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Raymond Gérôme is a Actor Belge born on 17 may 1920 at Koekelberg (Belgique)

Raymond Gérôme

Raymond Gérôme
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Birth name Raymond Joseph Léon De Backer
Nationality Belgique
Birth 17 may 1920 at Koekelberg (Belgique)
Death 3 february 2002 (at 81 years) at Les Lilas (France)

Raymond Gérôme (17 May 1920 — 3 February 2002) was a Belgian born, French stage and screen actor.

Gérôme was born as Raymond Joseph Léon De Backer in Koekelberg. He made his first stage appearance in 1946, in a stage production of Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher and he entered films in 1954. He is best known to English speaking audiences for his roles as The Commander in The Brain and Inspector Renard in The Greengage Summer. In later life, he leant his voice to dubbing - he provided the voice of Governor Ratcliffe in the French release of Pocahontas.

In 1982 he was awarded a Pix du Brigadier for his performance in L'Extravagant Mister Wilde.

Gerome died in 2002, at his home in Les Lilas.

Biography

Raymond Gérôme est le fils d'un industriel belge, Léon de Backer, et d'une Hollandaise Marie Fiekers. Il fait ses études à l'Université libre de Bruxelles et à l'École d'art dramatique Charles Dullin.

Passionné par le théâtre, il fonde en 1941, les Jeunesses théâtrales de Belgique, puis monte de nombreuses pièces au palais des beaux-arts ainsi qu'au Théâtre national à Bruxelles, dont il assume la direction artistique jusqu'en 1952.

En 1954, il s'installe à Paris et entame une longue carrière théâtrale mais aussi cinématographique qui l'amène à côtoyer les plus grands noms du théâtre et du cinéma français. Les métiers d'acteur et de metteur en scène n'ont alors aucun secret pour lui. Il sera metteur en scène à la Comédie-Française, au théâtre du Gymnase, au théâtre de la Madeleine et au théâtre Montparnasse.

Au théâtre, il met en scène Phèdre (sa pièce préférée), Don Juan aux enfers avec Pierre Brasseur et Paul Meurisse, Colette avec Jean-Pierre Aumont en 1960 ou encore Les Amants terribles de Noel Coward avec Danielle Darrieux. Il est également l'auteur de nombreuses pièces, de poèmes et de récits. Son premier roman, Celui qui dormait dans Prague, sort en 1991.

Au cinéma, il apparaît aux côtés de Jean-Paul Belmondo et Bourvil dans Le Cerveau de Gérard Oury, de Catherine Deneuve et Marcello Mastroianni dans L'Événement le plus important depuis que l'homme a marché sur la Lune de Jacques Demy, ou encore de Marina Vlady et Jean Marais dans La Princesse de Cleves de Jean Delannoy, où il interprète le rôle d'Henri II. Il incarne Louis XIV dans L'Affaire des poisons de Henri Decoin.

Il participe à un grand nombre de séries télévisées, comme Les Cinq Dernières Minutes, Le Secret des flamands et Maigret. Il est le régent Philippe d'Orléans dans plusieurs téléfilms dont Lagardère de Jean-Pierre Decourt, le président de la cour dans L'Affaire Seznec d'Yves Boisset et Sherlock Holmes pour une représentation de Au théâtre ce soir de Pierre Sabbagh, émission pour laquelle il met en scène une quinzaine de pièces.

En 1974, il participe à l'enregistrement de l'opéra de Salvador Dalí Être Dieu, musique d'Igor Wakhévitch (fils du décorateur Georges Wakhévitch) dans lequel il tient le rôle du Dali masculin aux côtés de Delphine Seyrig, Dali féminin (Dali se voulait androgyne) et de Catherine Allegret, Alain Cuny et Didier Haudepin.

Il prête aussi sa voix à de nombreux acteurs et personnages de dessins animés : Pocahontas, Tom et Jerry, le film, Fievel au Far West, etc.

Ses rôles empreints de distinction, de flegme, d'humour et parfois de cynisme, son timbre de voix grave et métallique, sa silhouette haute et austère ont marqué toute une génération. Voyageur invétéré et polyglotte passionné, il meurt le 3 février 2002 aux Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis.

