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Raymond Huntley

Raymond Huntley

Biography

Horace Raymond Huntley (23 April 1904 – 15 June 1990) was an English actor who appeared in dozens of British films from the 1930s to the 1970s. He also appeared in the ITV period drama Upstairs, Downstairs as the pragmatic family solicitor Sir Geoffrey Dillon, and other television shows, such as the Wodehouse Playhouse, ('Romance at Droitwich Spa'), in 1975. Born in Kings Norton, Worcestershire (now a suburb of Birmingham) in 1904, Huntley made his stage debut at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre on 1 April 1922, in A Woman Killed with Kindness. His London debut followed at the Court Theatre on 22 February 1924, in As Far as Thought can Reach. He subsequently inherited the role of Count Dracula from Edmund Blake in Hamilton Deane's touring adaptation of Dracula, which arrived at London's Little Theatre on 14 February 1927, subsequently transferring to the larger Duke of York's Theatre. Later that year he was offered the chance to reprise the role on Broadway (in a script streamlined by John L. Balderston); when he declined, the part was taken by Bela Lugosi instead. Huntley did, however, appear in a US touring production of the Deane/Balderston play, covering the east coast and midwest, from 1928-30. "I have always considered the role of Count Dracula to have been an indiscretion of my youth" he recalled in 1989. After Dracula, he made his Broadway debut at the Vanderbilt Theatre on 23 February 1931, in The Venetian Glass Nephew. On returning to the UK, his many West End appearances included The Farmer's Wife (Queen's Theatre 1932), Cornelius (Duchess Theatre 1935), Bees on the Boat Deck (Lyric Theatre 1936) Time and the Conways (Duchess Theatre 1937), When We Are Married (St Martin's Theatre 1940), Rebecca (Queen's Theatre 1940; Strand Theatre 1942), They Came to a City (Globe Theatre 1943), The Late Edwina Black (Ambassadors Theatre 1948), And This Was Odd (Criterion Theatre 1951), Double Image (Savoy Theatre 1956), Any Other Business (Westminster Theatre 1958), Caught Napping (Piccadilly Theatre 1959), Difference of Opinion (Garrick Theatre 1963), An Ideal Husband (Garrick Theatre 1966), Getting Married (Strand Theatre 1967), Soldiers (New Theatre 1968) and Separate Tables (Apollo Theatre 1977). He also starred opposite Flora Robson in the Broadway production of Black Chiffon (48th Street Theatre 1950). Often cast as a supercilious bureaucrat or other authority figure, Huntley was also a staple figure in British films, his many appearances including The Way Ahead, I See a Dark Stranger, Passport to Pimlico and The Dam Busters. In his later years, he became well-known on television as Sir Geoffrey Dillon, the family solicitor to the Bellamys in LWT's popular 1970s drama series Upstairs, Downstairs. Huntley died in Westminster Hospital, London in 1990. In his obituary, the New York Times wrote, "During his long career the actor played judges, bank managers, churchmen, bureaucrats and other figures of authority. He could play them straight if necessary, but in comedy his natural dryness of delivery was exaggerated to the point where the character he was playing invited mockery as a pompous humbug." Source: Article "Raymond Huntley" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Gender

Male

Birthday

1904-04-23

Place of Birth

King's Norton, Worcestershire, England, UK

Cast


Crew

    Passport to Pimlico

    Passport to Pimlico

    19496.9 / 10

    The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

    The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

    19606.2 / 10

    Town on Trial

    Town on Trial

    19576.5 / 10

    Our Man in Havana

    Our Man in Havana

    19606.7 / 10

    I See a Dark Stranger

    I See a Dark Stranger

    19466.3 / 10

    I'm All Right Jack

    I'm All Right Jack

    19596.7 / 10

    The Way Ahead

    The Way Ahead

    19446.5 / 10

    The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

    The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

    19665.9 / 10

    Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

    Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

    19595.9 / 10

    Night Train to Munich

    Night Train to Munich

    19407.3 / 10

    Laxdale Hall

    Laxdale Hall

    19536.0 / 10

    Room at the Top

    Room at the Top

    19586.9 / 10

    Mr. Denning Drives North

    Mr. Denning Drives North

    19516.0 / 10

    Make Mine Mink

    Make Mine Mink

    19607.1 / 10

    Doctor at Sea

    Doctor at Sea

    19555.4 / 10

    The Last Page

    The Last Page

    19525.7 / 10

    So Evil My Love

    So Evil My Love

    19486.3 / 10

    The Mummy

    The Mummy

    19596.7 / 10

    Rembrandt

    Rembrandt

    19366.8 / 10

    The Criminals

    The Criminals

    19580.0 / 10

    Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle

    Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle

    TBA0.0 / 10

    The Prisoner

    The Prisoner

    19557.2 / 10

    School for Secrets

    School for Secrets

    19467.0 / 10

    Only Two Can Play

    Only Two Can Play

    19625.9 / 10

    The Constant Husband

    The Constant Husband

    19556.9 / 10

    The Green Man

    The Green Man

    19567.0 / 10

    The Black Torment

    The Black Torment

    19645.8 / 10

    Orders Are Orders

    Orders Are Orders

    19546.4 / 10

    Hostile Witness

    Hostile Witness

    19686.2 / 10

    Arthur? Arthur!

