voice)
2011Balzan's Contract (short)
2014Sex, Marriage and InfidelitySir Edward
2017National Theatre Live: FolliesDimitri Weismann
2022 House of the Dragon The High Septon 2 episodes
2025 The History of Sound William

References

  1. "Gary Raymond". Archived from the original on 6 October 2017.
  2. "Gary Raymond – Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.