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Gene Raymond‌

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Birthday

calendar1908-08-13

Popularity

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Gene Raymond

New York City, New York, USA

Gene Raymond

New York City, New York, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1908-08-13

Popularity

star5.4

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.

Movie Credits

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Smith‌
star6.2
calendar 1941

Flying Down to Rio

Flying Down to Rio‌
star6.1
calendar 1933

Plunder Road

Plunder Road‌
star6.9
calendar 1957

The Best Man

The Best Man‌
star7.3
calendar 1964

Assigned to Danger

Assigned to Danger‌
star5.0
calendar 1948

The Locket

The Locket‌
star6.4
calendar 1946

Sadie McKee

Sadie McKee‌
star6.8
calendar 1934

Red Dust

Red Dust‌
star6.9
calendar 1932

Million Dollar Weekend

Million Dollar Weekend‌
star5.5
calendar 1948

The House on 56th Street

The House on 56th Street‌
star5.2
calendar 1933

Ex-Lady

Ex-Lady‌
star6.3
calendar 1933

The Hanged Man

The Hanged Man‌
star4.6
calendar 1964

The Woman in Red

The Woman in Red‌
star6.1
calendar 1935

If I Had a Million

If I Had a Million‌
star6.6
calendar 1932

Zoo in Budapest

Zoo in Budapest‌
star4.8
calendar 1933

The Bride Walks Out

The Bride Walks Out‌
star5.3
calendar 1936

Hit the Deck

Hit the Deck‌
star4.8
calendar 1955

Smilin' Through

Smilin' Through‌
star6.0
calendar 1941

Ladies of the Big House

Ladies of the Big House‌
star6.0
calendar 1931

I Am Suzanne!

I Am Suzanne!‌
star6.2
calendar 1933

Behold My Wife!

Behold My Wife!‌
star7.0
calendar 1934

I'd Rather Be Rich

I'd Rather Be Rich‌
star5.8
calendar 1964

Stolen Heaven

Stolen Heaven‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

Love on a Bet

Love on a Bet‌
star7.0
calendar 1936

Brief Moment

Brief Moment‌
star2.7
calendar 1933

She's Got Everything

She's Got Everything‌
star5.3
calendar 1937

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Seven Keys to Baldpate‌
star6.6
calendar 1935

The Life of the Party

The Life of the Party‌
star5.2
calendar 1937

That Girl from Paris

That Girl from Paris‌
star6.5
calendar 1936

Smartest Girl in Town

Smartest Girl in Town‌
star5.5
calendar 1936

Ann Carver's Profession

Ann Carver's Profession‌
star5.5
calendar 1933

Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round

Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round‌
star4.2
calendar 1934

Cross-Country Romance

Cross-Country Romance‌
star6.4
calendar 1940

There Goes My Girl

There Goes My Girl‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

Walking on Air

Walking on Air‌
star5.8
calendar 1936

The Night of June 13

The Night of June 13‌
star7.0
calendar 1932

Hooray for Love

Hooray for Love‌
star4.7
calendar 1935

Five Bloody Graves

Five Bloody Graves‌
star4.1
calendar 1969

Forgotten Commandments

Forgotten Commandments‌
star6.0
calendar 1932

Transient Lady

Transient Lady‌
star5.5
calendar 1935

Personal Maid

Personal Maid‌
star3.0
calendar 1931

Sofia

Sofia‌
star5.7
calendar 1948

Woman on the Run

Woman on the Run‌
star4.0
calendar 1959

Complicated Women

Complicated Women‌
star6.7
calendar 2003

Coming Out Party

Coming Out Party‌
star5.0
calendar 1934

Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts

Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts‌
star0.0
calendar 1992

Tv Credits

Burke's Law

Burke's Law‌
star6.0
calendar 1963

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.‌
star5.4
calendar 1965

Mannix

Mannix‌
star6.7
calendar 1967

Studio One

Studio One‌
star4.4
calendar 1948

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

Ironside

Ironside‌
star6.9
calendar 1967

Laredo

Laredo‌
star6.3
calendar 1965

Sam Benedict

Sam Benedict‌
star6.0
calendar 1962

Fireside Theater

Fireside Theater‌
star6.5
calendar 1949

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Climax!

Climax!‌
star2.7
calendar 1954

Judd for the Defense

Judd for the Defense‌
star7.5
calendar 1967

Matinee Theater

Matinee Theater‌
star3.3
calendar 1955

Hondo

Hondo‌
star6.2
calendar 1967

Tales of Tomorrow

Tales of Tomorrow‌
star6.0
calendar 1951

Johnny Ringo

Johnny Ringo‌
star5.7
calendar 1959

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits‌
star7.8
calendar 1963

TV Reader's Digest

TV Reader's Digest‌
star0.0
calendar 1955

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

Channing

Channing‌
star7.0
calendar 1963

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

The Barbara Stanwyck Show‌
star6.2
calendar 1960

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

The Name of the Game

The Name of the Game‌
star6.8
calendar 1968

The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen

The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood

The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood‌
star8.0
calendar 1987

McNaughton's Daughter

McNaughton's Daughter‌
star1.0
calendar 1976

Kraft Television Theatre

Kraft Television Theatre‌
star0.0
calendar 1953

The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man‌
star6.0
calendar 1975

Medallion Theatre

Medallion Theatre‌
star0.0
calendar 1953

Kraft Television Theatre

Kraft Television Theatre‌
star7.0
calendar 1947

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

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.‌
star7.1
calendar 1964

Emergency!

Emergency!‌
star7.8
calendar 1972

The Ford Television Theatre

The Ford Television Theatre‌
star6.0
calendar 1952

Ironside

Ironside‌
star6.9
calendar 1967

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors‌
star4.0
calendar 1969

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show‌
star7.4
calendar 1951