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

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), l ...

. Gérôme was born as Raymond Joseph Léon De Backer in Koekelberg. He made his first stage appearance in 1946, in a stage production of ''

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'' and he entered films in 1954. He is best known to English speaking audiences for his roles as The Commander in ''

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'' 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 ''

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''. 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.

Selected filmography

*1954: '' One Step to Eternity'' - Un client de la boîte *1955: ''L'Affaire des poisons'' - Le roi Louis XIV (uncredited) *1957: ''Élisa'' - Villedieu *1957: ''Méfiez-vous fillettes'' - Jacques *1957: '' Mademoiselle and Her Gang'' - L'avocat *1957: '' Dangerous Exile'' - Citizen-Director of the Revolution *1960: '' Murder at 45 R.P.M.'' - Le commissaire *1961: ''

La Princesse de Clèves ''La Princesse de Clèves'' is a French novel which was published anonymously in March 1678. It was regarded by many as the beginning of the modern tradition of the psychological novel and a classic work. Its author is generally held to be Mada ...

'' - Le Roi *1961: '' The Greengage Summer'' - Inspector Renard *1961: '' Goodbye Again'' - Jimmy (uncredited) *1961: ''Le Cœur battant'' - Pierre *1961: '' Napoleon II, the Eagle'' - Apponyi *1961: '' The Triumph of Michael Strogoff'' *1962: ''La Dénonciation'' - Patrice de Laborde *1962: '' Le Masque de fer'' - Pimentel *1965: ''

Dis-moi qui tuer ''Dis-moi qui tuer'' (English title: ''Tell Me Whom to Kill'') is a 1965 French drama film directed by Étienne Périer. The screenplay was written by Maurice Fabre and Didier Goulard, based on a novel by Henri Lapierre. The film stars Michèle ...

'' - La voix au téléphone (voix seulement) (voice) *1966: ''La seconde vérité'' - Le juge *1967: ''

The Night of the Generals ''The Night of the Generals'' is a 1967 World War II mystery film directed by Anatole Litvak and produced by Sam Spiegel. It stars Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Donald Pleasence, Joanna Pettet and Philippe Noiret. The screenpla ...

'' - Colonel (War Room) *1967: ''Lettre à Carla'' *1968: '' A Little Virtuous'' - Kerman *1969: ''

'' - The Commander *1969: '' Under the Sign of the Bull'' - Jérôme Laprade - le beau-frère d'Albert *1970: ''

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'' - M. Le Censeur *1970: ''Céleste'' - Le chef des barbouzes français *1971: '' The Deadly Trap'' - Commissaire Chameille *1972: ''

Travels with My Aunt ''Travels with My Aunt'' (1969) is a novel written by English author Graham Greene. The novel follows the travels of Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, and his eccentric Aunt Augusta as they find their way across Europe, and eventually ev ...

'' - Mario *1973: ''La belle affaire'' - Genève *1973: ''Le complot'' - Vignaud *1973: ''

The Day of the Jackal ''The Day of the Jackal'' (1971) is a political thriller novel by English author Frederick Forsyth about a professional assassin who is contracted by the Organisation armée secrète, OAS, a French dissident paramilitary organisation, to kill C ...

'' - Flavigny *1973: '' A Slightly Pregnant Man'' - Gérard Chaumont de Latour *1973: ''Un ange au paradis'' - Basset *1973: ''

Le Magnifique ''Le Magnifique'' (literally ''The Magnificent''; also known as The Man from Acapulco) is a French/Italian international co-production released in 1973, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacqueline Bisset and Vittorio Caprioli that was directed by Phil ...

'' - General Pontaubert *1975: ''

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'' - Le garçon de café *1977: ''Le portrait de Dorian Gray'' - Lord Henry Wotton *1977: ''Tendre poulet'' - Director of Criminal Division *1977: ''

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'' - Count of Saint-Prix *1978: ''L'Exercice du pouvoir'' - Georges Argand *1980: '' The Umbrella Coup'' - President of RG *1981: ''

Julien Fontanes, magistrat ''Julien Fontanes, magistrat'' is a French police television series. It has been distributed since 1980 on TF1 (France), the show remains active as of 1989. Plot This series features Julien Fontanes, judge by the Ministry of Justice to review t ...

'' - Jean-Claude Lorentzen *1988: ''

Let Sleeping Cops Lie ''Let Sleeping Cops Lie'' also known as ''Don't Wake a Sleeping Cop'' ( French: ''Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort'') is a French crime film released in 1988, directed by José Pinheiro, starring Alain Delon and Michel Serrault. The screenpla ...

'' - Cazalieres *1989: '' La Révolution française'' - Jacques Necker (segment "Années Lumière, Les") *1991: '' L'Opération Corned-Beef'' - Ghislain Chauffereau *1991: ''

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'' - Morf *2000: '' Sade'' - President of Maussane (final film role)

French
dubbing Dubbing (re-recording and mixing) is a post-production process used in filmmaking and video production, often in concert with sound design, in which additional or supplementary recordings are lip-synced and "mixed" with original production so ...

*1963: '' The Pink Panther'' - Tucker *1964: ''

My Fair Lady ''My Fair Lady'' is a musical theatre, musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play ''Pygmalion (play), Pygmalion'', with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flowe ...

'' - Professor Higgins *1967: ''

Doctor Dolittle Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting starting with the 1920 ''The Story of Doctor Dolittle''. He is a physician who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in the ...

'' - Doctor Dolittle *1968: '' The Devil Rides Out'' - Duke de Richleau *1973: '' Live and Let Die'' - Tee Hee *1978: ''

Watership Down ''Watership Down'' is an adventure novel by English author Richard Adams, published by Rex Collings Ltd of London in 1972. Set in Berkshire in southern England, the story features a small group of rabbits. Although they live in their natural w ...

'' - General Woundwort *1986: ''

Big Trouble in Little China ''Big Trouble in Little China'' (also in known as ''John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China'') is a 1986 American fantasy action comedy film directed by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun and James Hong. ...

'' - Lo Pan *1989: ''

The Return of the Musketeers ''The Return of the Musketeers'' is a 1989 film adaptation loosely based on the novel '' Twenty Years After'' (1845) by Alexandre Dumas. It is the third Musketeers film directed by Richard Lester, following 1973's '' The Three Musketeers'' a ...

'' - Count de Rochefort *1991: '' Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'' - Sheriff of Nottingham *1991: '' An American Tail: Fievel Goes West'' - Cat R. Waul *1992: '' Tom and Jerry: The Movie'' - Lickboot *1995: ''

'' - Governor Ratcliffe *1996: '' Spy Hard'' - General Rancor

Bibliography

* Yvan Foucart, ''Dictionnaire des comédiens français disparus'', Éditions cinéma, Mormoiron, 2008, 1185 p.

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Selected filmography

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Bibliography

External links

French
dubbing Dubbing (re-recording and mixing) is a post-production process used in filmmaking and video production, often in concert with sound design, in which additional or supplementary recordings are lip-synced and "mixed" with original production so ...