Best films

Animal (1977)
(Actor)
Travels with My Aunt (1972)
(Actor)

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Filmography of Raymond Gérôme (51 films)

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Sade
Sade (2000)
, 1h40
Directed by Benoît Jacquot
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Historical, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, BDSM in films
Actors Daniel Auteuil, Marianne Denicourt, Jeanne Balibar, Isild Le Besco, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Grégoire Colin
Roles le Président de Maussane
Rating60% 3.047263.047263.047263.047263.04726
Paris in 1794: After prolonged detention, the Marquis de Sade, who claims during the hearing, neither noble nor the author of the novel Justine to be matched with other nobles in a former monastery in Picpus. This serves as a precious prison, where the inmates are referred to the outside world as a patient. The drive to the property shall Sade returns with Madame and Vicomte de Langris and their daughter Emilie. He is fond of the young woman, but precedes him his bad reputation. The parents prevent any contact between Emilie and Sade.
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World, 1h12
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Adventure, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Films about birds, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Irene Bedard, Billy Zane, Jim Cummings, Donal Gibson, David Ogden Stiers, Linda Hunt
Roles le gouverneur Ratcliffe
Rating49% 2.4750652.4750652.4750652.4750652.475065
In London, John Smith is ambushed by a group of soldiers with a warrant for his arrest and presumed dead in the ensuing confrontation; Governor Ratcliffe has lied to King James (being a personal friend of the King) and framed Smith as the traitor from the first film in a plot to declare war against the Powhatan Nation while avoiding punishment for his own crimes. In order to prevent this, the King sends a young diplomat, John Rolfe, to bring Chief Powhatan to England for negotiations. In the New World, Pocahontas, Powhatan's daughter, mourns John Smith's death but is eventually able to move on. John Rolfe soon arrives, greeted by English civilians (who by now have settled in Jamestown) and a curious Pocahontas. Rolfe eventually speaks with Powhatan, but he refuses to accompany him to England, so Pocahontas goes in her father's stead, believing that she can bring about peace between the two nations. Powhatan sends a bodyguard, Uttamatomakkin (Uti) to accompany Pocahontas. Rolfe and Pocahontas have a rocky start, but gradually warm up to each other.
Pocahontas
Pocahontas (1995)
, 1h21
Directed by Eric Goldberg, Mike Gabriel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Adventure, Musical, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Films about birds, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Mise en scène d'une plante
Actors Irene Bedard, Mel Gibson, David Ogden Stiers, John Kassir, Russell Means, Billy Connolly
Roles Gouverneur Ratcliffe
Rating67% 3.352973.352973.352973.352973.35297
In 1607, the Susan Constant sails to the New World from England, carrying British settlers of the Virginia Company. On board are Captain John Smith and the voyage's leader Governor Ratcliffe, who seeks large amounts of gold in the New World to assure a strong position at the British court. Along the way, the Susan Constant is caught in a North Atlantic storm, and Smith saves a young, inexperienced crewmate named Thomas from drowning. In the Powhatan tribe in the New World, Pocahontas, daughter of Chief Powhatan, dreads being possibly wed to Kocoum, a brave warrior whom she sees as too "serious" for her free-spirited personality. Chief Powhatan gives Pocahontas her deceased mother's necklace as a present. Pocahontas, along with her friends, the gluttonous raccoon Meeko and hot-tempered hummingbird Flit, visit Grandmother Willow, a spiritual talking willow tree, and speaks of a possibly prophetic dream involving a spinning arrow, and her confusion regarding what her "path" in life should be. Grandmother Willow then alerts Pocahontas to the arriving British.
L'Affaire Seznec, 3h10
Directed by Yves Boisset
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical, Crime
Actors Christophe Malavoy, Nathalie Roussel, Madeleine Robinson, Jean Yanne, Jacques Spiesser, Roland Blanche
Roles le président de la cour d'assises
Rating68% 3.418933.418933.418933.418933.41893
Guillaume Seznec, propriétaire d'une petite scierie bretonne, s'est enrichi durant la Première Guerre mondiale avec des blanchisseries. Il décide de s'associer à Pierre Quéméneur, un conseiller général affairiste, pour vendre dans des circonstances assez troubles des voitures américaines aux Soviétiques.
