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<html> <head> <title>Gene Raymond</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- .fotmbar { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none} .fotmbar:hover { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline} .newslink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .newslink:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink:hover { color: blue; text-decoration: underline} .b1f, .b2f, .b3f, .b4f {font-size:1px; overflow:hidden; display:block;} .b1f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 5px;} .b2f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 3px;} .b3f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 2px;} .b4f {height:2px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 1px;} .contentf {background: #e6e6e6; padding: 2px; } .contentf div {margin-left: 5px;} --> </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table> <!-- COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED --> <!-- NO PART OF THIS WEBSITE MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION --> <!-- OF SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS (ON THE WEB, IN PRINT, OR OTHERWISE) --> <!-- --> <!-- SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- PO BOX 4436, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040 USA --> </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/886/000042760/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool><br clear="all"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0><font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Gene Raymond</b></font><p><img src="gr1-sized.jpg" height=362 width=236 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Gene Raymond"><b>AKA</b> Raymond Guion<p><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/743/000106425/" class=proflink>13-Aug</a>-<a href="/lists/907/000105592/" class=proflink>1908</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> <a href="/geo/631/000069424/" class=proflink>New York City</a><br><b>Died:</b> <a href="/lists/009/000106688/" class=proflink>2-May</a>-<a href="/lists/508/000106190/" class=proflink>1998</a><br><b>Location of death:</b> <a href="/geo/582/000069375/" class=proflink>Los Angeles, CA</a><br><b>Cause of death:</b> <a href="/lists/323/000069116/" class=proflink>Pneumonia</a><br><b>Remains:</b> Buried, <a href="/cemetery/649/000208025/" class="proflink">Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, CA</a><br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> <a href="/lists/244/000069037/" class=proflink>Bisexual</a> <font size=-1><a href="#FN1">[1]</a></font><br><b>Occupation:</b> Actor<p><b>Nationality:</b> United States<br><b>Executive summary:</b> <i>Red Dust</i><p><b>Military service:</b> US Army Air Corps (1942-45); USAF Reserves (Col.)<p><hr width=25% size=1 align=left><a name="FN1"><font size=-1>[1] Sharon Rich, <i>Sweethearts</i> (2001). Rich cites three covered-up arrests related to his homosexual behavior, the third being a wartime arrest in England. See also Angeles Municipal Court Log, January, 1938, an arrest for which the booking photo survives. </font><p><b>Father:</b> LeRoy Guion<br><b>Mother:</b> Mary Smith<br><b>Wife:</b> <a href="/people/888/000042762/">Jeanette MacDonald</a> (actress, m. 17-Jun-1937, d. 14-Jan-1965)<br><b>Wife:</b> Nel Bentley Hees (m. 8-Sep-1974, d. 1995)<br><p> High School: <a href="/edu/645/000357571/">Professional Children's School, New York City, NY</a><br><p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/117/000140694/">Five Bloody Graves (1-Feb-1970)</a> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[VOICE]</font><br> <a href="/films/268/000107944/">I'd Rather Be Rich (26-Aug-1964)</a> <br> <a href="/films/503/000065308/">The Best Man (5-Apr-1964)</a> · Don Cantwell<br> <a href="/films/974/000038860/">Plunder Road (5-Dec-1957)</a> <br> <a href="/films/781/000092505/">Hit the Deck (3-Mar-1955)</a> <br> <a href="/films/459/000073240/">The Locket (20-Dec-1946)</a> · John Willis<br> <a href="/films/814/000036706/">Smilin' Through (Oct-1941)</a> · Kenneth Wayne<br> <a href="/films/314/000033215/">Mr. and Mrs. Smith (31-Jan-1941)</a> · Jeff<br> <a href="/films/161/000357087/">Cross Country Romance (12-Jul-1940)</a> · Larry<br> <a href="/films/164/000381018/">She's Got Everything (31-Dec-1937)</a> <br> <a href="/films/994/000078760/">The Life of the Party (3-Sep-1937)</a> · Barry Saunders<br> <a href="/films/313/000388146/">There Goes My Girl (21-May-1937)</a> <br> <a href="/films/747/000346706/">That Girl from Paris (31-Dec-1936)</a> · Windy McLean<br> <a href="/films/168/000381022/">Smartest Girl in Town (20-Nov-1936)</a> <br> <a href="/films/806/000273984/">Walking on Air (11-Sep-1936)</a> · Pete Quinlan<br> <a href="/films/167/000242438/">The Bride Walks Out (10-Jul-1936)</a> · Michael Martin<br> <a href="/films/032/000037918/">Love on a Bet (4-Mar-1936)</a> <br> <a href="/films/846/000267045/">Seven Keys to Baldpate (30-Nov-1935)</a> <br> <a href="/films/595/000265797/">Hooray for Love (14-Jun-1935)</a> · Douglas Tyler<br> <a href="/films/346/000037235/">The Woman in Red (16-Feb-1935)</a> · Johnny Wyatt<br> <a href="/films/785/000039668/">Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1-Nov-1934)</a> <br> <a href="/films/002/000204387/">Sadie McKee (9-May-1934)</a> · Tommy<br> <a href="/films/557/000041434/">Flying Down to Rio (22-Dec-1933)</a> · Roger Bond<br> <a href="/films/402/000353340/">The House on 56th Street (2-Dec-1933)</a> · Monty<br> <a href="/films/155/000233453/">Ann Carver's Profession (9-Jun-1933)</a> <br> <a href="/films/305/000079068/">Ex-Lady (14-May-1933)</a> <br> <a href="/films/962/000231269/">Zoo in Budapest (28-Apr-1933)</a> · Zani<br> <a href="/films/817/000033718/">If I Had a Million (2-Dec-1932)</a> <br> <a href="/films/887/000042761/">Red Dust (22-Oct-1932)</a> · Gary Willis<br> <a href="/films/766/000257992/">Ladies of the Big House (26-Dec-1931)</a> <br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=42760"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=42760">Gene Raymond</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=42760" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>