Raymond Huntley
Acting
Born: April 23, 1904 · King's Norton, Worcestershire, England, UK
Died: October 19, 1990 (aged 86)
Highest Rated
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. Huntley died in Westminster Hospital, London in 1990. In his obituary, the New York Times wrote, "During his long career the actor played judges, bank managers, churchmen, bureaucrats and other figures of authority. He could play them straight if necessary, but in comedy his natural dryness of delivery was exaggerated to the point where the character he was playing invited mockery as a pompous humbug." Source: Article "Raymond Huntley" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known for
Breathless
1960
The Mummy
1959
Hobson's Choice
1954
The Dam Busters
1955
Room at the Top
1958
Our Man in Havana
1960
Passport to Pimlico
1949
Night Train to Munich
1940
I'm All Right Jack
1959
Symptoms
1974
Young Winston
1972
The Way Ahead
1944
Photos (4)
Movies (83)
Breathless
A Journalist (uncredited)
Night Train to Munich
Kampenfeldt
The Dam Busters
Official, National Physical Laboratory
Hobson's Choice
Nathaniel Beenstock
Room at the Top
Mr. Hoylake
The Mummy
Joseph Whemple
Hot Millions
Bayswater
Young Winston
Old Officer
Crooks Anonymous
Mr. Wagstaffe
Doctor at Sea
Captain Beamish
Innocent Meeting
Harold Phillips
Our Man in Havana
General
Number Three
Prof. Brander
I'm All Right Jack
Magistrate
"Pimpernel" Smith
Marx
The Long Dark Hall
Chief Inspector Sullivan
Passport to Pimlico
Mr. Wix
The Way Ahead
Pvt. Herbert Davenport
Meet Mr. Lucifer
Patterson
So Evil My Love
Henry Courtney
Aunt Clara
Rev. Maurice Hilton
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
Sir Horace, the Minister
The Prisoner
The General
Trio
Mr. Henry Chester
The Green Man
Sir Gregory Upshott
Rembrandt
Ludwick
The Constant Husband
J.F. Hassett
The Black Torment
Colonel John Wentworth
Mr. Denning Drives North
Wright
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
Foreign Secretary Tufton-Slade
On the Beat
Sir Ronald Ackroyd
The House in the Square
Mr. Throstle
Knight Without Armour
White Officer
School for Secrets
Prof. Laxton-Jones
Sleepwalker
Old Englishman
Only Two Can Play
Vernon
I See a Dark Stranger
J. Miller
Hostile Witness
John Naylor
The Last Page
Clive Oliver
That's Your Funeral
Emmanuel Holroyd
Town on Trial
Dr. Reese
Make Mine Mink
Inspector Pape
Arthur? Arthur!
George Payne
Suspect
Sir George Gatting the Minister of Defense
The Ghost Train
John Price
A Voyage Round My Father
Judge
Brothers in Law
Tatlock Q.C.
A French Mistress
Reverend Edwin Peake
Nurse on Wheels
Vicar Walcott
The Last Man to Hang
Attorney General
Bottoms Up!
Garrick-Jones
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
Judge Slender
Geordie
Olympic Selector
Let's Be Famous
Singer in trio (uncredited)
Waltz of the Toreadors
Ackroyd
Sands of the Desert
Bossom
Broken Journey
Edward Marshall
Symptoms
Burke
The Teckman Mystery
Maurice Miller
Orders Are Orders
Col. Fred Bellamy
Father Came Too!
Mr. Wedgewood
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
Dr. Kerbishley
The New Lot
Barrington
The Adding Machine
Smithers
Dinner at the Ritz
Gibout
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
Moy-Thompson
It's Hard to be Good
Williams
They Came to a City
Malcolm Stritton
Freedom Radio
Rabenau
The Ghost of St. Michael's
Mr Humphries
The Day Will Dawn
1942
Next to No Time
Forbes, Factory Supervisor
The Yellow Teddy Bears
Harry Haliburton
The Portland Millions
Dr. Tristram
Rotten to the Core
Governor
Tune On the Old Tax Fiddle
Mr. Gaunt
The Criminals
Hector Crawford
When We Are Married
Albert Parker
Destiny of a Spy
Supt. Pode
What Happened Then?
1934
Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
Langer
London Melody
Policeman Outside Nightclub
Glad Tidings
Tom Forester
TV Shows (41)
Crown Court
Mr. Justice Downes · 18 eps
Crown Court
Mr. Justice Ambleforth · 3 eps
The Wednesday Play
Superintendent Willow · 1 eps
The Wednesday Play
Dr. Hallam Aitkinson · 1 eps
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Alderman Tindal · 1 eps
The Count of Monte Cristo
Reimer · 1 eps
Danger Man
Clements · 1 eps
Upstairs, Downstairs
Sir Geoffrey Dillon · 14 eps
No Hiding Place
Ward · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Mr. Culver · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Crichton · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Spence · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Inspector Hubbard · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Prof. Brander · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Gordon Meslin · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Challiss · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Manning · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Lord Laithwaite · 1 eps
Sykes
Mr. Gatwick · 1 eps
Gideon's Way
Sir Percy Richmond · 1 eps
Interpol Calling
Schroeder · 1 eps
Justice
Judge · 1 eps
Justice
High Court Judge · 1 eps
Softly Softly: Task Force
Doctor Mancroft · 1 eps
Steptoe and Son
Psychiatrist · 1 eps
Hancock's Half Hour
Doctor · 2 eps
Sir Francis Drake
Doctor Dee · 1 eps
Knight Errant Limited
Dr. Felthorpe · 1 eps
Knight Errant Limited
Henry Latto · 1 eps
Theatre Night
Sir Norman Tullis · 1 eps
Theatre Night
Dr. Rodd · 1 eps
Brass
Judge · 1 eps
On Trial
Travers Humphreys · 1 eps
A Man Called Harry Brent
Sir Gordon Town · 1 eps
Victorian Scandals
Dr Tristram · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
Sturdee · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
Carlo · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
Hector Crawford · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
Mr. Gaunt · 1 eps
Barnaby Rudge
6 eps
Barnaby Rudge
Mr. John Chester · 2 eps
