Cyril Raymond

Cyril Raymond was born on February 13, 1899 in Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, England as Cyril William North Raymond. He was an actor and writer, known for Brief Encounter (1945), The Ghost Train (1931) and The Faithful Heart (1922). He was married to Gillian Lind and Iris Hoey. He died on March 20, 1973 in Ripe, Sussex, England.

Spouse
Gillian Lind (1937 – 20 March 1973) (his death)
Iris Hoey (18 September 1922 – 1936) (divorced) (1 child)

Ruddy-complexioned British character actor, trained at Tree’s Academy of Dramatic Art in 1915. Usually played quiet, dependable types and professional men. Best remembered as Celia Johnson’s dullish husband in Brief Encounter (1945).

Like fellow actor Ronald Adam, he was a fighter controller in the Battle of Britain. Raymond controlled the Kenley sector. He re-enacted his wartime role in the film Angels One Five (1952).

In 1930, he had an affair whilst on Broadway with actor Janet Morrison and from this romance came the birth of a child. When the child was four, she gave him up for adoption and he was never to see his mother again or know who his real parents were.

Briefest Encounters is a Documentary Drama based on the life of an Actress named Janet Morrison. The documentary was written and produced by Janet’s granddaughter Joanna Crosse of Meta Media, Bath, Somerset, UK.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB75a8hCTko

Past productions

Hudson, Inadmissible Evidence, English Stage Company started 17^th March 1965, Wyndham’s Theatre, London.
Henry Hampster, Out of the Crocodile, Michael Codron 7^th October 1963 – 25^th January 1964, New Theatre, Oxford, Theatre Royal, Nottingham, and other locations.
Dr Alan Forrest, Signpost to Murder, Emile Littler 13^th November 1961 – 1^st June 1963, Cambridge Theatre, London, New Theatre, Oxford, and other locations.
Bulteel, Mister Johnson started 29^th September 1960, Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith), London.
Major Reggie Privett MC, Aunt Edwina, Anna Deere Wiman, E P Clift, and J Baxter Somerville 14^th September 1959 – 13^th February 1960, Fortune Theatre, London, Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne, and other locations.
Charles Pleydell, Let Them Eat Cake, Emile Littler 27^th April – 8^th August 1959, New Theatre, Oxford and Cambridge Theatre, London.
Det Inspector Halliday, Three Way Switch, Furndel Productions and Windsor Repertory Company 16^th June – 16^th August 1958, Theatre Royal, Windsor and Aldwych Theatre, London.
Dr Hubert Welsh, The Happy Man, E P Clift, Jack Minster, and Minster Productions Ltd 7^th October 1957 – 1^st February 1958, Theatre Royal, Brighton, Streatham Hill Theatre, London, and other locations.
Thomas Royde, Towards Zero 6^th August 1956 – 9^th March 1957, St James’s Theatre, London, Theatre Royal, Nottingham, and other locations.
Willie, Mrs Willie, H M Tennent Ltd 18^th July – 17^th December 1955, Globe (Shaftesbury Ave), London (now Gielgud Theatre, London), Theatre Royal, Brighton, and other locations.
Jimmy Scott-Kennedy, Both Ends Meet started 9^th June 1954, Apollo Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue), London.
Philip O'Hea, The Orchard Walls, John Forbes-Sempill Ltd 26^th October 1953 – 2^nd January 1954, St Martin’s Theatre, London, Aldershot Hippodrome, and other locations.
Robert Lancaster, Waters of the Moon, Tennent Productions Ltd 26^th – 30^th May 1953, King’s Theatre, Glasgow.
Robert Lancaster, Waters of the Moon 26^th March 1951 – 2^nd May 1953, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London and Theatre Royal, Brighton.
Dr Sparling, Home at Seven, Alec L Rea and E P Clift and H M Tennent Ltd 6^th February – 30^th December 1950, Wyndham’s Theatre, London, Theatre Royal, Brighton, and other locations.
Robert Hanson, September Tide 15^th December 1948 – August 1949, Aldwych Theatre, London.
Dr Howard Fleming, Tony Draws a Horse 26^th January 1939 – 6^th January 1940, Strand Theatre, London (now Novello Theatre, London), Criterion Theatre, London, and other locations.
Drake 1938 – 1939, London Coliseum.
Stephen Tallys, Chain Male, Circle Theatres Ltd 7^th – 12^th November 1938, Richmond Theatre, Richmond, London.
Lt-Commander Rogers, French Without Tears, Bronson Albery, Gilbert Miller, and Howard Wyndham 23^rd August 1937 – January 1938, Opera House, Manchester, King’s Theatre, Glasgow, and other locations.
Miles Channing, Heart’s Content, H M Tennent Ltd 7^th December 1936 – 6^th March 1937, Shaftesbury Theatre (1888 – closed 1941), London, Streatham Hill Theatre, London, and other locations.
Lord Henry Bucktrout, Short Story 1935 – 9^th January 1936, Prince’s Theatre, Bristol and Queen’s Theatre, (Shaftesbury Ave) London (now Sondheim Theatre, London).
Courtier, A Kiss for Cinderella started 22^nd November 1934, His Majesty’s Theatre, Haymarket, London (now His Majesty’s Theatre, Haymarket, London).
Henry Linden, The Shining Hour started 1934, Prince’s Theatre, Bristol, St James’s Theatre, London, and other locations.
Peter Walmsley, There’s Always Juliet 12^th October 1931 – 18^th May 1932, Apollo Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue), London and Empire Theatre, New York.
William Bromley, Moloch 29^th May – 7^th June 1930, Strand Theatre, London (now Novello Theatre, London).
After All 5^th May – ? 1929, Apollo Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue), London.
The Way Things Happen 2^nd February – 29^th March 1924, Ambassadors Theatre, London.
The Double Mystery 1914 – 1915, Prince’s Theatre, Bristol.

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