Raymond Gérôme

Raymond Gérôme (17 May 1920 — 3 February 2002) was a Belgian born, French stage and screen actor.

Gérôme was born as Raymond Joseph Léon De Backer in Koekelberg. He made his first stage appearance in 1946, in a stage production of Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher and he entered films in 1954. He is best known to English speaking audiences for his roles as The Commander in The Brain and Inspector Renard in The Greengage Summer. In later life, he leant his voice to dubbing - he provided the voice of Governor Ratcliffe in the French release of Pocahontas.

In 1982 he was awarded a Pix du Brigadier for his performance in L'Extravagant Mister Wilde.

Gerome died in 2002, at his home in Les Lilas.

Selected filmography

• 1954 - One Step to Eternity as A Client
• 1957 - Dangerous Exile as leader of the Revolution
• 1961 - The Greengage Summer as Inspector Renard
• 1962 - Le Masque de fer as Pimentel
• 1967 - The Night of the Generals as Colonel in War Room
• 1969 - The Brain as The Commander
• 1973 - A Slightly Pregnant Man as Latour
• 1973 - Le Magnifique as Pontaubert
• 1977 - Animal as Count of Saint-Prix
• 1980 - The Umbrella Coup as President of RG
• 2000 - Sade as President of Maussane

French dubbing

• 1963 - The Pink Panther as Tucker
• 1964 - My Fair Lady as Professor Higgins
• 1967 - Doctor Dolittle as Doctor Dolittle
• 1968 - The Devil Rides Out as Duke de Richleau
• 1973 - Live and Let Die as Tee Hee
• 1978 - Watership Down as General Woundwort
• 1986 - Big Trouble in Little China as Lo Pan
• 1989 - The Return of the Musketeers as Count de Rochefort
• 1991 - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves as Sheriff of Nottingham
• 1991 - An American Tail: Fievel Goes West as Cat R. Waul
• 1992 - Tom and Jerry: The Movie as Lickboot
• 1995 - Pocahontas as Governor Ratcliffe
• 1996 - Spy Hard as General Rancor

Bibliography

• Yvan Foucart, Dictionnaire des comédiens français disparus, Éditions cinéma, Mormoiron, 2008, 1185 p. ISBN 978-2-9531-1390-7

External links

• Raymond Gerome at imdb
• Lesgensducinema bio