Raymond St. Jacques
| Raymond St. Jacques | |
|---|---|
 St. Jacques (right) as Simon Blake with John Ireland, 1965. | |
| Born |
March 1, 1930 Hartford, Connecticut |
| Died |
August 27, 1990 (aged 60) Los Angeles, California |
Cause of death | Lymphoma |
Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) |
| Occupation | Actor |
Raymond St. Jacques (March 1, 1930 – August 27, 1990) was an American actor. He was the first black actor to appear in a regular role on a western series, playing Simon Blake on Rawhide.
Career
St. Jacques was born James Arthur Johnson in Hartford, Connecticut, the son of Vivienne Johnson, a medical technician.[1] A life member of The Actors Studio,[2] St. Jacques was known for playing the roles of Coffin Ed in the 1970 blaxploitation classic Cotton Comes to Harlem, The Green Berets, he had an early role in The Pawnbroker, the street preacher in They Live, the investigator Baxter in The Invaders episode "The Vise" (1968), and a two year stint as Judge Clayton C. Thomas on the syndicated TV show Superior Court from 1988 to 1989. He also played abolitionist Frederick Douglass in Edward Zwick's Glory.
St. Jacques died from AIDS related lymphoma in Los Angeles, California in 1990.
References
- ↑ http://www.filmreference.com/film/21/Raymond-St-Jacques.html
- ↑ Garfield, David (1980). "Appendix: Life Members of The Actors Studio as of January 1980". A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. p. 278. ISBN 0-02-542650-8.
External links
- Raymond St. Jacques at the Internet Movie Database
- Raymond St. Jacques at the Internet Broadway Database
- [http://openvault.wgbh.org/saybrother/MLA001054/index.html: " 'Blast from the Past' with Raymond St. Jacques"] for the WGBH series, Say Brother
- Raymond St. Jacques at Find a Grave
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