Portrait of Raymond Gérôme

Raymond Gérôme

Acting

Biography

Raymond Gérôme (17 May 1920 — 3 February 2002) was a Belgian-born, French stage and screen actor. Gérôme was born as Raymond Joseph Léon De Backer in Koekelberg. He made his first stage appearance in 1946, in a stage production of Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher and he entered films in 1954. He is best known to English speaking audiences for his roles as The Commander in The Brain 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 Pocahontas. 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. Source: Article "Raymond Gérôme" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Born: May 17, 1920

Place of Birth: Koekelberg, Brussels, Belgium

Filmography

1997
Original Sin

as Jean-Philippe Etienne

1995
Lulu, roi de France

as Baron de Vaux

1991
Money

as Morf

1991
L'Opération Corned Beef

as Ghislain Chauffereau, beau-père de Jean-Jacques

1989
The French Revolution

as Jacques Necker

1988
Let Sleeping Cops Lie

as chief inspector Cazalières

1982
1981
Les Avocats du Diable

as Maître Jules Corvisart

1978
L'exercice du pouvoir

as Georges Argand

1978
Dear Inspector

as Head of Criminal Division

1977
Animal

as Le comte de Saint-Prix

1977
Le Portrait de Dorian Gray

as Lord Henry Wotton

1976
La Femme de paille

as Anton Korff

1975
1974
Le chien des Baskerville

as Sherlock Holmes

1974
Le Secret des Flamands

as Palestrino Cavalieri

1973
The Magnificent One

as General Pontaubert

1973
A Slightly Pregnant Man

as Dr Chaumont de Latour

1973
1973
The Conspiracy

as Vignaud

1973
Big Deal

as Genève

1971
The Deadly Trap

as Commissaire Chameille

1970
Céleste

as Leader of the French barbouzes

1970
1970
Tropic of Cancer

as Monsieur LeCenseur

1969
Under the Sign of the Bull

as Jérôme Laprade, le beau-frère et financier d'Albert

1969
The Brain

as Commissioner

1969
La Toile d'araignée

as Lord, l'inspecteur de police

1968
Les Aventures de Lagardère

as Philippe d'Orléans

1968
A Little Virtuous

as Maxime Kerman

1967
Lagardère

as Le Régent

1967
1966
At Theatre Tonight

as Monseigneur Lluegos

1966
1966
1965
Tell Me Whom to Kill

as Voice on the phone (voice)

1963
Le mari ne compte pas

as Édouard, ami de Léon

1962
The Iron Mask

as Pimentel

1962
The Immoral Moment

as Pierre Malet

1961
The Triumph of Michael Strogoff

as Le général Vrovkine

1961
1961
1960
1960
Murder at 45 R.P.M.

as Le Commissaire

1957
1957
Élisa

as Villedieu

1956
Plaisir du théâtre

as Édouard, ami de Léon