Raymond Hackett was a stage and screen actor. He had been a child actor

Child actor

The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion, the latter is also called a former child actor...

 on the Broadway stage and was the brother of Albert Hackett

Albert Hackett

Albert Maurice Hackett was an American dramatist and screenwriter most noted for his collaborations with his partner and wife Frances Goodrich.-Early years:...

. He was born in New York City the son of Maurice Hackett and Florence Hackett (née Hart). His mother was later a silent screen actress. Hackett's first wife was Myra Hampton, the marriage was dissolved. His second wife was the actress Blanche Sweet.

As a child he first appeared on stage in New York in 1907 in The Toymaker of Nuremberg; Nov. 25, 1907 Garrick Theatre. In Sept. 1909 he appeared with Margaret Anglin

Margaret Anglin

Mary Margaret Anglin was a Canadian-born Broadway actress, director and producer whom Encyclopædia Britannica calls "one of the most brilliant actresses of her day."...

 in the play The Awakening of Helena Ritchie. In early silent films was called Master Raymond Hackett and appeared with his brother Albert in several shorts and one 1921 feature film The Country Flapper co-starring Dorothy Gish

Dorothy Gish

Dorothy Elizabeth Gish was an American actress, and the younger sister of actress Lillian Gish.-Early life:...

 and Glenn Hunter

Glenn Hunter (actor)

Glenn Hunter was a stage and silent film actor who gained popularity in the 1920s on the Broadway stage....

. Had a major adult Broadway success in The Cradle Snatchers 1925 with Mary Boland

Mary Boland

-Career:Born Marie Anne Boland in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of William Boland, an actor, and his wife Mary Cecilia Hatton. She had an older sister named Sara....

 and Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey DeForest Bogart was an American actor. He is widely regarded as a cultural icon.The American Film Institute ranked Bogart as the greatest male star in the history of American cinema....

. Hackett was popular in early sound films but his movie career ceased about 1934.

Partial Filmography

• The Country Flapper (1921)
• The Love of Sunya
  The Love of Sunya
  The Love of Sunya is a silent film directed by Albert Parker, and based on the play The Eyes of Youth by Max Marcin and Charles Guernon. Produced by and starring Gloria Swanson, it also stars John Boles and Pauline Garon. It premiered at the grand opening of the Roxy Theatre in New York City on...
  
  (1927)
• The Trial of Mary Dugan
  The Trial of Mary Dugan (film)
  The Trial of Mary Dugan is a 1929 talking film produced and distributed by MGM and starring Norma Shearer. The film is based on the 1927 Broadway stage play, The Trial of Mary Dugan, by Bayard Veiller who also directed this film. On stage the play had starred Ann Harding , who would come to...
  
  (1929)
• Footlights and Fools
  Footlights and Fools
  Footlights and Fools is a sound film billed by Warner Brothers as an all-talking musical film, released in Vitaphone with Technicolor sequences.-Production background:...
  
  (1929)
• Let Us Be Gay
  Let Us Be Gay
  Let Us Be Gay is a 1930 comedy drama produced and distributed by MGM. It was directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starred Norma Shearer. It is based on a 1929 Broadway play by Rachel Crothers. the film is now available on dvd from the Warner Archive Collection. -Cast:*Norma Shearer - Mrs. Katherine...
  
  (1930)
• Not So Dumb
  Not So Dumb
  Not So Dumb is a comedy motion picture starring Marion Davies, directed by King Vidor, and produced for Cosmopolitan Productions for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.It is based on the stage play Dulcy by George S...
  
  (1930)
• Numbered Men (1930)
• On Your Back (1930)
• The Sea Wolf (1930)
• The Cat Creeps
  The Cat Creeps
  The Cat Creeps is a crime/mystery film, and a sound remake of The Cat and the Canary . It is one of the many lost films of the early talkie film era....
  
  (1930)

External links

• portrait of Raymond Hackett NY Public Library; Billy Rose collection
• Hackett as a child actor University of Washington; Sayre collection
• Raymond Hackett ; Findagrave