Guy Raymond (born Raymond W. Guyer; July 1, 1911 – January 26, 1997) was an American actor.
When he was 15, Raymond debuted professionally as a comedy dancer. Before he became an actor, he danced for 14 years, sometimes performing solo and sometimes as part of a comedy dance team.
Raymond appeared in the films ''
4D Man'', ''
Sail a Crooked Ship'', ''
Gypsy
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'', ''
It Happened at the World's Fair
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'', ''
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
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'', ''
The Reluctant Astronaut'', ''
The Ballad of Josie'', ''
Wild in the Streets
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'', ''
Bandolero!'' and ''
The Undefeated'', among others.
On television, Raymond portrayed Cliff Murdock in ''
Harris Against the World'',
''
Karen,'' and ''
Tom, Dick and Mary.'' His Murdock character was the only one who appeared in all three of the programs.
In 1966 he guest-starred on ''
Gunsmoke
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'' playing Dr. Tobias, a seller of herbs and medicines who also purported to be a rainmaker; called to duty while Dodge City was in the midst of its worst drought ever in “The Well” (S12E9).
From 1968 to 1970 he played Mr. Peevy, a local handyman in eleven episodes of ''
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir''.
On Broadway, he had the roles of Ulysses in ''Hook n' Ladder'' (1952) and George Herman in ''Pipe Dream'' (1955).
He also acted in
stock theater.
Raymond was married to actress
Ann Morgan Guilbert
Ann Morgan Guilbert (October 16, 1928 – June 14, 2016), sometimes credited as Ann Guilbert, was an American television and film actress and comedian who portrayed a number of roles from the 1950s on, most notably as Millie Helper in 61 episode ...
. He died on January 26, 1997, in
Santa Monica, California
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at age 85.
Filmography
Films
Television
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1911 births
1997 deaths
20th-century American male actors
American male film actors
American male stage actors
American male dancers
People from Niagara Falls, New York