Jack Raymond (1886â€"1953) was an English actor and film director.
Born in Wimborne, Dorset in 1886, he began acting before the First
World War in A Detective for a Day. In 1921 he directed his first film
and gradually he wound down his acting to concentrate completely on
directing - making more than forty films in total before his death in
1953.He was associated with the Hepworth Studios of Walton on Thames,
since his portrait appears on a studio publicity postcard when he was
probably in his early twenties.He had a major success in 1930 with The
Great Game, one of the earliest films devoted to football and followed
it up with Up for the Cup a year later. He remade Up for the Cup in
1950.
Born in Wimborne, Dorset in 1886, he began acting before the First
World War in A Detective for a Day. In 1921 he directed his first film
and gradually he wound down his acting to concentrate completely on
directing - making more than forty films in total before his death in
1953.He was associated with the Hepworth Studios of Walton on Thames,
since his portrait appears on a studio publicity postcard when he was
probably in his early twenties.He had a major success in 1930 with The
Great Game, one of the earliest films devoted to football and followed
it up with Up for the Cup a year later. He remade Up for the Cup in
1950.
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