Tom and Jerry: The Movie, 1h16
Directed by Phil Roman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Films about cats, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Musical films, Mise en scène d'une souris, Buddy films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Richard Kind, Dana Hill, Anndi McAfee, Charlotte Rae, Tony Jay, Ed Gilbert
Roles M. Lèchebotte, l'avocat de Pauline Figg
Rating54% 2.7202352.7202352.7202352.7202352.720235
Tom and Jerry together with their owners are about to move to a new home. The moving van is at their old house waiting, and Tom doses in the back of the car. However when he notices Jerry he puts him on a stick, and Jerry, noticing no escape and knowing that he will fly, he grabs hold of Tom's whiskers so they fly together into the garden. Jerry quickly dashes into his mousehole and locks the door, Tom nailing wooden planks on the door. When Tom tries to get in the moving car, he ends up with a bulldog and ties up his ears so he cannot see. Tom runs into the house for safety and stays there for the night.
Operation Corned Beef, 1h45
Directed by Alain-Michel Blanc, Jean-Marie Poiré
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Spy films
Actors Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, Isabelle Renauld, Valérie Lemercier, Jacques François, Mireille Rufel
Roles Ghislain Chauffereau, beau-père de Jean-Jacques
Rating61% 3.053223.053223.053223.053223.05322
Bogota, en Colombie. Le capitaine Philippe Boulier, dit « Le Squale » (Jean Reno) est chargé de surveiller les agissements de l'ancien colonel Zargas, devenu marchand d'armes.
Money
Money (1991)
, 1h45
Directed by Steven Hilliard Stern, Pascal Deux
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Eric Stoltz, Christopher Plummer, Maryam d'Abo, Bruno Cremer, Mario Adorf, F. Murray Abraham
Roles Moer
Rating48% 2.431882.431882.431882.431882.43188
Frank Cimballi (Eric Stoltz) is a rich 21-year-old who goes to claim his inheritance only to find it has been embezzled by his father's former business partners. Traveling the globe in search of the white-collar thieves who have robbed him of millions, Frank locates his father's seriously ill associate Will Scarlet (F. Murray Abraham), who admits to his role in the crime and agrees to help Frank track down the rest of the men on his revenge list.
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, 1h15
Directed by Phil Nibbelink, Simon Wells
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation, Western
Themes Films about animals, Transport films, Rail transport films, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'une souris, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Phillip Glasser, James Stewart, Cathy Cavadini, Nehemiah Persoff, Dom DeLuise, Amy Irving
Roles Chat R. Ton
Rating64% 3.2474853.2474853.2474853.2474853.247485
Several years after settling in to their new home in The Bronx, New York, the impoverished Mousekewitz family soon finds that conditions are not as ideal as they had hoped, as they find themselves still struggling against the attacks of mouse-hungry felines. Fievel spends his days thinking about the wild west dog-sheriff Wylie Burp, while his sister, Tanya, dreams of becoming a singer. Meanwhile, Tiger's girlfriend Miss Kitty leaves him to find a new life out West, remarking that perhaps she's looking for "a cat that's more like a dog."
The Little Engine That Could, 30minutes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Children's films
Actors Kath Soucie, Frank Welker, Jim Cummings, Betty Jean Ward, Neil Ross, Peter Cullen
Roles François
Rating71% 3.5701553.5701553.5701553.5701553.570155
Eric, a young boy, is excited about his birthday after reading a book and believes that a train will come for him, despite his teenage sister Jill's disbelief. A few hours later, the train station's control tower wakes up and in the roundhouse, Tillie, a young little blue switcher engine, along with her best bird friend, Chip, wakes up four other trains: Georgia, a kind all-purpose engine, Farnsworth, a stuck-up, shiny, new passenger engine, Jebediah, a worn-out, rusty, old engine, and Pete, a gruff, burly, big, strong freight engine. After the tower assigns Farnsworth and Pete their jobs, he declines Tillie's offer to help with the milk train assigned to Jebediah due to her small stature. Georgia is assigned to pull the birthday train. A clown named Rollo leads the toys into the train, including Jeepers, a monkey, Stretch, a basketball player, Missy, a ballerina, Handy Pandy, a panda, Perky, an elephant, and Grumpella, a stuffed bird.
The French Revolution, 5h24
Directed by Robert Enrico, Richard T. Heffron, Frédéric Auburtin
