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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.
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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...
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.
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.
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.
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Aug 31, 1990 · A funeral service for Raymond St. Jacques, noted multilingual actor who broke racial barriers for blacks in films and television, is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. today at the Church of the...