Raymond Huntley

Known for

Acting

Born

April 23, 1904

Birthplace

King's Norton, Worcestershire, England, UK

Died

October 19, 1990 (aged 86)

Biography

Horace Raymond Huntley (23 April 1904 – 15 June 1990) was an English actor who appeared in dozens of British films from the 1930s to the 1970s. He also appeared in the ITV period drama Upstairs, Downstairs as the pragmatic family solicitor Sir Geoffrey Dillon, and other television shows, such as the Wodehouse Playhouse, ('Romance at Droitwich Spa'), in 1975.

Born in Kings Norton, Worcestershire (now a suburb of Birmingham) in 1904, Huntley made his stage debut at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre on 1 April 1922, in A Woman Killed with Kindness. His London debut followed at the Court Theatre on 22 February 1924, in As Far as Thought can Reach.

He subsequently inherited the role of Count Dra...

Best known work

Breathless

1960

The Mummy

1959

Hobson's Choice

1954

The Dam Busters

1955

Room at the Top

1958

Our Man in Havana

1960

Passport to Pimlico

1949

Night Train to Munich

1940

I'm All Right Jack

1959

Symptoms

1974

Filmography

1984
Sleepwalker
as Old Englishman
1984
A Voyage Round My Father
as Judge
1983
BrassTV
as Judge (1 episode)
1976
The Portland Millions
as Dr. Tristram
1976
Victorian ScandalsTV
as Dr Tristram (1 episode)
1975
My Honourable MrsTV
as Professor Walter Ramsay (1 episode)
1974
Symptoms
as Burke
1972
That's Your Funeral
as Emmanuel Holroyd
1972
Crown CourtTV
as Mr. Justice Downes (18 episodes), as Mr. Justice Ambleforth (3 episodes)
1972
SykesTV
as Mr. Gatwick (1 episode)
1972
Young Winston
as Old Officer
1971
Upstairs, DownstairsTV
as Sir Geoffrey Dillon (14 episodes)
1971
JusticeTV
as Judge (1 episode), as High Court Judge (1 episode)
1970
That's Your FuneralTV
as Emanuel Holroyd (7 episodes)
1969
Softly Softly: Task ForceTV
as Doctor Mancroft (1 episode)
1969
Destiny of a Spy
as Supt. Pode
1969
Arthur? Arthur!
as George Payne
1969
The Adding Machine
as Smithers
1969
Who-Dun-ItTV
as Inspector Elvin (1 episode)
1969
ITV Saturday Night TheatreTV
as Alderman Tindal (1 episode)
1968
Hostile Witness
as John Naylor
1968
Hot Millions
as Bayswater
1967
OmnibusTV
as Self (1 episode)
1966
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
as Sir Horace, the Minister
1965
Rotten to the Core
as Governor