Raymond Gérôme

Biography

Raymond Gérôme (17 May 1920 — 3 February 2002) was a Belgian-born, French stage and screen actor.

Gérôme was born as Raymond Joseph Léon De Backer in Koekelberg. He made his first stage appearance in 1946, in a stage production of Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher and he entered films in 1954. He is best known to English speaking audiences for his roles as The Commander in The Brain and Inspector Renard in The Greengage Summer. In later life, he lent his voice to dubbing - he provided the voice of Governor Ratcliffe in the French release of Pocahontas.

In 1982 he was awarded a Pix du Brigadier for his performance in L'Extravagant Mister Wilde.

Gérôme died in 2002, at his home in Les Lilas.

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Known For

Travels with My Aunt
Travels with My Aunt
Animal
Animal
L'Opération Corned Beef
L'Opération Corned Beef
Le Gentleman des Antipodes
Le Gentleman des Antipodes
La Toile d'araignée
La Toile d'araignée
The Triumph of Michael Strogoff
The Triumph of Michael Strogoff
Le Portrait de Dorian Gray
Le Portrait de Dorian Gray

Filmography

1999 Jean-Pierre Aumont, charm and laughter
as
1997 Original Sin
as Jean-Philippe Etienne
1995 Lulu, roi de France
as Baron de Vaux
1991 Money
as
1991 L'Opération Corned Beef
as Ghislain Chauffereau, beau-père de Jean-Jacques
1989 The French Revolution
as Jacques Necker
1988 Let Sleeping Cops Lie
as chief inspector Cazalières
1982 Champs-Elysées
as Self
1981 Les Avocats du Diable
as Maître Jules Corvisart
1978 L'Exercice du pouvoir
as Georges Argand
1978 Dear Inspector
as Head of Criminal Division
1977 Animal
as Le comte de Saint-Prix
1977 Le Portrait de Dorian Gray
as Lord Henry Wotton
1976 La Femme de paille
as Anton Korff
1976 Le Gentleman des Antipodes
as Vigerie
1975 Divine
as
1974 Le chien des Baskerville
as Sherlock Holmes
1974 One Morning in June 1940
as Colonel
1974 Le Secret des Flamands
as Palestrino Cavalieri
1973 The Magnificent One
as General Pontaubert