Raymond St. Jacques | |
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Born | James Arthur Johnson March 1, 1930 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
Died | August 27, 1990 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 60)
Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Los Angeles, California) |
Education | Hillhouse High School |
Alma mater | Yale University |
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Years active | 1959–1990 |
Known for | Rawhide (as Simon Blake) Coffin Ed Johnson – Cotton Comes to Harlem, Come Back, Charleston Blue |
Relatives | Sterling St. Jacques (son) |
Raymond St. Jacques (born James Arthur Johnson; March 1, 1930 – August 27, 1990) was an American actor, director and producer whose career spanned over thirty years on stage, film and television. St. Jacques is noted as the first African-American actor to appear in a regular role on a Western series. He portrayed Simon Blake on the eighth season of Rawhide (1965–1966).