Raymond Allen (other)
Raymond Allen may refer to: * Raymond Allen (television actor) (1929–2020), best known for his recurring roles on ''Good Times'' and ''Sanford and Son'' *Raymond Allen (stage actor) (1921–1994), who appeared in light opera from the 1950s through the 1980s *Raymond Allen (scriptwriter) (1940–2022), who wrote the 1970s BBC comedy series ''Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em'' *Raymond B. Allen (1902–1986), American educator See also *Ray Allen (other) Ray Allen (born 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. Ray Allen may also refer to: *Ray Allen (cricketer) (1908–1979), New Zealand cricketer *Ray Allen or R. S. Allen (1924–1981), American television writer and producer ...

Raymond Allen (television Actor)
Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ (''Raginmund'') or ᚱᛖᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ (''Reginmund''). ''Ragin'' (Gothic) and ''regin'' (Old German) meant "counsel". The Old High German ''mund'' originally meant "hand", but came to mean "protection". This etymology suggests that the name originated in the Early Middle Ages, possibly from Latin. Alternatively, the name can also be derived from Germanic Hraidmund, the first element being ''Hraid'', possibly meaning "fame" (compare ''Hrod'', found in names such as Robert, Roderick, Rudolph, Roland, Rodney and Roger) and ''mund'' meaning "protector". Despite the German and French origins of the English name, some of its early uses in English documents appear in Latinized form. As a surname, its first recorded appearance in Bri ...
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Raymond Allen (stage Actor)
Raymond Allen (c.1921 – January 29, 1994) was an American stage actor who was best known for his performances in Gilbert and Sullivan and other light operas from the 1950s through the 1980s. He spent most of his career with the American Savoyards and later the Light Opera of Manhattan. Biography Allen was born and raised in New York City. He attended Richmond Hill High School in Queens, New York. Early in his career, Allen appeared at various Off-Broadway theatres, including Theatre de Lys in New York's Greenwich Village (later renamed the Lucille Lortel Theatre) and the Long Wharf theatre in New Haven, Connecticut. In the 1950s and 1960s, Allen performed with Dorothy Raedler's American Savoyards, at first playing chorus and tenor roles and, in 1957, taking over the comic roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
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Raymond Allen (scriptwriter)
Raymond John Allen (15 March 1940 – 2 October 2022) was a British television screenwriter and playwright. He was best known for creating the 1970s BBC sitcom ''Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em''. He wrote comedy sketches for entertainers Frankie Howerd and Dave Allen and later Max Wall, Little and Large and Hale and Pace. Early life Allen was born in Ryde on the Isle of Wight on 15 March 1940. His father, Les Allen, worked as a railway supervisor; his mother was Ivy (Ayley). Allen attended Ryde Secondary Modern School in his hometown until he was sixteen. He started out as a cub reporter for newspaper the ''Isle of Wight Times'', but quit after 18 months due to the unsocial hours he had to work at. He then served in the Royal Air Force, working at its accounts office in Gloucestershire for three years. He then returned to the island, taking jobs washing dishes in hotels and cleaning at Shanklin's Regal Cinema. Career Allen deciding to become a playwright, wrote around 30 serio ...
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Raymond B
Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ (''Raginmund'') or ᚱᛖᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ (''Reginmund''). ''Ragin'' (Gothic) and ''regin'' (Old German) meant "counsel". The Old High German ''mund'' originally meant "hand", but came to mean "protection". This etymology suggests that the name originated in the Early Middle Ages, possibly from Latin. Alternatively, the name can also be derived from Germanic Hraidmund, the first element being ''Hraid'', possibly meaning "fame" (compare ''Hrod'', found in names such as Robert, Roderick, Rudolph, Roland, Rodney and Roger) and ''mund'' meaning "protector". Despite the German and French origins of the English name, some of its early uses in English documents appear in Latinized form. As a surname, its first recorded appearance in Bri ...
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