Jack Raymond
Jack Raymond (1886–1953) was an English actor and film director. Born in Wimborne, Dorset in 1886, he began acting before the First World War in A Detective for a Day. In 1921 he directed his first film and gradually he wound down his acting to concentrate completely on directing - making more than forty films in total before his death in 1953.[1][2]
He was associated with the Hepworth Studios of Walton on Thames, since his portrait appears on a studio publicity postcard when he was probably in his early twenties.
He had a major success in 1930 with The Great Game, one of the earliest films devoted to football and followed it up with Up for the Cup a year later. He remade Up for the Cup in 1950.
Partial filmography
- The Flat (1921)
- Tilly of Bloomsbury (1921)
- The Curse of Westacott (1921)
- Sally of the Scandals (1928)
- A Peep Behind the Scenes (1929)
- Splinters (1929)
- The Great Game (1930)
- Tilly of Bloomsbury (1931)
- Up for the Cup (1931)
- Girls, Please! (1934)
- Come Out of the Pantry (1935)
- Where's George? (1935)
- The Preview Murder Mystery (1936)
- Chick (1936, producer)
- A Royal Divorce (1938)
- Up for the Cup (1950)
- Reluctant Heroes (1951)