--- name: "Raymond Walburn" canonical: "https://film.one/person/raymond-walburn" roles: ["Actor"] born: "7 September 1887" died: "26 July 1969" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 73 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-19T23:17:01.724661+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 Walburn Actor. Born 7 September 1887 in Plymouth, Indiana, USA. Died 26 July 1969. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 7 September 1887, Plymouth, Indiana, USA - **Died:** 26 July 1969 - **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 2 titles - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Walburn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q262373, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0906940/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89673 ## Streaming the US now - **The Roku Channel:** [*Mr. Deeds Goes to Town*](https://film.one/film/mr-deeds-goes-to-town.md) (82) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Raymond Walburn was an American character actor who appeared in dozens of Hollywood films, primarily comedies, during the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Plymouth, Indiana, he began his career on stage after moving to California and made his Broadway debut in 1912. He returned to films in the mid-1930s after earlier stage work and a period in the US Army. Walburn was frequently cast as pompous or bumbling figures and collaborated with directors including Frank Capra and Preston Sturges. His credits include Walter in *Mr. Deeds Goes to Town* (1936), Sage in *The Great Ziegfeld* (1936), Dr. Maxford in *Christmas in July* (1940), Mayor Everett J. Noble in *Hail the Conquering Hero* (1944) and Judge Alexander in *State of the Union* (1948). He died in New York City in 1969. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Mr. Deeds Goes to Town* (1936), Fi1m 82, as Walter — [page](https://film.one/film/mr-deeds-goes-to-town.md) - *The Great Ziegfeld* (1936), Fi1m 64, as Sage — [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-ziegfeld.md) ## Complete filmography (92) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Spoilers* (1955), as Mr. Skinner - *She Couldn't Say No* (1954), as Judge Hobart - *Golden Girl* (1951), as Cornelius - *Excuse My Dust* (1951), as Mayor Fred Haskell - *Father Takes the Air* (1951), as Henry Latham - *Short Grass* (1950), as Doctor McKenna - *Father's Wild Game* (1950), as Henry Latham - *Father Makes Good* (1950), as Henry Latham - *Riding High* (1950), as Prof. Pettigrew - *Key to the City* (1950), as Mayor Billy Butler - *Red, Hot and Blue* (1949), as Mr. Creek - *Leave It to Henry* (1949), as Henry Latham - *Henry, the Rainmaker* (1949), as Henry Latham - *State of the Union* (1948), as Judge Alexander - *The Sin of Harold Diddlebock* (1947), as E.J. Waggleberry - *Affairs of Geraldine* (1946), as Amos Hartwell - *The Plainsman and the Lady* (1946), as Judge Winters - *Rendezvous with Annie* (1946), as Everett Thorndyke - *Lover Come Back* (1946), as J.P. Winthrop - *Breakfast in Hollywood* (1946), as Richard Cartwright - *The Cheaters* (1945), as Willie Crawford - *I'll Tell the World* (1945), as H.I. Bailey - *Honeymoon Ahead* (1945), as Rollie Mack - *Heavenly Days* (1944), as Mr. Popham - *Music in Manhattan* (1944), as Prof. Carl Roberti - *Arsenic and Old Lace* (1944), as Drummer at baseball game (uncredited) - *Hail the Conquering Hero* (1944), as Mayor Everett J. Noble - *And the Angels Sing* (1944), as Pop Angel - *Let's Face It* (1943), as Julian Watson - *Dixie* (1943), as Mr. Cook - *The Desperadoes* (1943), as Judge Cameron - *Dixie Dugan* (1943), as J.J. Lawson - *Lady Bodyguard* (1943), as Avery Jamieson - *The Man in the Trunk* (1942), as Jim Cheevers - *Louisiana Purchase* (1941), as Col. Davis Sr. aka Polar Bear - *Confirm or Deny* (1941), as H. Cyrus Stuyvesant - *Rise and Shine* (1941), as Colonel Bacon - *Kiss the Boys Goodbye* (1941), as Top Rumson - *Puddin' Head* (1941), as Harold L. Montgomery Sr. - *Bachelor Daddy* (1941), as George Smith - *San Francisco Docks* (1940), as Adm. Andy Tracy - *Christmas in July* (1940), as Dr. Maxford - *Third Finger, Left Hand* (1940), as Mr. Sherwood - *Flowing Gold* (1940), as Ellery Q. 'Wildcat' Chalmers - *Millionaires in Prison* (1940), as Bruce Vander - *Dark Command* (1940), as Judge Buckner - *Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence* (1939), as B. Townsend Thayer - The Professor - *Eternally Yours* (1939), as Mr. Bingham - *The Under-Pup* (1939), as Mr. Layton - *It Could Happen to You* (1939), as J. Hadden Quigley - *Let Freedom Ring* (1939), as Underwood - *Sweethearts* (1938), as Orlando - *Gateway* (1938), as Mr. Benjamin McNutt - *Professor Beware* (1938), as Judge James G. Parkhouse Marshall - *Battle of Broadway* (1938), as Homer C. Bundy - *Start Cheering* (1938), as Dean Worthington - *Murder in Greenwich Village* (1937), as The Senator - *Thin Ice* (1937), as Uncle Dornik - *Broadway Melody of 1938* (1937), as Herman Whipple - *High, Wide and Handsome* (1937), as Doc Watterson - *It Can't Last Forever* (1937), as Dr. Fothergill - *Let's Get Married* (1937), as B.B. Harrington - *Breezing Home* (1937), as Clint Evans - *Born to Dance* (1936), as Captain Dingby - *Mister Cinderella* (1936), as Peter Randolph - *Craig's Wife* (1936), as Billy Birkmire - *They Met in a Taxi* (1936), as Mr. Roger Clifton - *The King Steps Out* (1936), as Col. Von Kempen - *The Three Wise Guys* (1936), as Doc Brown - *Absolute Quiet* (1936), as Gov. Sam K. Pruden - *Mr. Deeds Goes to Town* (1936), as Walter — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/mr-deeds-goes-to-town.md) - *The Great Ziegfeld* (1936), as Sage — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-ziegfeld.md) - *The Lone Wolf Returns* (1935), as Jenkins - *Thanks a Million* (1935), as Judge Culliman - *She Couldn't Take It* (1935), as Party Guest - *She Married Her Boss* (1935), as Franklin - *Redheads on Parade* (1935), as Augustus Twill - *Welcome Home* (1935), as Giltedge - *It's A Small World* (1935), as Judge Julius B. Clummerhorn - *I'll Love You Always* (1935), as Charlie - *Death Flies East* (1935), as Evans - *Society Doctor* (1935), as Dr. Waverly - *Mills of the Gods* (1934), as Willard Hastings - *Broadway Bill* (1934), as Colonel Pettigrew - *Jealousy* (1934), as Phil - *Lady by Choice* (1934), as Front O'Malley - *The Count of Monte Cristo* (1934), as Danglars - *The Defense Rests* (1934), as Austin - *The Great Flirtation* (1934), as Henry Morgan - *The Laughing Lady* (1929), as Hector Lee - *The Scarlet Runner* (1916), as John Brown - *The Man Hunt* (1916), as Captain Steadwell ## Gallery - ![Raymond Walburn](https://film.one/media/person/1228914/gallery-2cb13b522911.jpg) Raymond Walburn — trailer screenshot (MGM), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Raymond_Walburn_in_Third_Finger%2C_Left_Hand_trailer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Raymond Walburn](https://film.one/media/person/1228914/gallery-b04ecb80c8df.jpg) Raymond Walburn — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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