Raymond St. Jacques

TV Actor

Raymond St. Jacques was born in Hartford, Connecticut, United States on March 1st, 1930 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 60, Raymond St. Jacques biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
March 1, 1930
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death Date
Aug 27, 1990 (age 60)
Zodiac Sign
Pisces
Profession
Film Actor, Film Director, Film Producer, Stage Actor, Television Actor
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Yale University
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Raymond St. Jacques Life

Raymond St. Jacques (March 1, 1930 – August 27, 1990) was an American actor, director and producer.

He was the first African American actor to appear in a regular role on a western series, playing Simon Blake on Rawhide.

Early life and education

St. Jacques was born James Arthur Johnson in Hartford, Connecticut. He had a sister, Barbara Ann. Shortly after his birth, his parents divorced; he moved with his mother and sister to New Haven, Connecticut. St. Jacques' mother Vivienne later worked as a medical technician at Yale University. After graduating from Hillhouse High School, St. Jacques attended Yale, where he studied drama and psychology. Upon graduation, he worked as an assistant director, actor and fencing instructor for the American Shakespearean Festival in New Haven. St. Jacques staged all of the fencing scenes and duels while at the company and would continue to practice fencing for the rest of his life.

After moving to New York City, St. Jacques continued to pursue acting and studied at the Actors Studio. To support himself, he worked as a model, dishwasher and a busboy. St. Jacques first professional acting role was in the off-Broadway play High Name Today. St. Jacques was cast in the role of "Judge" in the off-Broadway performance of Jean Genet's play The Blacks at St. Mark's Playhouse in 1960.

Personal life

St. Jacques was a lifelong bachelor. In August 1969, St. Jacques granted an interview to columnist Earl Wilson and told Wilson of his plans to adopt two African American boys who were six and seven years old. The adoption apparently never happened but, by the early 1970s, St. Jacques claimed to have two older sons, Raymond, Jr and Sterling. In a 1973 interview, St. Jacques claimed that Raymond, Jr was living in Boston. In May 1972, Sterling, then reported to be 22 years old, made news after four men attempted to rob St. Jacques' Bel Air home. Sterling was the only person home at the time (St. Jacques was in Dallas at the time) and fled after calling police. The four men were apprehended after their getaway car stalled in St. Jacques' driveway. Sterling went on to appear in St. Jacques' 1973 film Book of Numbers. In the mid to late 1970s, Sterling became known as a high fashion model (he was briefly engaged to fellow model Pat Cleveland), dancer and a frequent New York City nightclub and society fixture. In her 2016 memoir Walking with Muses, Sterling’s ex-fiancée Pat Cleveland stated that their engagement came to an end because Sterling was gay. Sometime in the early 1980s, he moved to Europe where he found moderate success as an Italo disco singer. Sterling St Jacques reportedly died of complications of AIDS in 1984 (his death has never been officially confirmed and his true fate remains unknown). However, in a 1988 interview with the Chicago Tribune, St. Jacques still claimed to have two sons and said Sterling was appearing on a television show in Düsseldorf.

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Raymond St. Jacques Career

Career

St. Jacques made his film debut in 1964 film Black Like Me after appearing in bits on television in the early 1960s. He went on to appear in The Pawnbroker later this year. He appeared in supporting roles in The Comedians (1967) and The Green Berets (1968). Coffin Ed in the blaxploitation classics Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970), and Come Back, Charleston Blue (1972), one of St. Jacques' best-known film roles. St. Jacques began teaching fencing and acting at the Mafundi Institute in Watts, Los Angeles, in the early 1970s. He produced, directed, and starred in the crime film Book of Numbers, which was released in 1973.

St. Jacques appeared on many television programs including East Side/West Side, Daktari, The Virginian, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. He appeared in "Simon Blake" in the Western film Rawhide in 1965, becoming the first African American actor to be cast as a regular on a prime time Western series. St. Jacques performed on stage, film, and television throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Due to the diverse roles he played throughout his career, he became known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces." St. Jacques appeared as Othello in the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre version of the play of the same name in 1976. He remained active in stage work throughout his career, appearing in Julius Caesar, Romeo, and Juliet's A Raisin in the Sun and The Man with the Golden Arm's stage version. St. Jacques appeared on syndicated television shows Superior Court from 1988 to 1989. Frederick Douglass, an abolitionist, appeared in Edward Zwick's Glory in 1989. After his death, his last film appearance was in the 1991 science fiction film Timebomb.

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