# Gary Raymond

Gary Barrymore Raymond (born 20 April 1935) is an English film, television and theatre actor.

## Biography

Gary Raymond was born in Brixton, London, the younger of twins and the youngest of three brothers, to theatrical parents, both of whom were variety artistes. His mother died of tuberculosis within nine months of the twins' birth, and the two were then in the care of a nanny. When Raymond was eleven years old, he won a scholarship to the Gateway School and remained there until he was sixteen.
After training at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Raymond worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1950s, playing roles such as Macbeth, Oberon and Claudius, and others. He made his film debut as Charles Stuart (King Charles II) in the British swashbuckling film The Moonraker (1958). He soon followed up with his role as Cliff Lewis in Tony Richardson's film adaptation of John Osborne's Look Back in Anger (1958), opposite Richard Burton and Mary Ure. Subsequent notable films included: Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), in which he appeared with Katharine Hepburn, Mercedes McCambridge and Elizabeth Taylor; The Millionairess (1960), where Raymond played Sophia Loren's character's husband; El Cid (1961), an epic film in which he played opposite Charlton Heston and Loren; The Playboy of the Western World (1962), which he starred in; Jason and the Argonauts (1963), a fantasy film; and The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), where he portrayed the apostle Simon bar Jonah, who became Saint Peter.
Raymond's broad theatrical career began in the mid 1950s, and he has continued appearing on stage all throughout his film and television career. Notable productions include She Loves Me, Treasure Island, Irma La Douce, The Sound of Music, Grand Hotel, The Complaisant Lover, As You Like It, Hamlet, The Crucifer of Blood, Twelfth Night, Full Circle, Look After Lulu!, Dick Turpin, Lysistrata, Frost at Midnight, The Numbered, Electra, Castle in Sweden, The World of Susie Wong, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Troilus and Cressida, The Jungle Book, Peer Gynt, The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus, The Good Person of Sichuan, My Children My Africa, The Beaux Stratagem, Bent, Sunday in the Park with George, The Wind in the Willows and Follies, as well as dozens of others.
He is also well known for his role as Sergeant Jack Moffitt in the late-1960s American television show, The Rat Patrol (1966–68), which ran for two seasons.
Raymond has been married since 1961 to actress Delena Kidd, with whom he has three children.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1956 | The Black Brigand (TV series) | Francis | 8 episodes |
| 1958 | The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series) | Henry | Episode: "One Man's Meat" |
| 1958 | About Religion (TV series) | | Episode: "Christ in Jeans" |
| 1958 | The Moonraker | Charles Stuart | |
| 1958 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV series) | Obie | Episode: "Poet's Corner" |
| 1959 | Look Back in Anger | Cliff Lewis | |
| 1959 | The Invisible Man (TV series) | Prince Jonetta | Episode: "Man in Power" |
| 1959 | Suddenly, Last Summer | George Holly | |
| 1960 | The Millionairess | Alastair | |
| 1961 | ITV Play of the Week (TV series) | Joesy Vaughan | Episode: "Hallelujah Corner" |
| 1961 | Drama 61-67 (TV series) | | Episode: "Drama '61: The Best of Everything" |
| 1961 | El Cid | Prince Sancho | |
| 1962 | Out of this World (TV series) | Seldon Bishop | Episode: "Immigrant" |
| 1962 | Man of the World (TV series) | Hossain | Episode: "The Frontier" |
| 1962 | Playboy of the Western World | The Playboy (Christy Mahon) | |
| 1963 | Jason and the Argonauts | Acastus | |
