Raymond T. Williams was born in London to Jamaican parents and was raised in the Bronx, New York. While on a scholarship for Marine Chemistry at the University of Maryland at Eastern Shore, he caught the acting bug and began doing theater. After doing theater in New York for a year and a half, he relocated to California to pursue TV and film work, but it would take another eight years performing and studying theater, under Jeff Goldblum at Playhouse West, before those chances surfaced. Following the completion of many theater productions, Raymond appeared along side Jeff Goldblum and Scott Caan (another Playhouse alumni)in the indie movie Dallas 362 as well as a recurring on the very short lived Method & Red. He also appeared in the indie film Mother Ghost starring Kevin Pollak,Mark Thompson,Dana Delany,Joe Mantegna and Gary Marshall At the end of 2004, Raymond was chosen to participate in a CBS African-American showcase. He was 1 of 20 actors chosen out of 2,500 that auditioned. That led to his casting in the CBS pilot _Threshold_. He then appeared in the ABC movie Their Eyes Were Watching God starring Academy Award winner Halle Berry. Raymond has since went on to appear on television in Dark Blue, and a recurring role on Lincoln Heights as "Bishop".On the film side Raymond has also appeared along side Academy Award winner Monique in the movie Phat Girlz, Loaded,and the indie movie Dry Run with Max Ryan. Next Raymond appeared in the James Franco directed film Sal starring Val Lauren. Raymond's next film titled Amateurs directed by Eric Tao was shot in Brooklyn New York and is in post-production. Next on the list is The House That Jack Built. Filmed in May 2012 in the South Bronx and will be premiering at the Los Angeles Film Fest in the narrative competition. In September of 2012 Raymond shot a worldwide print ad for Microsoft.
Raymond Thiry is a European actor. He started out in theatre in 1987 with his theatre group Alex d'Electrique, a well known group with success in the Netherlands as well as in Germany. After starring in several prime time TV series, he takes up the lead in 2006 in the art house film Langer Licht by David Lammers and receives a prestigious Golden Calf Nomination at the Dutch Filmfestival. In 2009 he wins this same award for his brilliant work in Winter in Wartime (Martin Koolhoven) and in 2015 he is again awarded, for his role in Blood , Sweat & Tears (2015) by Diederick Koopal. Raymond impresses as Luther in the Dutch Crime series Penoza (Diederik van Rooijen). He also starred in the feature film Wolf , the Dutch nomination for the European Film Awards in 2014 and in The Paradise Suite (Joost van Ginkel), submitted for Best Foreign Language at the Oscars in 2016. In 2016 Raymond worked on several films like Een Echte Vermeer by Rudolf van den Berg and the last season of Penoza. Languages: Dutch, German, English Raymond Thiry is based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Raymond Tostado is an actor, known for The Lotus (2015), El Güey (2015) and State of Consciousness (2022).
Raymond Umenze is known for African Movie Channel Original Production - We Tha Boyz (2018), Alter Ego (2017) and Far from Home (2022).
Raymond Vinsik Williams is known for Gateway, 16 Bits and Collector (2022).
Raymond Vinten is known for The Meg (2018).
Raymond W. Beal is known for The Darkest Minds (2018), Prey (2022) and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012).
Raymond W. Johnson is a Chicago area native and a former criminal investigator. He is a local historian, author, and lecturer. Upon retirement, he started Johnson Research Services. He provides historical research to private clients, production companies, authors, attorneys and governmental agencies. Mr. Johnson has written/co-authored various books on Chicago history including "Chicago's Haunt Detective", (2011), Schiffer Publishing, "Chicago History The Stranger Side", (2013), Schiffer Publishing, and "The Great Chicago Fire", (2017), Arcadia Publishing. Mr. Johnson lives in Brookfield, Illinois with his wife, two sons, and three dogs.
Stalwart character Raymond Walburn is one of those actors whose name may have slipped through the memory cracks over time, but whose valued contribution to 30s and 40s comedy films certainly warrants a reminder. Somewhat reminiscent of the "Mr. Monopoly" character, Walburn was the archetypal bombastic bumbler or supercilious stuffed shirt with the trademark bulgy eyes, snub nose, arched brows and trimmed mustache. He provided his patented brand of cheeky humor in nearly 100 "A" and "B" films during his career span. Walburn was born in Plymouth, Indiana on September 9, 1887, then moved to Oakland, California following high school with his actress mother. There he was placed in an acting school associated with the Liberty Theatre, the principal stock company in Oakland, and made his professional stage debut at age 18 playing the Second Witch in "MacBeth." Following extensive touring in stock shows, he took his first Broadway bow with the opening of "The Greyhound" in 1912. After a long period of struggle and a number of theater misfires, his career was interrupted by military service. This was shortly after his being cast as a replacement in the juvenile lead role in "Come Out of the Kitchen" starring Ruth Chatterton. Following his discharge from the artillery corps where he served in France, he resumed his Broadway and stock show career and grew in stature throughout the 1920s. In 1924 he made his London debut as Aubrey Piper in "The Show-Off," a role that keenly established his pompous image and brash, phony-baloney facade on stage and in later film. Over the decades Walburn's plus-sized comic vanity would become a repetitive scene-stealing tactic. Outside of a couple of nondescript roles in silent films, Walburn did not take a serious stab at films until 1929, when he was cast supporting a Ruth Chatterton vehicle (again), this time playing her unfaithful husband in The Laughing Lady (1929). He did not return to films again, however, until five years later following a stage success in "The Pursuit of Happiness" (1933). From 1934 on he continued to be seen in film and was a main character staple for Columbia. For Frank Capra his highlights included Colonel Pettigrew, the race track tout, in Broadway Bill (1934); Gary Cooper's ostentatious valet in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936); and the opportunistic Judge Alexander in the Spencer Tracy/Katharine Hepburn starrer State of the Union (1948). He also performed in Capra's pallid musical remake of Broadway Bill entitled Riding High (1950) with Bing Crosby, in which he recreated his Colonel Pettigrew shyster. As a Preston Sturges favorite, Walburn shined as the sarcastic and pompous Dr. Maxford in Christmas in July (1940); the windbag Mayor Noble in the classic Hail the Conquering Hero (1944); and as the boss who fires Harold Lloyd in The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) [aka Mad Wednesday]. In post-war years, the by-now chunky-framed Walburn was given a great chance to show off by headlining his own "Henry" series of light comedy films. Playing patriarch Henry Latham in its debut Henry, the Rainmaker (1949), he was able to bounce off the droll antics of Walter Catlett's Mayor Colton character. Barbara Brown as his wife and young Gary Gray as son David were around for the entire series. He cavorted in five features ending with Father Takes the Air (1951). Walburn's last film was the rather uneventful western The Spoilers (1955). Following the death of his first wife Gertrude (affectionately known as Trudy), he more or less retired, but found happiness again when he married a family friend, Jane Davis. In 1962, at the age of 74, he came out of his self-imposed retirement at the urging of Harold Prince to join Zero Mostel and company in the burlesque musical farce "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" playing a senile Roman citizen. He played the show for 18 months, then went on to appear with Ruth Gordon in "A Very Rich Woman" in 1965. Walburn died in New York City at the age of 81 in 1969 following an extended illness.