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Raymond St. Jacques (born James Arthur Johnson; March 1, 1930 – August 27, 1990) was an American actor, director and producer whose career spanned over thirty years on stage, film and television. St. Jacques is noted as the first African-American actor to appear in a regular role on a Western series.
Actor: They Live. Tall (6'3"), imposing actor Raymond St. Jacques, who appeared as both hero and villain in hundreds of roles, was born James Arthur Johnson in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1930, but he and younger sister Barbara were raised in Depression-era New Haven after their parents' divorce.
Jun 18, 2021 · Raymond St. Jacques was on the forefront of actors who first helped lower the racial divide in the world of television. Known for starring in the final season of Rawhide as cattle rider Simon...
Aug 30, 1990 · Raymond St. Jacques, an actor who helped lower racial barriers for blacks in television and films, died Monday in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 60 years old and lived in...
Aug 29, 1990 · Actor Raymond St. Jacques, known for his breakthrough roles in such movies as “Black Like Me” and “Glory” as well as the TV miniseries “Roots,” has died of cancer. He was 60. St. Jacques died...
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In the late 1960s actor Raymond St. Jacques emerged as one of black Hollywood ’ s top leading men, starring in blaxploitation films Uptight, If He Hollers Let Him Go, and A Change of Mind, and hitting it big as Coffin Ed Johnson in Cotton Comes to Harlem.
Aug 27, 1990 · Raymond St. Jacques (March 1, 1930 – August 27, 1990) was an American actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Raymond St. Jacques, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Raymond St. Jacques Biography (1930-1990) Born James Arthur Johnson March 1, 1930, in Hartford, CT; died August 27, 1990, in Los Angeles, CA; son of Vivienne Johnson (a medical technician); children: Raymond, Sterling.
One of the most dynamic of the '60s "new wave" of African-American actors, Raymond St. Jacques had originally intended to become a social worker. Thankfully, he did not allow his richly theatrical voice and imposing physique to go to waste, and decided upon an acting career, specializing in Shakespeare. Whenever "at liberty", which was often in ...
Aug 31, 1990 · St. Jacques, 60, whose credits included the television series “Rawhide” and the film “Cotton Comes to Harlem,” died Monday of cancer of the lymph glands.
