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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.
- Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. The comic vet (under a rich overall deal with Warner Bros. TV) punctuates his youth-skewing slate (The CW's Riverdale and Katy Keene and Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) with LGBTQ characters and storylines — including a transition arc on Sabrina, mirroring the life of genderqueer star Lachlan Watson.
- Greg Berlanti. Having fought to put the first same-sex kiss between two men on network TV (Dawson's Creek), the megaproducer continues to represent the community in the many shows (he's juggling 19) he has across six platforms.
- Casey Bloys. Since taking the entertainment reins in 2016, Bloys has made it a mission to broaden inclusion efforts with YA hit Euphoria and period drama Gentleman Jack — both of which star queer characters.
- Steven Canals. The writer made history with Pose, which features the largest number of trans actors ever on scripted TV. His and Ryan Murphy's FX drama, renewed for a third season, is widely praised as the bellwether of boosted trans and person-of-color representation on and behind the camera.
Jun 18, 2021 · Appearing in the final season of 'Rawhide,' Raymond St. Jacques was the first Black actor to become a lead star on a western TV series.
He had plans to adopt one of his lovers, not a common practice but something rich and famous gays were able and encouraged to do as a legal means of assuring lovers and life-partners received inheritances and had access to hospital “family only” visiting rules when courts did not recognize any form of same-sex relationship.
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.
- March 1, 1930
- August 27, 1990
Sterling St. Jacques (1957 — 1984) was a model and the “nephew/son” of the actor Raymond St. Jacques. Raymond St. Jacques in a 1969 interview discussed his plans to adopt two boys. The adoption never happened. However, in the early 1970s, he claimed to have two older sons, named Raymond and Sterling.
Raymond was also in Come Back Charleston Blue(sequel to Cotton Comes to Harlem). It was a good film. Edit: I didn’t know Roscoe Lee Brown was gay until I just read it hear.