| 1963 | The Sentimental Agent (TV series) | Mateo | Episode: "A Box of Tricks" |
| 1964 | Martin Chuzzlewit (TV series) | Martin Chuzzlewit | 13 episodes |
| 1964 | Traitor's Gate/Das Verrätertor | Graham | |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Peter | |
| 1965 | The Saint (TV series) | Gilberto Arroyo | Episode: "The Spanish Cow" |
| 1965 | Blackmail (TV series) | Machiavelli Edwards | Episode: "Cut Yourself a Slice of Throat" |
| 1966 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame (TV series) | Pierre Gringoire | 7 episodes |
| 1966 | Love Story (TV series) | Karim Lateef | Episode: "Another Name from Nowhere" |
| 1967 | Red and Blue | Songwriter | |
| 1966–1968 | The Rat Patrol (TV series) | Sergeant Jack Moffitt | 58 episodes |
| 1968 | What Maisie Knew (TV series) | Sir Claude | 3 episodes |
| 1968 | Massacre Harbor | Sergeant Jack Moffitt | |
| 1968 | Sherlock Holmes (TV series) | Sir Henry Baskerville | 2 episodes |
| 1969 | Who-Dun-It (TV series) | Jeremy Moon | 5 episodes |
| 1969 | Dombey and Son (TV mini series) | James Carker | 9 episodes |
| 1970 | ITV Sunday Night Theatre (TV series) | Orsino | Episode: "Twelfth Night" |
| 1971 | UFO (TV series) | Colonel John Grey | Episode: "The Man Who Came Back" |
| 1971 | And Mother Makes Three (TV series) | John Montgomery | Episode: "School for Love" |
| 1971 | The Doctors (TV series) | Paul Foster | 6 episodes |
| 1971 | Jason King (TV series) | Sandro | Episode: "Buried in the Cold Cold Ground" |
| 1972 | The Persuaders! (TV series) | Sergei | Episode: "The Ozerov Inheritance" |
| 1972 | BBC Show of the Week (TV series) | | Episode: "Keith Michell at the Adelphi" |
| 1972 | New Scotland Yard (TV series) | Ronnie Johnson | Episode: "Evidence of Character" |
| 1972 | Harriet's Back in Town (TV series) | Andrew Folland | 6 episodes |
| 1973 | Comedy Playhouse (TV series) | | Episode: "The Birthday" |
| 1974 | Boy Dominic (TV series) | Carnaby | Episode: "The Man with the Painted Face" |
| 1976 | The New Avengers (TV series) | Roger Masgard | Episode: "Three Handed Game" |
| 1977–1978 | The Cedar Tree (TV series) | Jack Poole | 36 episodes |
| 1979 | Thomas and Sarah (TV series) | Eli Watkins | Episode: "Return to Gethyn" |
| 1979 | The Omega Factor (TV series) | Townsend | Episode: "Out of Body, Out of Mind" |
| 1980 | Spy! (TV series) | Commandant | Episode: "Camp 020" |
| 1980 | Hammer House of Horror (TV series) | Martin | Episode: "The Two Faces of Evil" |
| 1982 | Playhouse: The Combination (TV movie) | Father – Mr Bedford | |
| 1983 | Jemima Shore Investigates (TV series) | Sterling Stanley | Episode: "Dr. Ziegler's Casebook" |
| 1984 | Play for Today (TV series) | Michael | Episode: "Moving on the Edge" |
| 1985 | Coronation Street (TV series) | Wally Trainer | Episode: "Episode #1.2524" |
| 1986 | God's Outlaw | Sir John Walsh | |
| 1987 | Screen Two (TV series) | Quentin Featherston | Episode: "The Children of Dynmouth" |
| 1988 | The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (TV movie) | Kraler | |
| 1994 | Scarlett (TV mini series) | Old Daniel O'Hara | 3 episodes |
| 1995 | Casualty (TV series) | William Gower | Episode: "Lost Boys" |
| 1996 | Ellington (TV series) | Falconni | Episode: "Man of Honour" |
| 1997 | Love in the Ancient World (TV movie) | Member at Platon's Guest meal | |
| 2001 | Brilliant! (Short) | Art Collector | |
| 2001 | Victoria & Albert (TV movie) | Archbishop | |
| 2003 | The Foreigner | Jared Olyphant | |
| 2007 | Empathy (TV movie) | Walt | |
| 2010 | S.N.U.B! | Ministerial Driver (voice) | |
| 2011 | Balzan's Contract (short) | | |
| 2014 | Sex, Marriage and Infidelity | Sir Edward | |
| 2017 | National Theatre Live: Follies | Dimitri Weismann | |
| 2022 | House of the Dragon | The High Septon | 2 episodes |