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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Complicated Women
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/05/2003
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1992
Five Bloody Graves
Character:The Voice of Death
Release Date:31/10/1969
The Hanged Man
Character:Whitey Devlin
Release Date:18/11/1964
I'd Rather Be Rich
Character:Martin Wood
Release Date:25/08/1964
The Best Man
Character:Don Cantwell
Release Date:05/04/1964
Woman on the Run
Character:
Release Date:15/05/1959
Plunder Road
Character:Eddie Harris
Release Date:05/12/1957
Where's Charley?
Character:Col. Sir Francis Chesney
Release Date:28/03/1957
Hit the Deck
Character:Wendell Craig
Release Date:24/02/1955
Million Dollar Weekend
Character:Nicholas Lawrence
Release Date:29/10/1948
Sofia
Character:Steve Roark
Release Date:03/09/1948
Assigned to Danger
Character:Dan Sullivan
Release Date:19/05/1948
The Locket
Character:John Willis
Release Date:20/12/1946
Smilin' Through
Character:Kenneth 'Ken' Wayne / Jeremy 'Jerry' Wayne
Release Date:01/10/1941
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Character:Jeff
Release Date:31/01/1941
Cross-Country Romance
Character:Lawrence Smith
Release Date:12/07/1940
Stolen Heaven
Character:Carl
Release Date:11/05/1938
She's Got Everything
Character:Fuller Partridge
Release Date:31/12/1937
The Life of the Party
Character:Barry Saunders
Release Date:03/09/1937
There Goes My Girl
Character:Jerry Martin
Release Date:21/05/1937
That Girl from Paris
Character:Windy McLean
Release Date:31/12/1936
Smartest Girl in Town
Character:Richard Stuyvesant Smith
Release Date:27/11/1936
Walking on Air
Character:Pete Quinlan / Count Pierre Louis de Marsac
Release Date:11/09/1936
The Bride Walks Out
Character:Michael Martin
Release Date:10/07/1936
Love on a Bet
Character:Michael MacCreigh
Release Date:06/03/1936
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Character:William Magee
Release Date:13/12/1935
Hooray for Love
Character:Douglas Tyler
Release Date:14/06/1935
Transient Lady
Character:Carey Marshall
Release Date:04/03/1935
The Woman in Red
Character:John 'Johnny' Wyatt
Release Date:16/02/1935
Behold My Wife!
Character:Michael Carter
Release Date:06/12/1934
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
Character:Jimmy Brett
Release Date:02/11/1934
Sadie McKee
Character:Tommy
Release Date:09/05/1934
Coming Out Party
Character:Chris Hansen
Release Date:09/03/1934
I Am Suzanne!
Character:Tony Malatini
Release Date:25/12/1933
The House on 56th Street
Character:Monte Van Tyle
Release Date:23/12/1933
Flying Down to Rio
Character:Roger Bond
Release Date:22/12/1933
Brief Moment
Character:Rodney Deane
Release Date:29/09/1933
Ann Carver's Profession
Character:Bill
Release Date:26/05/1933
Ex-Lady
Character:Don Peterson
Release Date:15/05/1933
Zoo in Budapest
Character:Zani
Release Date:28/04/1933
If I Had a Million
Character:John Wallace (uncredited)
Release Date:18/11/1932
Red Dust
Character:Gary Willis
Release Date:22/10/1932
The Night of June 13
Character:Herbert Morrow
Release Date:17/09/1932
Forgotten Commandments
Character:Paul Ossipoff
Release Date:22/05/1932
Ladies of the Big House
Character:Standish McNeil
Release Date:26/12/1931
Personal Maid
Character:Dick Gary
Release Date:12/09/1931
Television Appearances
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
Character:Self
McNaughton's Daughter
Character:Emory Latimer Johns
The Invisible Man
Character:Sen. Albert Hanover
Emergency!
Character:J.P. Dumont
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Character:Walter Markle
The Name of the Game
Character:Senator Reeland
Mannix
Character:Richmond Greene
Judd for the Defense
Character:
Hondo
Character:
Ironside
Character:Marcus Weathers
Ironside
Character:Charles Huff
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Character:Charles Vechten
The F.B.I.
Character:Harlan Franciscus
Laredo
Character:
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Character:Col. Allan Morgan
Burke's Law
Character:Arthur Wade
Channing
Character:Matt Bellamy
The Outer Limits
Character:Sawyer
Sam Benedict
Character:
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Character:Phil
Johnny Ringo
Character:Silky Carter
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
Character:John Niles
Matinee Theater
Character:
TV Reader's Digest
Character:
Climax!
Character:Grady Lederer
Kraft Television Theatre
Character:
Letter to Loretta
Character:Mark Colby
Medallion Theatre
Character:
The Ford Television Theatre
Character:Stanley
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:US Army Major
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Mark Alexander
The Red Skelton Show
Character:General
Tales of Tomorrow
Character:
Lux Video Theatre
Character:John Aldrid
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Luke Drake
Robert Montgomery Presents
Character:
Fireside Theater
Character:Host
Studio One
Character:Charles Sterling
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
Kraft Television Theatre
Character:Andy Clements
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