Jack Raymond

For the American radio host, see Jack Raymond (radio host).

Jack Raymond
Born	1886 Wimborne, Dorset, England
Died	20 March 1953(1953-03-20) (aged 66–67) London, England
Occupation(s)	Actor; Film Director

Jack Raymond (1886–1953) was an English actor and film director.^[1] Born in Wimborne, Dorset in 1886, he began acting before the First World War in A Detective for a Day.^[2] In 1921 he directed his first film and gradually he wound down his acting to concentrate completely on directing - making more than forty films in total before his death in 1953.^[3][1]

He was associated with the Hepworth Studios of Walton on Thames, since his portrait appears on a studio publicity postcard when he was probably in his early twenties.

He had a major success in 1930 with The Great Game, one of the earliest films devoted to football and followed it up with Up for the Cup a year later. He remade Up for the Cup in 1950.^[4]

Partial filmography

Director

• The Vicar of Wakefield (1913)
• Red, White and Blue Blood (1917)
• The English Rose (1920)
• The Flat (1921)
• A Woman Misunderstood (1921)
• Tilly of Bloomsbury (1921)
• The Curse of Westacott (1921)
• Second to None (1927)
• Lonesome (1928)
• Sally of the Scandals (1928)
• Three Weekends (1928)
• A Peep Behind the Scenes (1929)
• Splinters (1929)
• The Great Game (1930)
• Mischief (1931)
• Almost a Divorce (1931)
• Tilly of Bloomsbury (1931)
• Up for the Cup (1931)
• Life Goes On (1932)
• Say It with Music (1932)
• Up to the Neck (1933)
• It's a King (1933)
• Night of the Garter (1933)
• Girls, Please! (1934)
• Come Out of the Pantry (1935)
• Where's George? (1935)
• Streamline Express (1935)
• The Preview Murder Mystery (1936)
• Talk of the Devil (1936)
• When Knights Were Bold (1936)
• Chick (1936, producer)
• The Frog (1937)
• Blondes for Danger (1938)
• A Royal Divorce (1938)
• You Will Remember (1941)
• Up for the Cup (1950)
• Take Me to Paris (1951)
• Reluctant Heroes (1951)

Actor

• The Vicar of Wakefield (1913) - Moses Primrose
• The Lights of Home (1920) - Mark
• The English Rose (1920)
• His Other Wife (1921) - Dick Riviere
• The Dinkum Bloke (1923) - John Gilder
• Dope (1924)
• The Only Way (1925) - Jacques
• Up for the Cup (1931) - Railway clerk (final film role)

References

1. "Jack Raymond". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
2. "A Detective for a Day (1912)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
3. "Jack Raymond". IMDb. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
4. "Jack Raymond - Movies and Filmography". AllMovie. Retrieved 11 September 2018.