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Historical
Themes Politique, Political films, Histoire de France, French Revolution films, Films about royalty
Actors Klaus Maria Brandauer, Andrzej Seweryn, François Cluzet, Jean-François Balmer, Jane Seymour, Peter Ustinov
Roles Jacques Necker
Rating75% 3.791723.791723.791723.791723.79172
Les événements relatés dans les deux parties de La Révolution française sont nombreux. Les producteurs ont voulu relever le défi inédit de couvrir l’ensemble de la période révolutionnaire et donc tous ses principaux événements (ce qui en fait d'ailleurs un film pédagogique malgré son parti pris clairement dantoniste). L'œuvre passe cependant très vite sur la guerre de Vendée, qui n’est mentionnée que quatre fois, notamment par Robespierre et Desmoulins, qui dénonce le massacre d’ « un peuple entier ». Le film se termine sur l’exécution de Robespierre et Saint-Just en 1794 et omet d'évoquer la suite des événements. Toutefois, la Révolution française s'étend jusqu'en 1799, année du coup d'État de Napoléon Bonaparte.
Let Sleeping Cops Lie, 1h37
Directed by José Pinheiro
Origin France
Genres Crime
Actors Alain Delon, Michel Serrault, Patrick Catalifo, Xavier Deluc, Serge Reggiani, Bernard Farcy
Roles chief inspector Cazalières
Rating55% 2.758012.758012.758012.758012.75801
Roger Scatti (Serrault) is a conservative police inspector of the old school. He finds intolerable the liberalization of the justice system. More and more people from the underground world slip away from the justice. Finding allies in the police circles, he founded the ultra-right secret illegal organization called „Police devotion“. Its purpose is the immediate punishment, usually death, of the notorious criminals, with no trials or whatever inquiries and no bureaucracy. The activities of the organization are particularly brutal, serving for edification to the public. When the punitive operations of the „Police devotion“ go out of all bounds, the police chief Cazalières (Gérôme) assign a task to inspector Eugéne Grindel (Delon) to investigate the present circumstances.
Umbrella Coup, 1h30
Directed by Gérard Oury, Bernard Stora, Louis Becker, Marc Rivière
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Mafia films, La provence, Gangster films
Actors Pierre Richard, Gordon Mitchell, Gert Fröbe, Valérie Mairesse, Christine Murillo, Gérard Jugnot
Roles le chef des RG
Rating66% 3.305163.305163.305163.305163.30516
The unsuccessful actor Grégoire Lecomte is heading for a casting but then he takes a wrong turn. While he thinks he talks to casting director who wants an actor to play a henchman, he actually talks to a mafia don who wants a real killer.
Dear Inspector, 1h45
Directed by Philippe de Broca
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Annie Girardot, Philippe Noiret, Catherine Alric, Hubert Deschamps, Paulette Dubost, Brenda Vaccaro
Roles Head of Criminal Division
Rating66% 3.321673.321673.321673.321673.32167
Lise Tanquerelle (Annie Girardot), commissaire de police, a la surprise de constater que le cyclomotoriste qu'elle vient de heurter avec sa voiture n'est autre qu'Antoine Lemercier (Philippe Noiret), un ancien camarade de classe qu'elle n'a pas vu depuis 20 ans. Ces retrouvailles donnent lieu à un coup de foudre, mais Lise cache sa profession à Antoine, devenu professeur de grec et farouchement anti-police. Parallèlement à cette romance naissante, Lise doit enquêter sur une série de meurtres bizarres : trois députés assassinés successivement, un poinçon planté dans le dos.
Watership Down, 1h41
Directed by John Hubley, Martin Rosen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Environmental films, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Political films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors John Hurt, Richard Briers, Michael Graham Cox, John Bennett, Simon Cadell, Harry Andrews
Roles Général Stachys
Rating75% 3.7965853.7965853.7965853.7965853.796585
According to Adams' Lapine language, culture and mythology, the world was created by the god Frith, who represents the Sun. All animals lived harmoniously, but the rabbits eventually multiplied, and their appetite led to a food shortage. At the prayers of the desperate animals, Frith warned the rabbit prince El-ahrairah to control his people, but was scoffed at. In retaliation, Frith gave special gifts to every animal, but some animals he made predators to prey upon the rabbits. Satisfied that El-ahrairah (Now also known as "Prince with a Thousand Enemies") had learned his lesson, Frith also gave the rabbits speed and cunning; while many would seek to kill them, the rabbits could survive by their wits and quickness.