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Actor
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Birth:
9 September 1887(New York City)
Death:
26 July 1969(New York City)
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Biography
Introduction
Raymond Walburn (September 9, 1887 – July 26, 1969) was an American character actor who appeared in dozens of Hollywood comedies and an occasional dramatic role during the 1930s and 1940s.
Life and career
Born in Plymouth, Indiana, Walburn moved to Oakland, California, and took up acting, the same profession as his mother. His filmography includes nearly 100 films, with his best known roles as a stereotypical bumbler and as a pompous snob. He could also be villainous, as he was when he played Danglars in the 1934 film version of The Count of Monte Cristo, and was a favourite of such celebrated comedy directors as Preston Sturges and Frank Capra, with whom he made several appearances.
Partial filmography
- The Laughing Lady (1929)
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
- Lady by Choice (1934)
- Broadway Bill (1934)
- Jealousy (1934)
- Thanks a Million (1935)
- Welcome Home (1935)
- She Married Her Boss (1935)
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
- Craig's Wife (1936)
- Born to Dance (1936)
- High, Wide, and Handsome (1937)
- Breezing Home (1937)
- Murder in Greenwich Village (1937)
- It Can't Last Forever (1937)
- Let's Get Married (1937)
- Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
- Thin Ice (1937)
- Let Freedom Ring (1939)
- Eternally Yours (1939)
- Dark Command (1940)
- Flowing Gold (1940)
- Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
- Christmas in July (1940)
- Louisiana Purchase (1941)
- The Man in the Trunk (1942)
- Dixie (1943)
- Music in Manhattan (1944)
- Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
- The Cheaters (1945)
- The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)
- State of the Union (1948)
- Red, Hot and Blue (1949)
- Key to the City (1950)
- Riding High (1950)
- She Couldn't Say No (1954)
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)