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Raymond Huntley‌

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Raymond Huntley

King's Norton, Worcestershire, England, UK

Raymond Huntley

King's Norton, Worcestershire, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1904-04-23

Popularity

star3.6

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.

Movie Credits

Passport to Pimlico

Passport to Pimlico‌
star6.8
calendar 1949

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's‌
star6.3
calendar 1960

Town on Trial

Town on Trial‌
star6.7
calendar 1957

Our Man in Havana

Our Man in Havana‌
star6.8
calendar 1960

I See a Dark Stranger

I See a Dark Stranger‌
star6.3
calendar 1946

I'm All Right Jack

I'm All Right Jack‌
star6.7
calendar 1959

The Way Ahead

The Way Ahead‌
star6.4
calendar 1944

The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery‌
star5.8
calendar 1966

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.‌
star5.9
calendar 1959

Night Train to Munich

Night Train to Munich‌
star7.2
calendar 1940

Laxdale Hall

Laxdale Hall‌
star6.0
calendar 1953

Room at the Top

Room at the Top‌
star6.8
calendar 1959

Make Mine Mink

Make Mine Mink‌
star7.1
calendar 1960

Mr. Denning Drives North

Mr. Denning Drives North‌
star6.0
calendar 1951

The Last Page

The Last Page‌
star5.7
calendar 1952

Doctor at Sea

Doctor at Sea‌
star5.3
calendar 1955

So Evil My Love

So Evil My Love‌
star6.3
calendar 1948

The Mummy

The Mummy‌
star6.7
calendar 1959

Rembrandt

Rembrandt‌
star6.6
calendar 1936

The Criminals

The Criminals‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle

Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle‌
star0.0
calendar

The Prisoner

The Prisoner‌
star7.2
calendar 1955

School for Secrets

School for Secrets‌
star6.5
calendar 1946

Only Two Can Play

Only Two Can Play‌
star5.8
calendar 1962

The Constant Husband

The Constant Husband‌
star6.9
calendar 1955

The Green Man

The Green Man‌
star7.0
calendar 1956

The Black Torment

The Black Torment‌
star5.7
calendar 1964

Orders Are Orders

Orders Are Orders‌
star6.4
calendar 1954

Hostile Witness

Hostile Witness‌
star6.0
calendar 1968

Arthur? Arthur!

Arthur? Arthur!‌
star3.0
calendar 1969

That's Your Funeral

That's Your Funeral‌
star1.5
calendar 1972

The Ghost of St. Michael's

The Ghost of St. Michael's‌
star6.9
calendar 1941

Bottoms Up!

Bottoms Up!‌
star6.4
calendar 1960

Innocent Meeting

Innocent Meeting‌
star5.5
calendar 1959

Broken Journey

Broken Journey‌
star6.0
calendar 1948

The Teckman Mystery

The Teckman Mystery‌
star6.1
calendar 1954

They Came to a City

They Came to a City‌
star6.0
calendar 1944

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It‌
star6.9
calendar 1941

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill‌
star7.7
calendar 1948

Sands of the Desert

Sands of the Desert‌
star6.3
calendar 1960

Suspect

Suspect‌
star6.5
calendar 1960

On the Beat

On the Beat‌
star7.7
calendar 1962

Destiny of a Spy

Destiny of a Spy‌
star0.0
calendar 1969

Freedom Radio

Freedom Radio‌
star6.3
calendar 1941

London Melody

London Melody‌
star5.0
calendar 1937

The Adding Machine

The Adding Machine‌
star5.5
calendar 1969

Glad Tidings

Glad Tidings‌
star5.7
calendar 1953

Breathless

Breathless‌
star7.5
calendar 1960

The Yellow Teddy Bears

The Yellow Teddy Bears‌
star4.3
calendar 1963

Next to No Time

Next to No Time‌
star8.0
calendar 1958

The House in the Square

The House in the Square‌
star6.7
calendar 1951

Knight Without Armour

Knight Without Armour‌
star5.6
calendar 1937

Nurse on Wheels

Nurse on Wheels‌
star5.6
calendar 1963

Sleepwalker

Sleepwalker‌
star6.1
calendar 1984

Hobson's Choice

Hobson's Choice‌
star7.4
calendar 1954

Follow That Horse!

Follow That Horse!‌
star0.0
calendar 1960

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

Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife‌
star5.2
calendar 1936

The New Lot

The New Lot‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

Let's Be Famous

Let's Be Famous‌
star5.8
calendar 1939

What Happened Then?

What Happened Then?‌
star5.0
calendar 1934

'Pimpernel' Smith

'Pimpernel' Smith‌
star7.1
calendar 1941

Geordie

Geordie‌
star6.9
calendar 1955

The Ghost Train

The Ghost Train‌
star5.9
calendar 1941

A Voyage Round My Father

A Voyage Round My Father‌
star7.6
calendar 1984

Can You Hear Me, Mother?

Can You Hear Me, Mother?‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

Aunt Clara

Aunt Clara‌
star4.5
calendar 1954

Trio

Trio‌
star6.3
calendar 1950

The Last Man to Hang

The Last Man to Hang‌
star5.5
calendar 1956

The Dam Busters

The Dam Busters‌
star6.8
calendar 1955

The Long Dark Hall

The Long Dark Hall‌
star6.4
calendar 1951

Brothers in Law

Brothers in Law‌
star7.1
calendar 1957

Crooks Anonymous

Crooks Anonymous‌
star6.3
calendar 1962

Father Came Too!

Father Came Too!‌
star6.0
calendar 1964

Symptoms

Symptoms‌
star6.2
calendar 1974

Rotten to the Core

Rotten to the Core‌
star6.5
calendar 1965

The Day Will Dawn

The Day Will Dawn‌
star5.6
calendar 1942

It's Hard to be Good

It's Hard to be Good‌
star5.5
calendar 1948

Hot Millions

Hot Millions‌
star6.6
calendar 1968

Dinner at the Ritz

Dinner at the Ritz‌
star5.5
calendar 1937

Waltz of the Toreadors

Waltz of the Toreadors‌
star4.8
calendar 1962

When We Are Married

When We Are Married‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

When We Are Married

When We Are Married‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

When We Are Married

When We Are Married‌
star0.0
calendar 1951

Meet Mr. Lucifer

Meet Mr. Lucifer‌
star5.0
calendar 1953

A French Mistress

A French Mistress‌
star5.7
calendar 1960

Tv Credits

Upstairs, Downstairs

Upstairs, Downstairs‌
star7.7
calendar 1971

That's Your Funeral

That's Your Funeral‌
star0.0
calendar 1970

Gideon's Way

Gideon's Way‌
star6.8
calendar 1965

Upstairs, Downstairs

Upstairs, Downstairs‌
star7.7
calendar 1971

Interpol Calling

Interpol Calling‌
star6.7
calendar 1959

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo‌
star4.4
calendar 1956

No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place‌
star3.7
calendar 1959

Sir Francis Drake

Sir Francis Drake‌
star4.0
calendar 1961

A Time Of Day

A Time Of Day‌
star0.0
calendar 1957

Hancock's Half Hour

Hancock's Half Hour‌
star7.5
calendar 1956

My Honourable Mrs

My Honourable Mrs‌
star0.0
calendar 1975

Barnaby Rudge

Barnaby Rudge‌
star5.0
calendar 1960

Justice

Justice‌
star6.0
calendar 1971

Justice

Justice‌
star6.0
calendar 1971

Crown Court

Crown Court‌
star5.0
calendar 1972