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Gene Raymond(1908-1998)

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  • Director
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Gene Raymond
John Carteret has long been depressed and lonely, because, at his wedding years ago, his bride, Moonyean, was murdered. He accepts into his house Kathleen, the 5 year old orphaned niece of Moonyean, and she quickly grows up to look just like her aunt. Kathleen meets and falls in love with a mysterious stranger from America, Kenneth Wayne. When John hears of this he is furious, and we learn that it was Kenneth's father, Jeremy, who had killed Moonyean years before. John carries his grudge against Jeremy to the new generation, and threatens to ruin his niece's happiness, but he softens in the end.
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Smilin' Through (1941)
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Gene Raymond was born on August 13, 1908, in New York City as Raymond Guion. He was a child performer and a Broadway veteran by the age of 12. Blond, husky, and handsome, he enjoyed his greatest popularity in the 1930s and early 1940s. His big break came in Personal Maid (1931). He was soon cast in classics such as Red Dust (1932) (opposite Jean Harlow and Clark Gable) and in Ex-Lady (1933) (as the husband of Bette Davis 's character). His career continued to grow with a starring role in Sadie McKee (1934) (opposite Joan Crawford).

Soon after, he met and fell in love with one of MGM's stars, actress/singer Jeanette MacDonald. They married in 1937. In 1941, he and Jeanette were cast opposite one another in Smilin' Through (1941), their only picture together. In 1948, Raymond tried his hand at directing and producing with Million Dollar Weekend (1948), but it was not a very successful venture. In 1949, he and MacDonald decided to slow down their careers: she left the movies, and he became very selective on the ones he did. They spent the next 14 years traveling and staying active in Hollywood society.

In 1963, MacDonald, who suffered from heart disease, had an arterial transplant, and Raymond tried to nurse her back to health. In 1965, she had a heart attack and died with her husband by her side. This brought an end to their 28-year marriage, one of Hollywood's longest-lasting, although the union was childless. Every year after her death, he attended the Jeanette MacDonald International Fan Club convention in Los Angeles. He shared stories with her fans and friends, a thing he once said he would do "till Jeanette and I are together again".
BornAugust 13, 1908
DiedMay 3, 1998(89)
BornAugust 13, 1908
DiedMay 3, 1998(89)
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins

Photos143

Patricia Morison, Gene Raymond, and John Wengraf in Sofia (1948)
Carole Lombard and Gene Raymond in Brief Moment (1933)
Grant Mitchell and Gene Raymond in If I Had a Million (1932)
Frances Dee and Gene Raymond in If I Had a Million (1932)
Gene Raymond in If I Had a Million (1932)
Gene Raymond in Ladies of the Big House (1931)
Marguerite Churchill, Sari Maritza, and Gene Raymond in Forgotten Commandments (1932)
Wally Albright, Gene Raymond, and Loretta Young in Zoo in Budapest (1933)
Murray Alper, Ray Mayer, Grant Mitchell, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Moroni Olsen, and Gene Raymond in Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935)
Carole Lombard, Arthur Hohl, Monroe Owsley, and Gene Raymond in Brief Moment (1933)
Carole Lombard and Gene Raymond in Brief Moment (1933)
Carole Lombard, Donald Cook, Florence Britton, Theresa Maxwell Conover, Reginald Mason, and Gene Raymond in Brief Moment (1933)

Known for

Ann Sothern in Smartest Girl in Town (1936)
Smartest Girl in Town
6.4
  • Richard Stuyvesant Smith
  • 1936
Million Dollar Weekend (1948)
Million Dollar Weekend
6.1
  • Nicholas Lawrence
  • 1948
Wendy Barrie and Gene Raymond in Love on a Bet (1936)
Love on a Bet
6.8
  • Michael MacCreigh
  • 1936
Café Society (2016)
Café Society
6.6
  • Soundtrack("I Only Have Eyes for You")
  • 2016

