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Raymond Huntley
Born · April 23, 1904
Died · October 19, 1990 (86 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: King's Norton, Worcestershire, England, UK
Bio
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.
That's Your Funeral
Emmanuel Holroyd
1.5
1972
Destiny of a Spy
Supt. Pode
0.0
1969
Arthur? Arthur!
George Payne
3.0
1969
The Adding Machine
Smithers
5.5
1969
Hostile Witness
John Naylor
6.2
1968
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
Sir Horace, the Minister
5.9
1966
The Black Torment
Colonel John Wentworth
5.8
1964
The Yellow Teddy Bears
Harry Haliburton
4.3
1963
On the Beat
Sir Ronald Ackroyd
7.7
1962
Only Two Can Play
Vernon
5.9
1962
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
Judge Slender
6.2
1960
Suspect
Sir George Gatting the Minister of Defense
6.5
1960
Sands of the Desert
Bossom
6.3
1960
Make Mine Mink
Inspector Pape
7.1
1960
Bottoms Up!
Garrick-Jones
6.4
1960
Breathless
A Journalist (uncredited)
7.5
1960
Our Man in Havana
General
6.7
1960
I'm All Right Jack
Magistrate
6.7
1959
The Mummy
Joseph Whemple
6.7
1959
Innocent Meeting
Harold Phillips
5.5
1959
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
Foreign Secretary Tufton-Slade
5.9
1959
Room at the Top
Mr. Hoylake
6.9
1958
The Criminals
Hector Crawford
0.0
1958
Next to No Time
Forbes, Factory Supervisor
8.0
1958
Town on Trial
Dr. Reese
6.5
1957
The Green Man
Sir Gregory Upshott
7.0
1956
Doctor at Sea
Capt. Beamish
5.3
1955
The Constant Husband
J.F. Hassett
6.9
1955
The Prisoner
The General
7.2
1955
The Teckman Mystery
Maurice Miller
6.0
1954
Orders Are Orders
Col. Fred Bellamy
6.4
1954
Glad Tidings
Tom Forester
5.7
1953
Laxdale Hall
Samuel Pettigrew, M.P.
6.0
1953
The Last Page
Clive Oliver
5.7
1952
Mr. Denning Drives North
Wright
6.0
1951
The House in the Square
Mr. Throstle
6.7
1951
Passport to Pimlico
Mr. Wix
6.9
1949
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
Moy-Thompson
7.7
1948
So Evil My Love
Henry Courtney
6.3
1948
Broken Journey
Edward Marshall
6.0
1948
School for Secrets
Prof. Laxton-Jones
7.0
1946
I See a Dark Stranger
J. Miller
6.3
1946
They Came to a City
Malcolm Stritton
6.0
1944
The Way Ahead
Pvt. Herbert Davenport
6.4
1944
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
Dr. Kerbishley
6.9
1941
The Ghost of St. Michael's
Mr Humphries
6.6
1941
Freedom Radio
Rabenau
6.3
1941
Night Train to Munich
Kampenfeldt
7.2
1940
Knight Without Armour
White Officer
5.6
1937
London Melody
Policeman Outside Nightclub
5.0
1937
Rembrandt
Ludwick
6.8
1936
Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle
Mr. Gaunt
0.0
Sleepwalker
Old Englishman
6.1
1984
A Voyage Round My Father
Judge
7.6
1984
The Portland Millions
Dr. Tristram
0.0
1976
Victorian Scandals
Dr. Tristram · (1 episode)
0.0
1976
My Honourable Mrs
(1 episode)
0.0
1975
Symptoms
Burke
6.2
1974
Crown Court
Mr. Justice Downes · (3 episodes)
5.4
1972
Young Winston
Old Officer
6.2
1972
Upstairs, Downstairs
(0 episode)
7.6
1971
Upstairs, Downstairs
Sir Geoffrey Dillon · (14 episodes)
7.6
1971
Justice
Judge · (1 episode)
6.0
1971
Justice
High Court Judge · (1 episode)
6.0
1971
That's Your Funeral
(7 episodes)
0.0
1970
Hot Millions
Bayswater
6.6
1968
Rotten to the Core
Governor
6.2
1965
Gideon's Way
Sir Percy Richmond · (1 episode)
6.8
1965
Father Came Too!
Mr Wedgewood
6.0
1964
Nurse on Wheels
Vicar Walcott
5.7
1963
Waltz of the Toreadors
Ackroyd
4.8
1962
Crooks Anonymous
Wagstaffe
6.3
1962
Sir Francis Drake
Doctor Dee · (1 episode)
4.5
1961
Barnaby Rudge
(8 episodes)
5.0
1960
A French Mistress
Reverend Edwin Peake
5.7
1960
Follow That Horse!
0.0
1960
No Hiding Place
(1 episode)
3.7
1959
Interpol Calling
Schroeder · (1 episode)
6.7
1959
A Time Of Day
(6 episodes)
0.0
1957
Brothers in Law
Tatlock Q.C.
7.1
1957
The Last Man to Hang
Attorney General
5.2
1956
Hancock's Half Hour
(2 episodes)
7.5
1956
The Count of Monte Cristo
(1 episode)
4.4
1956
Geordie
Olympic Selector
6.8
1955
The Dam Busters
Official, National Physical Laboratory
6.9
1955
Aunt Clara
Rev. Maurice Hilton
5.2
1954
Hobson's Choice
Nathaniel Beenstock
7.3
1954
Meet Mr. Lucifer
Patterson
5.1
1953
When We Are Married
Councillor Albert Parker
0.0
1951
The Long Dark Hall
Chief Inspector Sullivan
6.4
1951
Trio
Mr. Henry Chester
6.3
1950
It's Hard to be Good
Williams
5.5
1948
When We Are Married
Albert Parker
0.0
1943
The New Lot
Barrington
0.0
1943
The Day Will Dawn
5.6
1942
'Pimpernel' Smith
Marx
7.1
1941
The Ghost Train
John Price
5.9
1941
Let's Be Famous
Singer in trio (uncredited)
5.8
1939
When We Are Married
Councillor Albert Parker
0.0
1938
Dinner at the Ritz
Gibout
5.5
1937
Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
Langer
5.2
1936
Can You Hear Me, Mother?
Dolan
0.0
1935
What Happened Then?
5.0
1934