Raymond Hackett (July 15, 1902 – July 7, 1958) was a stage and screen actor. He had been a

child actor The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage or in film, movies or television. An adult who began their acting career as a child may also be called a child actor, or a "former child actor". Closely associ ...

on the Broadway stage and was the brother of

Albert Hackett Albert Maurice Hackett (February 16, 1900 – March 16, 1995) was an American actor, dramatist and screenwriter most noted for his collaborations with his partner and wife Frances Goodrich. Early years Hackett was born in New York City, the s ...

. He was born in New York City the son of Maurice Hackett and

Florence Hackett Florence Hackett (née Florence Hart) (January 1882 – August 21, 1954) was an American film actress in the silent era. She was allegedly married to veteran film star Arthur V. Johnson, reputedly D.W. Griffith's favorite actor. Previously she ...

(née Hart). His mother was later a silent screen actress. Hackett's first wife was Myra Hampton, the marriage was dissolved. His second wife was the actress

Blanche Sweet Sarah Blanche Sweet (June 18, 1896 – September 6, 1986) was an American silent film actress who began her career in the earliest days of the Hollywood motion picture film industry. Early life Born Sarah Blanche Sweet (though her first na ...

. As a child he first appeared on stage in New York in 1907 in ''The Toymaker of Nuremberg''; Nov. 25, 1907 Garrick Theatre. In Sept. 1909 he appeared with

Margaret Anglin Mary Margaret Warren Anglin (April 3, 1876 – January 7, 1958) was a Canadian-born Broadway actress, director and producer. Encyclopædia Britannica calls her "one of the most brilliant actresses of her day." Biography Anglin was born in O ...

in the play ''

The Awakening of Helena Richie ''The Awakening of Helena Richie'' is a novel by the American writer Margaret Deland (1857 - 1945) set in the 19th century fictional locale of Old Chester, a Western Pennsylvania rural village just a few miles outside the city of Pittsburgh, then ...

''. In early silent films was called ''Master Raymond Hackett'' and appeared with his brother Albert in several shorts and one 1921 feature film ''The Country Flapper'' co-starring

Dorothy Gish Dorothy Elizabeth Gish (March 11, 1898June 4, 1968) was an American actress of the screen and stage, as well as a director and writer. Dorothy and her older sister Lillian Gish were major movie stars of the silent era. Dorothy also had great ...

and Glenn Hunter. Had a major adult Broadway success in ''The Cradle Snatchers'' 1925 with

Mary Boland Mary Boland (born Marie Anne Boland; January 28, 1882 – June 23, 1965) was an American stage and film actress. Early years Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Boland was the daughter of repertory actor William Augustus Boland, and his wife M ...

and

Humphrey Bogart Humphrey DeForest Bogart (; December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957), nicknamed Bogie, was an American film and stage actor. His performances in Classical Hollywood cinema films made him an American cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film In ...

. Hackett was popular in early sound films but his movie career ceased about 1931.Raymond Hackett at IBDb.com
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Filmography

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portrait of Raymond Hackett
NY Public Library; Billy Rose collection
Hackett as a child actor and adult
University of Washington; Sayre collection *
Raymond Hackett
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