Raymond Huntley
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 23, 1904
- Died
- October 19, 1990 (aged 86)
- Birthplace
- King's Norton, Worcestershire, England, UK
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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Filmography
Sleepwalker
Movie · as Old Englishman
A Voyage Round My Father
Movie · as Judge
Brass
TV · as Judge · 1 ep
The Square Leopard
TV · as Henry Parish · 6 eps
The Portland Millions
Movie · as Dr. Tristram
Victorian Scandals
TV · as Dr Tristram · 1 ep
My Honourable Mrs
TV · as Professor Walter Ramsay · 1 ep
Symptoms
Movie · as Burke
That's Your Funeral
Movie · as Emmanuel Holroyd
Young Winston
Movie · as Old Officer
Crown Court
TV · as Mr. Justice Downes, Mr. Justice Ambleforth · 18 eps
Sykes
TV · as Mr. Gatwick · 1 ep
Upstairs, Downstairs
TV · as Sir Geoffrey Dillon · 14 eps
Justice
TV · as Judge, High Court Judge · 1 ep
That's Your Funeral
TV · as Emanuel Holroyd · 7 eps
Arthur? Arthur!
Movie · as George Payne
Destiny of a Spy
Movie · as Supt. Pode
The Adding Machine
Movie · as Smithers
Softly Softly: Task Force
TV · as Doctor Mancroft · 1 ep
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · as Alderman Tindal · 1 ep
Who-Dun-It
TV · as Inspector Elvin · 1 ep
Hostile Witness
Movie · as John Naylor
Hot Millions
Movie · as Bayswater
Omnibus
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
Movie · as Sir Horace, the Minister
Rotten to the Core
Movie · as Governor
Gideon's Way
TV · as Sir Percy Richmond · 1 ep
A Man Called Harry Brent
TV · as Sir Gordon Town · 1 ep
The Black Torment
Movie · as Colonel John Wentworth
Father Came Too!
Movie · as Mr. Wedgewood
The Wednesday Play
TV · as Superintendent Willow, Dr. Hallam Aitkinson · 1 ep
The Yellow Teddy Bears
Movie · as Harry Haliburton
Nurse on Wheels
Movie · as Vicar Walcott
Only Two Can Play
Movie · as Vernon
On the Beat
Movie · as Sir Ronald Ackroyd
Crooks Anonymous
Movie · as Mr. Wagstaffe
Waltz of the Toreadors
Movie · as Ackroyd
Steptoe and Son
TV · as Psychiatrist · 1 ep
Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle
Movie · as Mr. Gaunt
Sir Francis Drake
TV · as Doctor Dee · 1 ep
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
Movie · as Judge Slender
Our Man in Havana
Movie · as General
Make Mine Mink
Movie · as Inspector Pape
Bottoms Up!
Movie · as Garrick-Jones
Sands of the Desert
Movie · as Bossom
Suspect
Movie · as Sir George Gatting the Minister of Defense
Breathless
Movie · as A Journalist (uncredited)
Follow That Horse!
Movie
A French Mistress
Movie · as Reverend Edwin Peake
Barnaby Rudge
TV · as Mr. John Chester · 6 eps
Sunday-Night Play
TV · as The Reader, Sir Edward Moss, Sir Arthur Hopwood-Lane, Herbert Nodes, Gilbert Morris · 1 ep
Danger Man
TV · as Clements · 1 ep
On Trial
TV · as Travers Humphreys · 1 ep
I'm All Right Jack
Movie · as Magistrate
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
Movie · as Foreign Secretary Tufton-Slade
The Mummy
Movie · as Joseph Whemple
Innocent Meeting
Movie · as Harold Phillips
Interpol Calling
TV · as Schroeder · 1 ep
No Hiding Place
TV · as Ward · 1 ep
Knight Errant Limited
TV · as Dr. Felthorpe, Henry Latto · 1 ep
Room at the Top
Movie · as Mr. Hoylake
The Criminals
Movie · as Hector Crawford
Next to No Time
Movie · as Forbes, Factory Supervisor
Town on Trial
Movie · as Dr. Reese
Brothers in Law
Movie · as Tatlock Q.C.
A Time Of Day
TV · 6 eps
Theatre Night
TV · as Sir Norman Tullis, Dr. Rodd · 1 ep
The Green Man
Movie · as Sir Gregory Upshott
The Last Man to Hang
Movie · as Attorney General
The Count of Monte Cristo
TV · as Reimer · 1 ep
Hancock's Half Hour
TV · as Doctor · 2 eps
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Sturdee, Carlo, Hector Crawford, Mr. Gaunt · 1 ep
Doctor at Sea
Movie · as Captain Beamish
The Prisoner
Movie · as The General
The Constant Husband
Movie · as J.F. Hassett
Geordie
Movie · as Olympic Selector
The Dam Busters
Movie · as Official, National Physical Laboratory
Orders Are Orders
Movie · as Col. Fred Bellamy
The Teckman Mystery
Movie · as Maurice Miller
Hobson's Choice
Movie · as Nathaniel Beenstock
Aunt Clara
Movie · as Rev. Maurice Hilton
Laxdale Hall
Movie · as Samuel Pettigrew, M.P.
Glad Tidings
Movie · as Tom Forester
Meet Mr. Lucifer
Movie · as Patterson
Number Three
Movie · as Prof. Brander
Man Bait
Movie · as Clive Oliver
Mr. Denning Drives North
Movie · as Wright
The House in the Square
Movie · as Mr. Throstle
The Long Dark Hall
Movie · as Chief Inspector Sullivan
When We Are Married
Movie · as Councillor Albert Parker
Trio
Movie · as Mr. Henry Chester
Sunday Night Theatre
TV · as Mr. Culver, Crichton, Spence, Inspector Hubbard, Prof. Brander, Gordon Meslin, Challiss, Manning, Lord Laithwaite · 1 ep
Passport to Pimlico
Movie · as Mr. Wix
So Evil My Love
Movie · as Henry Courtney
Broken Journey
Movie · as Edward Marshall
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
Movie · as Moy-Thompson
It's Hard to be Good
Movie · as Williams
I See a Dark Stranger
Movie · as J. Miller
School for Secrets
Movie · as Prof. Laxton-Jones
The Way Ahead
Movie · as Pvt. Herbert Davenport
They Came to a City
Movie · as Malcolm Stritton
The New Lot
Movie · as Barrington
When We Are Married
Movie · as Albert Parker
The Day Will Dawn
Movie
The Ghost of St. Michael's
Movie · as Mr Humphries
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
Movie · as Dr. Kerbishley
Freedom Radio
Movie · as Rabenau
"Pimpernel" Smith
Movie · as Marx
The Ghost Train
Movie · as John Price
Night Train to Munich
Movie · as Kampenfeldt
Let's Be Famous
Movie · as Singer in trio (uncredited)
When We Are Married
Movie · as Councillor Albert Parker
London Melody
Movie · as Policeman Outside Nightclub
Knight Without Armour
Movie · as White Officer
Dinner at the Ritz
Movie · as Gibout
Rembrandt
Movie · as Ludwick
Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
Movie · as Langer
Can You Hear Me, Mother?
Movie · as Dolan
What Happened Then?
Movie