Raymond Gérôme
| Raymond Gérôme | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Raymond Joseph Léon De Backer 17 May 1920 Koekelberg, Belgium |
| Died |
3 February 2002 (aged 81) Les Lilas, France |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1946–2000 |
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 : A Client
- 1957 - Dangerous Exile : leader of the Revolution
- 1961 - The Greengage Summer : Inspector Renard
- 1962 - Le Masque de fer : Pimentel
- 1966 - La seconde vérité : Le juge
- 1967 - The Night of the Generals : Colonel in War Room
- 1967 - Lettre à Carla
- 1968 - La petite vertu : Kerman
- 1969 - The Brain : The Commander
- 1969 - Sous le signe du taureau : Jérôme Laprade - le beau-frère d'Albert
- 1970 - Tropic of Cancer : M. Le Censeur
- 1970 - Céleste : Le chef des barbouzes français
- 1971 - The Deadly Trap : Commissaire Chameille
- 1972 - Travels with My Aunt : Mario
- 1973 - La belle affaire : Genève
- 1973 - Le complot : Vignaud
- 1973 - The Day of the Jackal : Flavigny
- 1973 - A Slightly Pregnant Man : Gérard Chaumont de Latour
- 1973 - Un ange au paradis : Basset
- 1973 - Le Magnifique : Pontaubert
- 1975 - Divine : Le garçon de café
- 1977 - Le portrait de Dorian Gray : Lord Henry Wotton
- 1977 - Tendre poulet : Director of Criminal Division
- 1977 - Animal : Count of Saint-Prix
- 1978 - L'Exercice du pouvoir : Georges Argand
- 1980 - The Umbrella Coup : President of RG
- 1981 - Julien Fontanes, magistrat : Jean-Claude Lorentzen
- 1991 - L'Opération Corned-Beef : Ghislain Chauffereau
- 1991 - Money : Morf
- 2000 - Sade : President of Maussane
French dubbing
- 1963 - The Pink Panther : Tucker
- 1964 - My Fair Lady : Professor Higgins
- 1967 - Doctor Dolittle : Doctor Dolittle
- 1968 - The Devil Rides Out : Duke de Richleau
- 1973 - Live and Let Die : Tee Hee
- 1978 - Watership Down : General Woundwort
- 1986 - Big Trouble in Little China : Lo Pan
- 1989 - The Return of the Musketeers : Count de Rochefort
- 1991 - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves : Sheriff of Nottingham
- 1991 - An American Tail: Fievel Goes West : Cat R. Waul
- 1992 - Tom and Jerry: The Movie : Lickboot
- 1995 - Pocahontas : Governor Ratcliffe
- 1996 - Spy Hard : General Rancor
Bibliography
- Yvan Foucart, Dictionnaire des comédiens français disparus, Éditions cinéma, Mormoiron, 2008, 1185 p. ISBN 978-2-9531-1390-7
External links
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