---
name: "Cyril Raymond"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cyril-raymond"
fi1m_id: "cyril-raymond"
imdb_id: "nm0713231"
tmdb_id: 12729
wikidata_id: "Q5200851"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 February 1899"
died: "20 March 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T23:57:01.858599+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Cyril Raymond

## Identity

Cyril Raymond

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cyril-raymond
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** cyril-raymond
- **IMDb ID:** nm0713231
- **TMDB ID:** 12729
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5200851
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_Raymond, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5200851, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0713231/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12729

Actor. Born 12 February 1899 in Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, England, UK. Died 20 March 1973.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 February 1899, Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 20 March 1973
- **Also known as:** Cyril William North Raymond
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 82 (1), 1940s 90 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_Raymond, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5200851, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0713231/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12729

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Brief Encounter*](https://film.one/film/brief-encounter.md) (90)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Cyril William North Raymond was a British character actor. Born in Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, he trained at Sir Herbert Tree's Academy of Dramatic Art and made his professional stage debut in 1914. He appeared in numerous West End plays and films over five decades, often in supporting roles as dependable professional men.

Raymond is best known for playing Fred Jesson, the husband of Celia Johnson's character, in the 1945 film *Brief Encounter*. His other screen credits include *Goodbye, Mr. Chips* (1939), *The Spy in Black* (1939), *Dunkirk* (1958) and *Carry On Regardless* (1961). During the Second World War he served in the Royal Air Force as a fighter controller and was awarded the MBE.

He was married to the actresses Iris Hoey and later Gillian Lind. Ill health led to his retirement in the 1960s; he died in 1973.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Brief Encounter* (1945), Fi1m 90, as Fred Jesson — [page](https://film.one/film/brief-encounter.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Goodbye, Mr. Chips* (1939), Fi1m 82, as Teacher (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/goodbye-mr-chips.md)

## Complete filmography (51)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Briefest Encounters* (2025), Actor
- *Night Train to Paris* (1964), as Insp. Fleming
- *Don't Talk to Strange Men* (1962), as Mr Painter
- *Carry On Regardless* (1961), as Army Officer
- *No Kidding* (1960), as Col. Matthews
- *Danger Man* (1960), series, as Nash
- *No Hiding Place* (1959), series, Actor
- *Dunkirk* (1958), as General The Viscount Gort V.C.
- *The Safecracker* (1958), as Inspector Frankham
- *Saturday Playhouse* (1958), series, as Leonard, Edward Ritchie, Colonel Morrigan
- *Theatre Night* (1957), series, as Dr Hubert Welsh
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Inspector Pembury
- *The Baby and the Battleship* (1956), as P.M.O.
- *Charley Moon* (1956), as Bill, Stewart
- *Lease of Life* (1954), as Headmaster
- *The Crowded Day* (1954), as Philip Stanton
- *The Gay Dog* (1954), as Vicar
- *Rough Shoot* (1953), as Cartwright
- *Angels One Five* (1952), as Squadron Leader Barry Clinton
- *The Jack of Diamonds* (1949), as Roger Keen · Dialogue
- *Quartet* (1948), as Railway Passenger (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
- *This Was a Woman* (1948), as Austin Penrose
- *Men of Two Worlds* (1946), as Education Officer
- *Brief Encounter* (1945), as Fred Jesson — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/brief-encounter.md)
- *Saloon Bar* (1940), as Harry Small
- *Come on George!* (1939), as Jimmy Taylor
- *The Spy in Black* (1939), as The Rev. John Harris
- *Goodbye, Mr. Chips* (1939), as Teacher (uncredited) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/goodbye-mr-chips.md)
- *Night Alone* (1938), as Tommy
- *Stardust* (1938), as Jerry Sears
- *Thunder in the City* (1937), as James
- *Accused* (1936), as Guy Henry
- *Tomorrow We Live* (1936), as George Warner
- *It's Love Again* (1936), as Montague
- *The Tunnel* (1935), as Harriman
- *Strike It Rich* (1933), as Slaughter
- *The Lure* (1933), as Paul Dane
- *The Man Outside* (1933), as Captain Fordyce
- *The Shadow* (1933), as Jim Silverton
- *The Frightened Lady* (1932), as Sergeant Ferraby
- *Condemned to Death* (1932), as Jim Wrench
- *Man of Mayfair* (1931), as Charles
- *The Happy Ending* (1931), as Anthony Fenwick
- *The Ghost Train* (1931), as Richard Winthrop
- *These Charming People* (1931), as Miles Winter
- *The Faithful Heart* (1922), as Albert Oughterson
- *Cocaine* (1922), as Stanley
- *The Norwood Builder* (1922), as John Hector McFarlane
- *Wuthering Heights* (1920), as Hareton Earnshaw
- *I Will* (1919), as Harris Giles
- *Disraeli* (1916), as Lord Deeford

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