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.
Known For Acting
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Birthday 1904-04-23
Place of Birth King's Norton, Worcestershire, England, UK
Also Known As Horace Raymond Huntley, Рэймонд Хантли,
Passport to Pimlico
1949

Passport to Pimlico

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
1960

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

Town on Trial
1957

Town on Trial

Our Man in Havana
1960

Our Man in Havana

I See a Dark Stranger
1946

I See a Dark Stranger

I'm All Right Jack
1959

I'm All Right Jack

The Way Ahead
1944

The Way Ahead

The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
1966

The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
1959

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

Night Train to Munich
1940

Night Train to Munich

Laxdale Hall
1953

Laxdale Hall

Room at the Top
1958

Room at the Top

Make Mine Mink
1960

Make Mine Mink

Mr. Denning Drives North
1951

Mr. Denning Drives North

The Last Page
1952

The Last Page

Doctor at Sea
1955

Doctor at Sea

So Evil My Love
1948

So Evil My Love

The Mummy
1959

The Mummy

Rembrandt
1936

Rembrandt

The Criminals
1958

The Criminals

Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle

Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle

The Prisoner
1955

The Prisoner

School for Secrets
1946

School for Secrets

Only Two Can Play
1962

Only Two Can Play

The Constant Husband
1955

The Constant Husband

The Green Man
1956

The Green Man

The Black Torment
1964

The Black Torment

Orders Are Orders
1954

Orders Are Orders

Hostile Witness
1968

Hostile Witness

Arthur? Arthur!
1969

Arthur? Arthur!

That's Your Funeral
1972

That's Your Funeral

The Ghost of St. Michael's
1941

The Ghost of St. Michael's

Bottoms Up!
1960

Bottoms Up!

Innocent Meeting
1959

Innocent Meeting

Broken Journey
1948

Broken Journey

The Teckman Mystery
1954

The Teckman Mystery

They Came to a City
1944

They Came to a City

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
1941

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
1948

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

Sands of the Desert
1960

Sands of the Desert

Suspect
1960

Suspect

On the Beat
1962

On the Beat

Destiny of a Spy
1969

Destiny of a Spy

Freedom Radio
1941

Freedom Radio

London Melody
1937

London Melody

The Adding Machine
1969

The Adding Machine

Glad Tidings
1953

Glad Tidings

Breathless
1960

Breathless

The Yellow Teddy Bears
1963

The Yellow Teddy Bears

Next to No Time
1958

Next to No Time

The House in the Square
1951

The House in the Square

Knight Without Armour
1937

Knight Without Armour

Nurse on Wheels
1963

Nurse on Wheels

Sleepwalker
1984

Sleepwalker

Hobson's Choice
1954

Hobson's Choice

Follow That Horse!
1960

Follow That Horse!

Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
1936

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

The New Lot
1943

The New Lot

Let's Be Famous
1939

Let's Be Famous

What Happened Then?
1934

What Happened Then?

'Pimpernel' Smith
1941

'Pimpernel' Smith

Geordie
1955

Geordie

The Ghost Train
1941

The Ghost Train

A Voyage Round My Father
1984

A Voyage Round My Father

Can You Hear Me, Mother?
1935

Can You Hear Me, Mother?

Aunt Clara
1954

Aunt Clara

Trio
1950

Trio

The Last Man to Hang
1956

The Last Man to Hang

The Dam Busters
1955

The Dam Busters

The Long Dark Hall
1951

The Long Dark Hall

Brothers in Law
1957

Brothers in Law

Crooks Anonymous
1962

Crooks Anonymous

Father Came Too!
1964

Father Came Too!

Symptoms
1974

Symptoms

Rotten to the Core
1965

Rotten to the Core

The Day Will Dawn
1942

The Day Will Dawn

It's Hard to be Good
1948

It's Hard to be Good

Hot Millions
1968

Hot Millions

Dinner at the Ritz
1937

Dinner at the Ritz

Waltz of the Toreadors
1962

Waltz of the Toreadors

When We Are Married
1943

When We Are Married

When We Are Married
1938

When We Are Married

When We Are Married
1951

When We Are Married

Meet Mr. Lucifer
1953

Meet Mr. Lucifer

A French Mistress
1960

A French Mistress

The Portland Millions
1976

The Portland Millions

Young Winston
1972

Young Winston