Raymond Gérôme
Actor
Biography
Raymond Gérôme (17 May 1920 — 3 February 2002) was a Belgian-born, French stage and screen actor.
Gérôme was born as Raymond Joseph Léon De Backer in Koekelberg. He made his first stage appearance in 1946, in a stage production of Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher and he entered films in 1954. He is best known to English speaking audiences for his roles as The Commander in The Brain and Inspector Renard in The Greengage Summer. In later life, he lent his voice to dubbing - he provided the voice of Governor Ratcliffe in the French release of Pocahontas.
In 1982 he was awarded a Pix du Brigadier for his performance in L'Extravagant Mister Wilde.
Gérôme died in 2002, at his home in Les Lilas.
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As Director
Filmography
The Day of the Jackal
as Flavigny 1973
The Magnificent One
as General Pontaubert 1973
The Brain
as Commissioner 1969
L'Opération Corned Beef
as Ghislain Chauffereau, beau-père de Jean-Jacques 1991
The Night of the Generals
as Colonel 1967
Animal
as Le comte de Saint-Prix 1977
Dear Inspector
as Head of Criminal Division 1978
A Slightly Pregnant Man
as Dr Chaumont de Latour 1973
The French Revolution
as Jacques Necker 1989
The Iron Mask
as Pimentel 1962
Travels with My Aunt
as Mario 1972
Goodbye Again
as Jimmy 1961
Let Sleeping Cops Lie
as chief inspector Cazalières 1988
Princess of Cleves
as The King 1961
The Deadly Trap
as Commissaire Chameille 1971
Tropic of Cancer
as Monsieur LeCenseur 1970
Under the Sign of the Bull
as Jérôme Laprade, le beau-frère et financier d'Albert 1969