Name Cyril Raymond | Role Character actor | |
Died March 20, 1973, Ripe, United Kingdom Spouse Gillian Lind (m. 1937), Iris Hoey (m. 1922–1936) Children John North Blagrave Raymond Parents Herbert Linton Raymond, Rose Raymond Movies Brief Encounter, Don't Talk to Strange Men, The Safecracker, Night Train to Paris, Thunder in the City Similar People Anthony Havelock‑Allan, Iris Hoey, Ronald Neame, David Lean, Vernon Sewell | ||
Royal Air Force career
During the Second World War he served as a RAF fighter controller during the Battle of Britain and was awarded the MBE in the 1945 King's Birthday Honours. He reached the rank of Wing Commander.
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Personal life
The 1911 Census shows that he was 12-year-old, a schoolboy living at the Grand Hotel, Broad Street, Bristol. His mother Rose Raymond, 44 years old, was managing the hotel. His father Herbert Linton Raymond had died in 1906 at the hotel, Herbert and Rose are buried at Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol.
He was married twice, first to Iris Hoey and then to Gillian Lind, both of whom were actresses.
Cutting from The Times 18 September 1922 - Miss Iris Hoey, the actress, was married yesterday at a Bristol Register Office to Mr Cyril Raymond, of Bristol, an actor. Mr Raymond's mother, Rose L. Raymond, is the manageress of the Grand Hotel, Bristol.
Witnesses were Rose L. Raymond, Florence M. Hingley, Alice Baines and A. S. Baines. Florence is a cousin of Cyril. Bridesmaid was Miss Shelley Carlton.
On 4 December 1923 with Iris Hoey he had a son John North Blagrave Raymond, who was born in Bristol.