---
name: "Raymond St. Jacques"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/raymond-st-jacques"
fi1m_id: "raymond-st-jacques"
imdb_id: "nm0820566"
tmdb_id: 54565
wikidata_id: "Q963869"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 March 1930"
died: "27 August 1990"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T06:37:15.157045+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."
---

# Raymond St. Jacques

## Identity

Raymond St. Jacques

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/raymond-st-jacques
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** raymond-st-jacques
- **IMDb ID:** nm0820566
- **TMDB ID:** 54565
- **Wikidata ID:** Q963869
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_St._Jacques, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q963869, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0820566/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54565

Actor. Born 1 March 1930 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Died 27 August 1990.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 March 1930, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- **Died:** 27 August 1990
- **Active:** 1959–1989
- **Also known as:** James Arthur Johnson
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 83 (1), 1980s 80 (2)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Action 1, History 1, Science Fiction 1, Thriller 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $40m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_St._Jacques, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q963869, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0820566/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54565

## Biography

Raymond St. Jacques, born James Arthur Johnson, was an American actor, director and producer. He was born on 1 March 1930 in Hartford, Connecticut, and died on 27 August 1990 in Los Angeles, California.

He trained at Yale University and began his career on stage, appearing in Broadway and off-Broadway productions including *The Blacks* and Shakespeare plays. St. Jacques became the first Black actor to hold a regular role in a Western series, playing Simon Blake in *Rawhide* (1965–1966). His film roles included Coffin Ed Johnson in *Cotton Comes to Harlem* (1970) and its sequel *Come Back, Charleston Blue* (1972), the Street Preacher in *They Live* (1988), and Frederick Douglass in *Glory* (1989). He also directed, produced and starred in *Book of Numbers* (1973).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Glory* (1989), Fi1m 82, as Frederick Douglass — [page](https://film.one/film/glory.md)
- *They Live* (1988), Fi1m 79, as Street Preacher — [page](https://film.one/film/they-live.md)
- *Roots* (1977), Fi1m 83, as The Drummer — [page](https://film.one/tv/roots.md)

## Complete filmography (71)

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

- *Timebomb* (1991), as Det. Sanchez
- *Voodoo Dawn* (1990), as Claude
- *Glory* (1989), as Frederick Douglass — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/glory.md)
- *Snoops* (1989), series, as Ben Martin
- *They Live* (1988), as Street Preacher — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/they-live.md)
- *The Wild Pair* (1987), as Ivory
- *A Different World* (1987), series, as Prof. Charles Moseley
- *Starman* (1986), series, as Judge Arthur Richardson
- *Dark Mansions* (1986), as Davis
- *MacGyver* (1985), series, as President Dakru
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Claude Rensselaer, Doctor
- *Hunter* (1984), series, as Judge Clancy
- *The Evil That Men Do* (1984), as Randolph, Molloch's Bodyguard
- *Airwolf* (1984), series, as President Seko Logana
- *Hardcastle and McCormick* (1983), series, as Rod Frazier
- *Gavilan* (1982), series, as Ki-Tai DuChamp
- *Voyagers!* (1982), series, as Massandi
- *Matt Houston* (1982), series, as Psychiatrist
- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), series, Actor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)
- *Falcon Crest* (1981), series, as Dr. Arthur Hooks
- *The Sophisticated Gents* (1981), series, as D'Artagnan 'Dart' Parks
- *Enos* (1980), series, Actor
- *Hart to Hart* (1979), series, as Laurance Roche
- *B. J. and the Bear* (1979), series, Actor
- *Secrets of Three Hungry Wives* (1978), as Det. Insp. George Dunbar
- *Born Again* (1978), as Jimmy Newsom
- *Vega$* (1978), series, Actor
- *The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover* (1977), as Martin Luther King
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Tom Niver, Ramon
- *J.A. Martin Photographer* (1977), Costumer
- *Roots* (1977), series, as The Drummer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/roots.md)
- *The Baron* (1977), as Peter Mosten
- *Quincy, M.E.* (1976), series, as Dr. Charles Martin
- *The Bionic Woman* (1976), series, Actor
- *Wonder Woman* (1975), series, as William Mayfield
- *Search for the Gods* (1975), as Raymond Stryker
- *Police Woman* (1974), series, as Alex Steeves
- *Little House on the Prairie* (1974), series, as Manager L. Moody
- *Lost in the Stars* (1974), as John Kumalo
- *Book of Numbers* (1973), as Blueboy Harris · Director, Producer
- *Police Story* (1973), series, Actor
- *The Rookies* (1972), series, Actor
- *Come Back, Charleston Blue* (1972), as Coffin Ed Johnson
- *The Final Comedown* (1972), as Imir
- *Cool Breeze* (1972), as Bill Mercer
- *James Weldon Johnson* (1972), as (Self) Narrator
- *Neighbors* (1971), as Bill Gunther
- *Dan August* (1970), series, as Jimmy Barlowe
- *Cotton Comes to Harlem* (1970), as Coffin Ed Johnson
- *McCloud* (1970), series, Actor
- *The Monk* (1969), as Lieutenant Edward Heritage
- *Change of Mind* (1969), as David Rowe
- *Uptight* (1968), as B.G.
- *If He Hollers, Let Him Go!* (1968), as James Lake
- *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, as Ross Cutler
- *The Green Berets* (1968), as Sgt. Doc McGee
- *Madigan* (1968), as Dr. Taylor
- *The Comedians* (1967), as Captain Concasseur
- *The Invaders* (1967), series, as James A. Baxter
- *The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.* (1966), series, as Big Feets Charley
- *The Green Hornet* (1966), series, as Hollis Silver
- *Tarzan* (1966), series, Actor
- *Mister Buddwing* (1966), as Hank
- *Daktari* (1966), series, as Emir of Asambana
- *Mister Moses* (1965), as Ubi
- *The Pawnbroker* (1965), as Tangee
- *Daniel Boone* (1964), series, as Nimrod
- *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (1964), series, as Arunda
- *Black Like Me* (1964), as Burial Insurance Salesman
- *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Allerton
- *Rawhide* (1959), series, as Simon Blake

## Gallery

- ![Raymond St. Jacques](https://film.one/media/person/119466/gallery-f30f899dc91d.jpg) Raymond St. Jacques — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/John_Ireland_Raymond_St.Jacques_Rawhide_1965.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Pat Boone, Raymond St. Jacques, and Judy Pace (1970)](https://film.one/media/person/119466/gallery-7210ba958ba2.jpg) Pat Boone, Raymond St. Jacques, and Judy Pace (1970) — UPI, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Pat_Boone%2C_Raymond_St._Jacques%2C_and_Judy_Pace_%281970%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of Raymond St. Jacques as Simon Blake from the television western series Rawhide. His regular role as Blake on the series made him the first African-Ameri (1965)](https://film.one/media/person/119466/gallery-bed369d96567.jpg) Photo of Raymond St. Jacques as Simon Blake from the television western series Rawhide. His regular role as Blake on the series made him the first African-Ameri (1965) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Raymond_St%2C_Jacques_Rawhide_1965.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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