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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.
As a teenager, he was adopted by actor Raymond St. Jacques in the 1960s. "He took an interest in me when he saw I was going nowhere and gave me the push I needed to get my head together," said St. Jacques. [4] Raymond St. Jacques is noted as the first African-American to portray a cowboy on television.
Come Back, Charleston Blue is a 1972 American crime comedy film starring Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St. Jacques, loosely based on Chester Himes' novel The Heat's On. It is a sequel to the 1970 film Cotton Comes to Harlem.
Cotton Comes to Harlem is a 1970 American neo-noir [2] action comedy film [3] co-written and directed by Ossie Davis and starring Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, and Redd Foxx. [4] The film, later cited as an early example of the blaxploitation genre, is based on Chester Himes' novel of the same name. [5]
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture: Location: Pasadena, California: Presented by: NAACP: First award: Raymond St. Jacques for "Change of Mind" (1969) Currently held by: Martin Lawrence for Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)
Raymond St. Jacques, actor (d. 1990) Rafer Johnson, actor (d. 2020) Duane Jones, actor (d. 1988) James Earl Jones, actor (d. 2024) Lincoln Kilpatrick, actor (d. 2004)
In 1961, he received an Obie award for distinguished performance for his role in Jean Genet's The Blacks, in a cast that also included James Earl Jones, Louis Gossett, Cicely Tyson, Maya Angelou and Raymond St. Jacques. He made his Broadway debut in the original production of Herman Wouk's 1957 play Nature's Way. [11]
He was replaced for the second season by Jill Jakes, a former judge of that court, and Louis M. Welsh, a retired San Diego Superior Court judge. In the final season, actor Raymond St. Jacques portrayed Judge Clayton C. Thomas. Reruns were later aired on the USA Network during the early 1990s.