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Raymond Huntley

Raymond Huntley

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1904-04-23

Birth Place

King's Norton, Worcestershire, England, UK

Movies and TV shows :

'Pimpernel' Smith

'Pimpernel' Smith

1941

7.1

Movie
A French Mistress

A French Mistress

1960

5.7

Movie
poster

A Time Of Day

1957

0.0

TV
A Voyage Round My Father

A Voyage Round My Father

1984

7.6

Movie
Arthur? Arthur!

Arthur? Arthur!

1969

3.0

Movie
Aunt Clara

Aunt Clara

1954

4.5

Movie
poster

Barnaby Rudge

1960

5.0

TV
Bottoms Up!

Bottoms Up!

1960

6.4

Movie
Breathless

Breathless

1960

7.5

Movie
Broken Journey

Broken Journey

1948

6.0

Movie
Brothers in Law

Brothers in Law

1957

7.1

Movie
Can You Hear Me, Mother?

Can You Hear Me, Mother?

1935

0.0

Movie
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

1959

5.9

Movie
Crooks Anonymous

Crooks Anonymous

1962

6.3

Movie
poster

Crown Court

1972

5.4

TV
Destiny of a Spy

Destiny of a Spy

1969

0.0

Movie
Dinner at the Ritz

Dinner at the Ritz

1937

5.5

Movie
Doctor at Sea

Doctor at Sea

1955

5.3

Movie
Father Came Too!

Father Came Too!

1964

6.0

Movie
Follow That Horse!

Follow That Horse!

1960

0.0

Movie
Freedom Radio

Freedom Radio

1941

6.3

Movie
Geordie

Geordie

1955

6.8

Movie
poster

Gideon's Way

1965

6.8

TV
Glad Tidings

Glad Tidings

1953

5.7

Movie
poster

Hancock's Half Hour

1956

7.5

TV
Hobson's Choice

Hobson's Choice

1954

7.3

Movie
Hostile Witness

Hostile Witness

1968

6.0

Movie
Hot Millions

Hot Millions

1968

6.6

Movie
I See a Dark Stranger

I See a Dark Stranger

1946

6.3

Movie
I'm All Right Jack

I'm All Right Jack

1959

6.6

Movie
Innocent Meeting

Innocent Meeting

1959

5.5

Movie
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

1941

6.9

Movie
poster

Interpol Calling

1959

6.7

TV
It's Hard to be Good

It's Hard to be Good

1948

5.5

Movie
poster

Justice

1971

6.0

TV
Knight Without Armour

Knight Without Armour

1937

5.6

Movie
Laxdale Hall

Laxdale Hall

1953

6.0

Movie
Let's Be Famous

Let's Be Famous

1939

5.8

Movie
London Melody

London Melody

1937

5.0

Movie
Make Mine Mink

Make Mine Mink

1960

7.1

Movie
Meet Mr. Lucifer

Meet Mr. Lucifer

1953

5.1

Movie
Mr. Denning Drives North

Mr. Denning Drives North

1951

6.0

Movie
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

1948

7.7

Movie
poster

My Honourable Mrs

1975

0.0

TV
Next to No Time

Next to No Time

1958

8.0

Movie
Night Train to Munich

Night Train to Munich

1940

7.2

Movie
poster

No Hiding Place

1959

3.7

TV
Nurse on Wheels

Nurse on Wheels

1963

5.7

Movie
On the Beat

On the Beat

1962

7.7

Movie
Only Two Can Play

Only Two Can Play

1962

5.8

Movie
Orders Are Orders

Orders Are Orders

1954

6.4

Movie
Our Man in Havana

Our Man in Havana

1960

6.7

Movie
Passport to Pimlico

Passport to Pimlico

1949

6.8

Movie
Rembrandt

Rembrandt

1936

6.7

Movie
Room at the Top

Room at the Top

1958

6.8

Movie
Rotten to the Core

Rotten to the Core

1965

6.2

Movie
Sands of the Desert

Sands of the Desert

1960

6.3

Movie
School for Secrets

School for Secrets

1946

6.5

Movie
poster

Sir Francis Drake

1961

4.0

TV
Sleepwalker

Sleepwalker

1984

6.1

Movie
So Evil My Love

So Evil My Love

1948

6.3

Movie
Suspect

Suspect

1960

6.5

Movie
Symptoms

Symptoms

1974

6.2

Movie
That's Your Funeral

That's Your Funeral

1972

1.5

Movie
poster

That's Your Funeral

1970

0.0

TV
The Adding Machine

The Adding Machine

1969

5.5

Movie
The Black Torment

The Black Torment

1964

5.8

Movie
The Constant Husband

The Constant Husband

1955

6.9

Movie
poster

The Count of Monte Cristo

1956

4.4

TV
The Criminals

The Criminals

1958

0.0

Movie
The Dam Busters

The Dam Busters

1955

6.9

Movie
The Day Will Dawn

The Day Will Dawn

1942

5.6

Movie
The Ghost of St. Michael's

The Ghost of St. Michael's

1941

6.6

Movie
The Ghost Train

The Ghost Train

1941

5.9

Movie
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

1966

5.8

Movie
The Green Man

The Green Man

1956

7.0

Movie
The House in the Square

The House in the Square

1951

6.7

Movie
The Last Man to Hang

The Last Man to Hang

1956

5.2

Movie
The Last Page

The Last Page

1952

5.7

Movie
The Long Dark Hall

The Long Dark Hall

1951

6.4

Movie
The Mummy

The Mummy

1959

6.7

Movie
The New Lot

The New Lot

1943

0.0

Movie
The Portland Millions

The Portland Millions

1976

0.0

Movie
The Prisoner

The Prisoner

1955

7.2

Movie
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

1960

6.1

Movie
The Teckman Mystery

The Teckman Mystery

1954

6.1

Movie
The Way Ahead

The Way Ahead

1944

6.4

Movie
The Yellow Teddy Bears

The Yellow Teddy Bears

1963

4.3

Movie
They Came to a City

They Came to a City

1944

6.0

Movie
Town on Trial

Town on Trial

1957

6.7

Movie
Trio

Trio

1950

6.3

Movie
Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle

Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle

0.0

Movie
poster

Upstairs, Downstairs

1971

7.6

TV
poster

Victorian Scandals

1976

0.0

TV
Waltz of the Toreadors

Waltz of the Toreadors

1962

4.8

Movie
What Happened Then?

What Happened Then?

1934

5.0

Movie
When We Are Married

When We Are Married

1943

0.0

Movie
When We Are Married

When We Are Married

1938

0.0

Movie
When We Are Married

When We Are Married

1951

0.0

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

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

1936

5.2

Movie