Raymond Huntley
Known for Acting · 114 credits
- Born
- 1904-04-23
- Died
- 1990-10-19
- Place of birth
- King's Norton, Worcestershire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Horace Raymond Huntley · Рэймонд Хантли
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (26)
Crown Court
1972
as Mr. Justice Downes / Mr. Justice Ambleforth
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Superintendent Willow / Dr. Hallam Aitkinson
Omnibus
1967
as Self
No Hiding Place
1959
as Ward
Danger Man
1960
as Clements
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971
as Sir Geoffrey Dillon
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Mr. Culver / Crichton / Spence / Inspector Hubbard / Prof. Brander / Gordon Meslin / Challiss / Manning / Lord Laithwaite
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Alderman Tindal
Justice
1971
as Judge / High Court Judge
Gideon's Way
1965
as Sir Percy Richmond
Hancock's Half Hour
1956
as Doctor
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as The Reader / Sir Edward Moss / Sir Arthur Hopwood-Lane / Herbert Nodes / Gilbert Morris
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969
as Doctor Mancroft
Interpol Calling
1959
as Schroeder
Sykes
1972
as Mr. Gatwick
Sir Francis Drake
1961
as Doctor Dee
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
as Reimer
Brass
1983
as Judge
Theatre Night
1957
as Sir Norman Tullis / Dr. Rodd
Victorian Scandals
1976
as Dr Tristram
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Sturdee / Carlo / Hector Crawford / Mr. Gaunt
Barnaby Rudge
1960
as Mr. John Chester
Knight Errant Limited
1959
as Dr. Felthorpe / Henry Latto
My Honourable Mrs
1975
as Professor Walter Ramsay
That's Your Funeral
1970
as Emanuel Holroyd
A Time Of Day
1957
Movies (88)
Breathless
1960
as A Journalist (uncredited)
The Mummy
1959
as Joseph Whemple
Hobson's Choice
1954
as Nathaniel Beenstock
The Way Ahead
1944
as Pvt. Herbert Davenport
Young Winston
1972
as Old Officer
Crooks Anonymous
1962
as Mr. Wagstaffe
The Dam Busters
1955
as Official, National Physical Laboratory
Broken Journey
1948
as Edward Marshall
Our Man in Havana
1960
as General
A Voyage Round My Father
1984
as Judge
Room at the Top
1958
as Mr. Hoylake
Night Train to Munich
1940
as Kampenfeldt
Trio
1950
as Mr. Henry Chester
School for Secrets
1946
as Prof. Laxton-Jones
The House in the Square
1951
as Mr. Throstle
The Prisoner
1955
as The General
Nurse on Wheels
1963
as Vicar Walcott
I'm All Right Jack
1959
as Magistrate
Mr. Denning Drives North
1951
as Wright
The Ghost Train
1941
as John Price
Passport to Pimlico
1949
as Mr. Wix
The Green Man
1956
as Sir Gregory Upshott
Waltz of the Toreadors
1962
as Ackroyd
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
1966
as Sir Horace, the Minister
Suspect
1960
as Sir George Gatting the Minister of Defense
Town on Trial
1957
as Dr. Reese
Hot Millions
1968
as Bayswater
On the Beat
1962
as Sir Ronald Ackroyd
Doctor at Sea
1955
as Captain Beamish
A French Mistress
1960
as Reverend Edwin Peake
The Long Dark Hall
1951
as Chief Inspector Sullivan
Geordie
1955
as Olympic Selector
The Ghost of St. Michael's
1941
as Mr Humphries
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
1959
as Foreign Secretary Tufton-Slade
Make Mine Mink
1960
as Inspector Pape
So Evil My Love
1948
as Henry Courtney
I See a Dark Stranger
1946
as J. Miller
Knight Without Armour
1937
as White Officer
Only Two Can Play
1962
as Vernon
Rembrandt
1936
as Ludwick
The Constant Husband
1955
as J.F. Hassett
Laxdale Hall
1953
as Samuel Pettigrew, M.P.
Orders Are Orders
1954
as Col. Fred Bellamy
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
1960
as Judge Slender
The Adding Machine
1969
as Smithers
Brothers in Law
1957
as Tatlock Q.C.
"Pimpernel" Smith
1941
as Marx
The Black Torment
1964
as Colonel John Wentworth
Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
1936
as Langer
They Came to a City
1944
as Malcolm Stritton
Freedom Radio
1941
as Rabenau
Meet Mr. Lucifer
1953
as Patterson
The New Lot
1943
as Barrington
The Day Will Dawn
1942
That's Your Funeral
1972
as Emmanuel Holroyd
Sands of the Desert
1960
as Bossom
The Last Page
1952
as Clive Oliver
Next to No Time
1958
as Forbes, Factory Supervisor
Father Came Too!
1964
as Mr. Wedgewood
Arthur? Arthur!
1969
as George Payne
The Last Man to Hang
1956
as Attorney General
The Yellow Teddy Bears
1963
as Harry Haliburton
Symptoms
1974
as Burke
Number Three
1953
as Prof. Brander
Destiny of a Spy
1969
as Supt. Pode
Glad Tidings
1953
as Tom Forester
Bottoms Up!
1960
as Garrick-Jones
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
1941
as Dr. Kerbishley
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
1948
as Moy-Thompson
When We Are Married
1943
as Albert Parker
Hostile Witness
1968
as John Naylor
Let's Be Famous
1939
as Singer in trio (uncredited)
Sleepwalker
1984
as Old Englishman
The Teckman Mystery
1954
as Maurice Miller
When We Are Married
1951
as Councillor Albert Parker
Aunt Clara
1954
as Rev. Maurice Hilton
Rotten to the Core
1965
as Governor
The Portland Millions
1976
as Dr. Tristram
Innocent Meeting
1959
as Harold Phillips
When We Are Married
1938
as Councillor Albert Parker
What Happened Then?
1934
Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle
as Mr. Gaunt
Dinner at the Ritz
1937
as Gibout
London Melody
1937
as Policeman Outside Nightclub
The Criminals
1958
as Hector Crawford
Can You Hear Me, Mother?
1935
as Dolan
Follow That Horse!
1960
It's Hard to be Good
1948
as Williams
About Raymond Huntley
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… With 114 credits spanning from 1934 to 1984, Raymond Huntley has appeared in 88 films and 26 TV shows.
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- Breathless (1960) — as A Journalist (uncredited)
- The Mummy (1959) — as Joseph Whemple
- Hobson's Choice (1954) — as Nathaniel Beenstock
- The Way Ahead (1944) — as Pvt. Herbert Davenport
- Young Winston (1972) — as Old Officer
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