Jack Raymond

Jack Raymond (1886-1953) was a British actor and film director. Born in Wimborne, Dorset in 1886, he began acting before the First World War in A Detective for a Day. In 1921 he directed his first film and gradually he wound down his acting to concentrate completely on directing - making more than forty films in total before his death in 1953.

He had a major success in 1930 with The Great Game, one of the earliest films devoted to football and followed it up with Up for the Cup a year later. He remade Up for the Cup in 1950.

Partial filmography

• The Flat (1921)
• Tilly of Bloomsbury (1921)
• The Curse of Westacott (1921)
• The Great Game (1930)
• Up for the Cup (1931)
• Girls, Please! (1934)
• Come Out of the Pantry (1935)
• The Preview Murder Mystery (1936)
• A Royal Divorce (1938)
• Up for the Cup (1950)
• Reluctant Heroes (1951)