Credits

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Actor

  • McNaughton's Daughter (1976)
    McNaughton's Daughter
    • Emory Latimer Johns
    • TV Mini Series
    • 1976
  • David McCallum in The Invisible Man (1975)
    The Invisible Man
    • Sen. Albert Hanover
    • TV Series
    • 1975
  • Apple's Way (1974)
    Apple's Way
    • Coach Randy Newell
    • TV Series
    • 1974
  • Emergency! (1972)
    Emergency!
    • J.P. Dumont
    • TV Series
    • 1972
  • The D.A. (1971)
    The D.A.
    • Barrington
    • TV Series
    • 1971
  • The F.B.I. (1965)
    The F.B.I.
    • Harlan Franciscus
    • TV Series
    • 1970
  • Insight (1960)
    Insight
    • William
    • Lord Baltimore
    • Pope Leo XIII
    • TV Series
    • 1960–1970
  • The Interns (1970)
    The Interns
    • Judge Tidings
    • TV Series
    • 1970
  • Paris 7000
    • Robert Stevens
    • TV Series
    • 1970
  • Mike Connors in Mannix (1967)
    Mannix
    • Richmond Greene
    • TV Series
    • 1969
  • The Name of the Game (1968)
    The Name of the Game
    • Sen. Reeland
    • Lamont Williams
    • TV Series
    • 1969
  • Five Bloody Graves (1969)
    Five Bloody Graves
    • The Voice of Death (voice)
    • 1969
  • The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969)
    The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
    • Walter Markle
    • TV Series
    • 1969
  • Diahann Carroll and Marc Copage in Julia (1968)
    Julia
    • Dr. Proctor
    • TV Series
    • 1969
  • Raymond Burr in Ironside (1967)
    Ironside
    • Charles Huff
    • Marcus Weathers
    • TV Series
    • 1968

Writer

  • Screen Directors Playhouse (1955)
    Screen Directors Playhouse
    • story
    • written by
    • TV Series
    • 1956
  • Million Dollar Weekend (1948)
    Million Dollar Weekend
    • original story
    • 1948

Director

  • Fireside Theatre (1949)
    Fireside Theatre
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1949
  • Million Dollar Weekend (1948)
    Million Dollar Weekend
    • Director
    • 1948

Videos4

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Mr. & Mrs. Smith
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Flying Down to Rio
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Flying Down to Rio

Personal details

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  • Height
    • 5′ 8½″ (1.74 m)
  • Born
    • August 13, 1908
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • May 3, 1998
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(pneumonia)
  • Spouses
      Nellie Ada BentleySeptember 8, 1974 - March 19, 1995 (her death)
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared (as "A Shepherd Boy"; credited as Raymond Guion; Broadway debut) in "Eyvind of the Hills" on Broadway. Tragedy. Written by Jóhann Sigurjónsson. Directed by Frank Conroy. Greenwich Village Theatre: 28 Feb 1921-Mar 1921 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Charles P. Bates, Byron Beasley, Ed Begley (as "Jon"), Gus Beuerman, Hallem Bosworth, Elfin Finn, , Henry Herbert (as "Arnes"), Arthur Hohl (as "Karl"), Eleanor Johnson, Beatrice Moreland, Lloyd Neal, Helen Olcott, Edmond J. Pardy, Gwendolyn Piers, Helene Russell, Marguerite Tebeau, Margaret Wycherly (as "Halla"). Produced by Conroy and Meltzer.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Biographical Movie
    • 1 Interview
    • 1 Pictorial

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  • Trivia
    Raymond was a decorated bomber pilot of World War II. At the outbreak of war, Mr. Raymond joined the Army Air Forces as a pilot in the B-17 bomber group that inaugurated precision bombing. As a colonel in the Air Force Reserve in 1967 he again flew jets into South Vietnam on high-priority missions and won the Legion of Merit.
  • Quotes
    [in 1972, about Jeanette MacDonald and their marriage] We had 28 glorious years. Jeanette and I respected and loved each other, very deeply. We put one another before anyone or anything. I am blessed to have known her, loved her and been loved by her - absolutely, an incredible lady!

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