Occupation Film actor Years active 1928 - 1961 | Name James Raglan Role Film actor | |
Born 6 January 1901 Redhill, Surrey
United Kingdom Died November 15, 1961, London, United Kingdom Movies Operation Diplomat, Mr Chedworth Steps Out, The Black Rider, The Floating Dutchman, The Last Hour Similar People Vernon Sewell, Wolf Rilla, John Guillermin, Michael Powell, Walter Forde | ||
James Raglan (6 January 1901 – 15 November 1961) was a British film and television actor.
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In Australia
Early in 1935 he was brought out to Australia with the Gabriel Toyne company by J. C. Williamson, playing Laburnum Grove and Michael Egan's The Dominant Sex. During this time he had appeared in the radio serials The Scarlet Pimpernel and Khyber by Edmund Barclay, in both series opposite Hilda Scurr. His stage contract over, he stayed behind, as leading man with Sydney radio station 2GB's B.S.A. Players, starring in its first comedy success Dolly and Dan. After a brief appearance in the 1936 movie The Flying Doctor, he joined the ABC where he played in Edmund Barclay's As Ye Sow, Noël Coward's Cavalcade, Max Afford's Fly by Night and Edmund Barclay's Into the Light. He made two more films: Lovers and Luggers and Mr Chedworth Steps Out. He founded a production company "Raglan Radio Recordings", making a number of adventure serials. But despite having some excellent actors (including Peter Finch and Nigel Lovell) under contract, his venture failed and he returned to England in 1939.