Episode 19 Guest Star: Gene Raymond
Gene Raymond (August 13, 1908 – May 3, 1998) was an American film, television, and stage actor of the 1930s and 1940s. In addition to acting, Raymond was also a composer, writer, director, producer, and decorated military pilot. Raymond was born Raymond Guion on August 13, 1908 in New York City . He attended the Professional Children's School while appearing in productions like Rip Van Winkle and Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch . His Broadway debut, at age 17, was in The Cradle Snatchers which ran two years. (The cast included Mary Boland , Edna May Oliver , and a young Humphrey Bogart .) His most notable films, mostly as a second lead actor, include Red Dust (1932) with Jean Harlow and Clark Gable , Zoo in Budapest (1933) with Loretta Young , Ex-Lady (1933) with Bette Davis , Flying Down to Rio (1933) with Dolores del Río , Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers , I Am Suzanne (1934) with Lilian Harvey , Sadie McKee (1934) with Joan Crawford ,