Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Raymond Lovell (13 April 1900 - 1 October 1953) was a Canadian-born film actor who performed in British produced films. He mainly played supporting roles, and was often seen as slightly pompous characters. After a short marriage to Tamara Desni which ended in a divorce, Lovell found love with Margot Ruddock, an actress, singer and poet and they had a daughter, Simone Lovell. Lovell initially trained as a Doctor at Cambridge University, but gave up medicin...
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Vanquished
1953
as (uncredited)
Three tales of privileged youth entangled in murder: French students kill for money, an Italian student smuggles cigarettes, and an English poet explo...
The Steel Key
1953
as Inspector Forsythe
An adventurer investigates the theft of a formula for hardened steel, assisted by his girlfriend.
The Pickwick Papers
1952
as Aide
The Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find...
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
1952
as Sir Digby Montague
Because of its high productivity and "almost" 100 per cent employment, the town of Hayhoe, England is expecting a visit from the Prime Minister. The "...
The Mudlark
1950
as Sergeant Footman Naseby
It's 1875 and a young street urchin wants to see Queen Victoria...
Madness of the Heart
1949
as Paul's Father
A blind Englishwoman weds a French nobleman and moves into his family's chateau, but she quickly realizes someone there wants her out of the way.
The Romantic Age
1949
as Hedges
Arlette is a malicious schoolgirl who uses her feminine charms to attract, and then destroy, every man gullible enough to respond to her flirtations. ...
Fools Rush In
1949
as Sir Charles Leigh
Howes plays Pamela Dickson, an impulsive young bride-to-be, while Guy Rolfe portrays her long-lost father Paul. Ostensibly a cad and bounder, Paul tur...
The Bad Lord Byron
1949
as John Hobhouse
Injured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to determine the worth of his character.
Once Upon a Dream
1949
as Mr. Trout
An officer's wife has a romantic dream about her husband's man (servant) and comes to believe it is true. Meanwhile the husband has asked his servant ...
Quartet
1948
as Sir Frederick Bland (segment "The Alien Corn")
Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."
The Blind Goddess
1948
as Frank Mainwaring KC
Justice, the poets have it, is a blind goddess. Eric Portman stars as the lawyer defending a lord, Hugh Williams, accused by his secretary Michael Den...
My Brother's Keeper
1948
as Bill Wainwright
War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive young crook Willie Stannard. After using a clever plan ...
So Evil My Love
1948
as Edgar
In the late 19th century, on board a ship sailing from Jamaica to England, Olivia Harwood, a recent widow, takes on the task of caring for several mal...
The Calendar
1948
as Lord Willie Panniford
The favourite for the big race is nobbled and suspicion falls on the owner. His secret admirer proves it wasn't him.
The Three Weird Sisters
1948
as Owen Morgan-Vaughan
Three older sisters live on their family estate in Wales. This household once proudly reigned over a mining town, but the mines dried up and the estat...
Who Killed Van Loon?
1948
Crime film directed by Gordon Kyle and Lionel Tomlinson.
Easy Money
1948
as Cyprus, the conductor
A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an unhappy argumentative lot until it is discovered the co...
The End of the River
1947
as Porpino
A South American Indian is taken from his jungle home into the world of the White Man where he is forced to stand trial for murder.
Appointment with Crime
1946
as Gus Loman
Small-time jewel thief Leo Martin is deserted by his partners-in-crime, club owner Gus Loman and driver Hatchett, when the robbery they are committing...
Night Boat to Dublin
1946
as Paul Faber
British intelligence officers head off a Nazi plot to kidnap an atomic scientist.
Caesar and Cleopatra
1945
as Lucius Septimus
The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play.
The Way Ahead
1944
as Mr. Jackson
A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to ...
Hotel Reserve
1944
as Robert Duclos
A hunt for a spy, in a hotel in the South of France just before World War Two.
Candlelight in Algeria
1944
as Von Alven
Candlelight in Algeria is a 1944 British war film directed by George King and starring James Mason, Carla Lehmann and Raymond Lovell. This drama follo...
The Man in Grey
1943
as The Prince of Wales
After marrying a dour and disinterested lord for status, a young woman falls in love with a stage actor while her best friend from boarding school ent...
Warn That Man
1943
as Hausemann / Lord Buckley
At the height of World War II, the Germans discover that a certain British personage is to stay at the country house of Lord Buckley. They devise a pl...
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942
as George the Third
This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24.
Uncensored
1942
as Von Koerner
During the Nazi occupation of Belgium during World War II, a Belgian resistance group revives the newspaper "La Libre Belgique" to expose and counter ...
Let the People Sing
1942
An out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a village hall.
Alibi
1942
as Prof. Winkler
In 1930s France a bar hostess helps a man prove himself innocent of murder.
The Goose Steps Out
1942
as Schmidt
Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new secr...
49th Parallel
1941
as Lieutenant Kuhnecke
In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by com...
The Common Touch
1941
as Cartwright
On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want ...
Contraband
1940
as Van Dyne
When a neutral Danish merchant ship is forced to put into port after trying to evade British wartime contraband control, its captain becomes involved ...
Q Planes
1939
as Northern Salvage Company Manager
In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraf...
Midnight Menace
1937
as Harris
When a reporter is killed under mysterious circumstances, the political cartoonist on his paper begins to investigate on his own. He finds that a veng...
Glamorous Night
1937
as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
Based on Ivor Novello's hit stage play: an opera singer and her gypsy friends try to rescue their king from the clutches of a would-be dictator.
Secret Lives
1937
as German Secret Service Chief
A German-born woman works as a spy for the French in Switzerland during the First World War, and has to marry an interned French lieutenant in order t...
Fair Exchange
1936
as Sir Reeves Willoughby
“Criminologist stages the theft of a picture to thwart his son's ambitions to be a detective.” - BFI.
Gaol Break
1936
as Duke
“Jim Oakley hears in prison that his son is to be made a substitute by a gang for a rich American family's son who was kidnapped years back. He breaks...
Gypsy Melody
1936
as Court Chamberlain
Due to a complex series of events a Guards Officer in a small European country is imprisoned. He manages to escape in the company of an idiotic millin...
Troubled Waters
1936
as Carter
James Mason is teamed up once again with Virginia Cherill whom he appeared with in his debut film, 'Late Extra'. He plays a government agent (John Mer...
King of the Damned
1935
as Captain Torres
Revolt on a prison island is a parable of workers revolution. A cruel and repressive penal colony is the setting for a prison revolt with a special tw...
Someday
1935
as Carr
“Curley Blake is a lift operator in a block of flats. He is in love with Emily, the cleaning girl. When Emily returns from a stay in hospital, Curley ...
Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle
1935
as Captain
In this lively detective drama, Sexton Blake, private eye, must find out who stole the bonds of a prominent financier.
Crime Unlimited
1935
as Delaney
A young Scotland Yard police academy recruit tries to break up a gang of thieves.
The Case of Gabriel Perry
1935
as Defense
An unstable Victorian doctor murders a woman.
Love, Life and Laughter
1934
as Saville
Gracie plays a London publican's daughter named after Nell Gwynn, who much like the original, becomes romantically involved with a King(John Loder).