Acting
Gene Raymond
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.
Filmography
Complicated Women
Film · 2003
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
Film · 1992
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
Series · 1987
McNaughton's Daughter
Series · 1976
The Invisible Man
Series · 1975
Emergency!
Series · 1972
Five Bloody Graves
Film · 1969
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Series · 1969
The Name of the Game
Series · 1968
Mannix
Series · 1967
Ironside
Series · 1967
Judd, for the Defense
Series · 1967
Hondo
Series · 1967
Ironside
Series · 1967
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Series · 1966
The F.B.I.
Series · 1965
Laredo
Series · 1965
The Best Man
Film · 1964
The Hanged Man
Film · 1964
I'd Rather Be Rich
Film · 1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Series · 1964
Burke's Law
Series · 1963
The Outer Limits
Series · 1963
Channing
Series · 1963
Sam Benedict
Series · 1962
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Series · 1960
Woman on the Run
Film · 1959
Johnny Ringo
Series · 1959
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
Series · 1958
Plunder Road
Film · 1957
Where's Charley?
Film · 1957
Hit the Deck
Film · 1955
Matinee Theater
Series · 1955
TV Reader's Digest
Series · 1955
Matinee Theater
Series · 1955
Climax!
Series · 1954
Letter to Loretta
Series · 1953
Kraft Television Theatre
Series · 1953
Medallion Theatre
Series · 1953
The Ford Television Theatre
Series · 1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951
Tales of Tomorrow
Series · 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951
The Red Skelton Show
Series · 1951
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
Series · 1950
Fireside Theater
Series · 1949
Assigned to Danger
Film · 1948
Million Dollar Weekend
Film · 1948
Sofia
Film · 1948
Studio One
Series · 1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Series · 1948
Kraft Television Theatre
Series · 1947
The Locket
Film · 1946
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Film · 1941
Smilin' Through
Film · 1941
Cross-Country Romance
Film · 1940
Stolen Heaven
Film · 1938
She's Got Everything
Film · 1937
The Life of the Party
Film · 1937
There Goes My Girl
Film · 1937
The Bride Walks Out
Film · 1936
Love on a Bet
Film · 1936
That Girl from Paris
Film · 1936
Smartest Girl in Town
Film · 1936
Walking on Air
Film · 1936
The Woman in Red
Film · 1935
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Film · 1935
Hooray for Love
Film · 1935
Transient Lady
Film · 1935
Sadie McKee
Film · 1934
Behold My Wife!
Film · 1934
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
Film · 1934
Coming Out Party
Film · 1934
Flying Down to Rio
Film · 1933
The House on 56th Street
Film · 1933
Ex-Lady
Film · 1933
Zoo in Budapest
Film · 1933
I Am Suzanne!
Film · 1933
Brief Moment
Film · 1933
Ann Carver's Profession
Film · 1933
Red Dust
Film · 1932
If I Had a Million
Film · 1932
The Night of June 13
Film · 1932
Forgotten Commandments
Film · 1932
Ladies of the Big House
Film · 1931
Personal Maid
Film · 1931