    Arthur? Arthur!

    19693.0 / 10

    That's Your Funeral

    That's Your Funeral

    19721.5 / 10

    The Ghost of St. Michael's

    The Ghost of St. Michael's

    19416.6 / 10

    Bottoms Up!

    Bottoms Up!

    19606.4 / 10

    Innocent Meeting

    Innocent Meeting

    19595.5 / 10

    Broken Journey

    Broken Journey

    19486.0 / 10

    The Teckman Mystery

    The Teckman Mystery

    19546.0 / 10

    They Came to a City

    They Came to a City

    19446.0 / 10

    Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

    Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

    19416.9 / 10

    Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

    Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

    19487.7 / 10

    Sands of the Desert

    Sands of the Desert

    19606.3 / 10

    Suspect

    Suspect

    19606.5 / 10

    On the Beat

    On the Beat

    19627.7 / 10

    Destiny of a Spy

    Destiny of a Spy

    19690.0 / 10

    Freedom Radio

    Freedom Radio

    19416.3 / 10

    London Melody

    London Melody

    19375.0 / 10

    The Adding Machine

    The Adding Machine

    19695.5 / 10

    Glad Tidings

    Glad Tidings

    19535.7 / 10

    Breathless

    Breathless

    19607.5 / 10

    The Yellow Teddy Bears

    The Yellow Teddy Bears

    19634.3 / 10

    Next to No Time

    Next to No Time

    19588.0 / 10

    The House in the Square

    The House in the Square

    19516.7 / 10

    Knight Without Armour

    Knight Without Armour

    19375.6 / 10

    Nurse on Wheels

    Nurse on Wheels

    19635.8 / 10

    Sleepwalker

    Sleepwalker

    19845.7 / 10

    Hobson's Choice

    Hobson's Choice

    19547.3 / 10

    Follow That Horse!

    Follow That Horse!

    19600.0 / 10

    Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife

    Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife

    19365.2 / 10

    The New Lot

    The New Lot

    19430.0 / 10

    Let's Be Famous

    Let's Be Famous

    19395.8 / 10

    What Happened Then?

    What Happened Then?

    19345.0 / 10

    'Pimpernel' Smith

    'Pimpernel' Smith

    19417.1 / 10

    Geordie

    Geordie

    19556.8 / 10

    The Ghost Train

    The Ghost Train

    19415.9 / 10

    A Voyage Round My Father

    A Voyage Round My Father

    19847.6 / 10

    Can You Hear Me, Mother?

    Can You Hear Me, Mother?

    19350.0 / 10

    Aunt Clara

    Aunt Clara

    19545.2 / 10

    Trio

    Trio

    19506.3 / 10

    The Last Man to Hang

    The Last Man to Hang

    19565.7 / 10

    The Dam Busters

    The Dam Busters

    19556.9 / 10

    The Long Dark Hall

    The Long Dark Hall

    19516.4 / 10

    Brothers in Law

    Brothers in Law

    19577.1 / 10

    Crooks Anonymous

    Crooks Anonymous

    19626.1 / 10

    Father Came Too!

    Father Came Too!

    19645.5 / 10

    Symptoms

    Symptoms

    19746.2 / 10

    Rotten to the Core

    Rotten to the Core

    19656.2 / 10

    The Day Will Dawn

    The Day Will Dawn

    19425.6 / 10

    It's Hard to be Good

    It's Hard to be Good

    19485.5 / 10

    Hot Millions

    Hot Millions

    19686.6 / 10

    Dinner at the Ritz

    Dinner at the Ritz

    19375.5 / 10

    Waltz of the Toreadors

    Waltz of the Toreadors

    19624.8 / 10

    When We Are Married

    When We Are Married

    19430.0 / 10

    When We Are Married

    When We Are Married

    19380.0 / 10

    When We Are Married

    When We Are Married

    19510.0 / 10

    Meet Mr. Lucifer

    Meet Mr. Lucifer

    19535.1 / 10

    A French Mistress

    A French Mistress

    19605.7 / 10

    The Portland Millions

    The Portland Millions

    19760.0 / 10

    Young Winston

    Young Winston

    19726.2 / 10