Raymond Chesterton Shaw Severn (June 19, 1930 – November 3, 1994) was an American cricketer and child screen actor. Raymond Severn was born in

Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demo ...

, the son of Dr. Clifford Brill Severn (1890-1981) and his South African wife Rachel (née Malherbe, 1897-1984). His parents emigrated from South Africa to Los Angeles after he was born. He had seven siblings who were all child actors:

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Clifford Severn Clifford Severn (September 21, 1925 – June 4, 2014) was an American cricketer and child screen actor. Clifford Severn was the son of Dr. Clifford Brill Severn (1890-1981). His parents emigrated from South Africa to Los Angeles after he was born. ...

, Yvonne Severn,

Ernest Severn Ernest Severn (Johannesburg, 3 May 1933Thousand Oaks, 27 November 1987) was an American child screen actor. He was born Ernest Hubbard Smuts Severn, son of Dr. Clifford Brill Severn (1890-1981) and his South African wife Rachel Malherbe (1897 ...

Christopher Severn Christopher Aubrey Reginald Severn (born Los Angeles) is an American former screen actor. Severn is the son of Dr. Clifford Brill Severn (1890-1981). His parents had emigrated from South Africa to Los Angeles shortly before he was born. He had s ...

, William Severn and

Winston Severn Winston Franklin Severn (born Los Angeles, November 30, 1942) is an American former cricketer and child screen actor. Severn was the youngest son of Dr. Clifford Brill Severn (1890-1981). His parents had emigrated from South Africa to Los Angeles ...

. Like his brothers Cliff and Winston, Raymond Severn played for the U.S. national cricket team. Raymond Severn played

Paul Muni Paul Muni (born Frederich Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund; September 22, 1895– August 25, 1967) was an American stage and film actor who grew up in Chicago. Muni was a five-time Academy Award nominee, with one win. He started his acting career in ...

's son in the 1939 film ''We Are Not Alone''. Raymond and his brothers Ernest and Christopher all acted in the 1943 film ''

The Man from Down Under ''The Man from Down Under'' is an American 1943 drama film starring Charles Laughton as a man who raises two war orphans. It was called "Hollywood's first full-length film dealing exclusively with Australia and Australians". Plot After the end ...

''. He died in Granada Hills in 1994.

Selected filmography

* ''The Story of Dr. Jenner'' (Short) (1939) - Little Jim Phipps * '' We Are Not Alone'' (1939) - Gerald Newcome * ''

Foreign Correspondent A correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is usually a journalist or commentator for a magazine, or an agent who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, or another type of company, from a remote, often distant, locati ...

'' (1940) - bit part * '' The Reluctant Dragon'' (1941) - Baby Weems (voice only) * '' On the Sunny Side'' (1942) - Boots, Kids Club member * '' This Above All'' (1942) - Jackie Harvey * ''

A Yank at Eton ''A Yank at Eton'' is an American comedy-drama film directed by Norman Taurog for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Mickey Rooney, Ian Hunter, and Peter Lawford. Released in 1942, it is a kind of junior thematic sequel to MGM's British-made fil ...

'' (1942) - 'Inky' Weeld * ''

'' (1943) - 'Nipper' at age 12 * ''

A Guy Named Joe ''A Guy Named Joe'' is a 1943 American romantic fantasy drama film directed by Victor Fleming. The film was produced by Everett Riskin, and starred Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, and Van Johnson. The screenplay, written by Dalton Trumbo and Freder ...

'' (1943) - Cyril, English boy * '' The Lodger'' (1944) - boy * '' The Hour Before the Dawn'' (1944) - Jim as a boy * '' The Suspect'' (1944) - Merridew

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* * American cricketers American male child actors American male film actors 1930 births 1994 deaths People from Granada Hills, Los Angeles 20th-century American male actors Cricketers from Johannesburg Cricketers from Los Angeles {{US-cricket-bio-stub