Guy Raymond

Guy Raymond
Raymond in The Undefeated (1969)
Born
Raymond W. Guyer[1]

(1911-07-01)July 1, 1911
DiedJanuary 26, 1997(1997-01-26) (aged 85)
OccupationActor
Spouse
(m. 1969)
[1]

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.[3]

Raymond appeared in the films 4D Man, Sail a Crooked Ship, Gypsy, It Happened at the World's Fair, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, The Reluctant Astronaut, The Ballad of Josie, Wild in the Streets, Bandolero! and The Undefeated, among others.

On television, Raymond portrayed Cliff Murdock in Harris Against the World,[4] Karen,[4]: 555  and Tom, Dick and Mary.[4]: 1092  His Murdock character was the only one who appeared in all three of the programs.[3]

In 1966 he guest-starred on Gunsmoke 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).[5] He also acted in stock theater.[6]

Raymond was married to actress Ann Morgan Guilbert. He died on January 26, 1997, in Santa Monica, California at age 85.[7]

  1. ^ a b "California Marriage Index, 1960-1985", Raymond W. Guyer and Ann Guilbert Eckstein, September 8, 1969, Los Angeles, California. Center of Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento; database copy of original record, archives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  2. ^ Oliver, Myrna (February 1, 1997). "G. Raymond; Character Actor, Dancer, Comedian". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Guy Raymond Only Common Character". Biddeford-Saco Journal. Biddeford, Maine. November 21, 1964. p. 19. Retrieved June 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b c Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 436. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
  5. ^ "Guy Raymond". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on June 13, 2020. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  6. ^ "Top character actor joins Theaterfest". Santa Ynez Valley News. California, Solvang. September 30, 1982. p. 20. Retrieved June 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Oliver, Myrna (February 1, 1997). "G. Raymond; Characgter Actor, Dancer, Comedian". The Los Angeles Times. p. A 22. Retrieved June 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.