Gene Raymond

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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.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1908-08-13
  • event Death Date 1998-05-02
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 3.2
  • info Birth Place New York City, New York, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Gene Raymond

6.2

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

1941-01-31

6.2

Flying Down to Rio

1933-12-22

6.9

Plunder Road

1957-12-05

7.3

The Best Man

1964-04-05

5

Assigned to Danger

1948-05-19

6.4

The Locket

1946-12-20

7

Sadie McKee

1934-05-09

6.9

Red Dust

1932-10-22

5.5

Million Dollar Weekend

1948-10-29

5.2

The House on 56th Street

1933-12-23

6.3

Ex-Lady

1933-05-15

4.6

The Hanged Man

1964-11-18

6.1

The Woman in Red

1935-02-16

6.6

If I Had a Million

1932-11-18

4.8

Zoo in Budapest

1933-04-28

5.3

The Bride Walks Out

1936-07-10

4.8

Hit the Deck

1955-02-24

6

Smilin' Through

1941-10-01

6

Ladies of the Big House

1931-12-26

6.2

I Am Suzanne!

1933-12-25

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Behold My Wife!

1934-12-06

5.8

I'd Rather Be Rich

1964-08-25

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Stolen Heaven

1938-05-11

7

Love on a Bet

1936-03-06

2.7

Brief Moment

1933-09-29

5.3

She's Got Everything

1937-12-31

6.6

Seven Keys to Baldpate

1935-12-13

5.2

The Life of the Party

1937-09-03

6.5

That Girl from Paris

1936-12-31

5.5

Smartest Girl in Town

1936-11-27

5.5

Ann Carver's Profession

1933-06-09

4.2

Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round

1934-11-02

6.4

Cross-Country Romance

1940-07-12

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There Goes My Girl

1937-05-21

5.8

Walking on Air

1936-09-11

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The Night of June 13

1932-09-17

4.7

Hooray for Love

1935-06-14

4.1

Five Bloody Graves

1969-10-31

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Forgotten Commandments

1932-05-22

5.5

Transient Lady

1935-03-04

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Personal Maid

1931-09-12

5.7

Sofia

1948-09-03

4

Woman on the Run

1959-05-15

6.7

Complicated Women

2003-05-06

5

Coming Out Party

1934-03-09

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Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts

1992-01-01

6

Burke's Law

1963-09-20

5.4

The F.B.I.

1965-09-19

6.7

Mannix

1967-09-16

4.8

Studio One

1948-11-07

6.7

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948-06-20

6.9

Ironside

1967-03-28

6.4

Laredo

1965-09-16

6

Sam Benedict

1962-09-15

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Fireside Theater

1949-04-05

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Lux Video Theatre

1950-10-02

7

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951-10-05

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Climax!

1954-10-07

7.5

Judd for the Defense

1967-09-08

4.6

Matinee Theater

1955-10-31

6.2

Hondo

1967-09-08

6

Tales of Tomorrow

1951-08-03

5.7

Johnny Ringo

1959-10-02

7.8

The Outer Limits

1963-09-16

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TV Reader's Digest

1955-01-17

6.2

Letter to Loretta

1953-09-20

7

Channing

1963-09-18

6.2

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

1960-09-19

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Lux Video Theatre

1950-10-02

7

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951-10-05

6.8

The Name of the Game

1968-09-20

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The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen

1958-09-26

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The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood

1987-07-03

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McNaughton's Daughter

1976-03-24

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Kraft Television Theatre

1953-10-15

6

The Invisible Man

1975-05-06

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Medallion Theatre

1953-07-11

7.4

Kraft Television Theatre

1947-05-07

7.1

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

1964-09-22

7.8

Emergency!

1972-01-22

7

The Ford Television Theatre

1952-10-02

6.9

Ironside

1967-03-28

4

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

1969-09-14

7.5

The Red Skelton Show

1951-09-30

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