Gene Raymond

Birth Name:

Raymond Guion

Birth Place:

New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack, Writer, Director

Served as a board member of the Screen Actors Guild and Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Served as president of the Los Angeles chapter of the Air Force Association
Was the president of the Motion Picture and Television Fund
Was the vice president of the Arthritis Foundation
Won the Legion of Merit for flying jets into South Vietnam on high-priority missions as a colonel in the Air Force Reserve in 1967
His idyllic, 28-year marriage to singing star Jeanette MacDonald was highly publicized
Received his education at the Professional Children's School
Was 5 when he made his theatrical debut and 12 when he got his first Broadway role
After his film career waned, he worked steadily in television, opened his own production company and hosted "Fireside Theatre․"
Played the romantic leading man in several films in the 1930s and 1940s
Served as a pilot in the B-17 bomber group that inaugurated precision bombing

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