Jack Raymond
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Jack Raymond was a British actor
and film director
. Born in Wimborne, Dorset
in 1886, he began acting before the First World War in A Detective for a Day. 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.
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.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
. Born in Wimborne, Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
in 1886, he began acting before the First World War in A Detective for a Day. 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.
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
Up for the Cup (1950 film)
Up for the Cup is a 1950 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Albert Modley, Mae Bacon, Helen Christie and Harold Berens...
in 1950.
Partial filmography
- The FlatThe Flat (film)The Flat is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Fred Paul and starring Jack Raymond and George Foley. A man is invited back to a flat by a drink by a stranger he meets in a pub. It was part of a Grand Guignol series of films....
(1921) - Tilly of BloomsburyTilly of Bloomsbury (1921 film)Tilly of Bloomsbury is a 1921 British silent comedy film directed by Rex Wilson and starring Edna Best, Tom Reynolds, Henry Kendall and Isabel Jeans...
(1921) - The Curse of Westacott (1921)
- The Great Game (1930)
- Up for the Cup (1931)
- Girls, Please!Girls, Please!Girls, Please! is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Sydney Howard, Jane Baxter, Meriel Forbes and Peter Gawthorne...
(1934) - Come Out of the PantryCome Out of the PantryCome Out of the Pantry is a 1935 British musical film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Jack Buchanan, Fay Wray, James Carew and Fred Emney.-Plot:...
(1935) - A Royal Divorce (1938)
- Up for the CupUp for the Cup (1950 film)Up for the Cup is a 1950 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Albert Modley, Mae Bacon, Helen Christie and Harold Berens...
(1950) - Reluctant HeroesReluctant HeroesReluctant Heroes is a 1951 British, Technicolor, comedy film, directed by Jack Raymond and starring Ronald Shiner as Sergeant Bell or as Sergeant Able It was produced by Henry Halsted and Byron Film.-Plot summary:...
(1951)