Bill Raymond
Biography
Bill Raymond is an American actor whose work has spanned film, television, theater and radio since the 1960s. Born in San Francisco, he was involved early on with the R.G. Davis Mime Troupe. In the 1970s and 1980s he was active with Mabou Mines, the experimental theater group, and served as its co-artistic director. His film credits include C.H.U.D. (1984), How I Got into College (1989), My New Gun (1992), The Crow (1994) and 12 Monkeys (1995). On television, he played The Greek in the HBO series The Wire, and other appearances included Miami Vice and Law & Order. On stage, he was Ebenezer Scrooge in Hartford Stage's A Christmas Carol for 17 of the first 19 years of that production, leaving the role in 2016. For radio, he voiced T.J. Teru in all 13 chapters of the ZBS Foundation series Ruby the Galactic Gumshoe, which ran from 1982 to 2018.
88years old
Turns 89 on September 9in 332 days
- Born San Francisco
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Also credited as William Joseph Raymond
Movie Career
- Films
- 14
- Career span
- 33 years1983 to 2016
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A first
Bill Raymond played Ebenezer Scrooge in Hartford Stage's production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, appearing in the role for 17 of the show's first 19 years before he retired from it in 2016.
Behind the camera
In the 1970s and 1980s, Raymond helped lead Mabou Mines, an experimental theater group, serving as co-artistic director and an active member.
Beyond film
Raymond played T.J. Teru, an archeologist on Summa Nulla, in the ZBS Foundation's audio series Ruby the Galactic Gumshoe. The series ran for 13 chapters, produced from 1982 to 2018.
Bill Raymond movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
John Sayles directed two of these films. Six actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by John Sayles
Box office
What Bill Raymond's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$383 million
10 of the 14 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 14 films: 10 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 2Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$169M44.0% of the total
- 2$94M24.4% of the total
- 3$91M23.7% of the total
- 4$11M3.0% of the total
- 5$4.7M1.2% of the total
- 6$4.4M1.1% of the total
- 7$3.4M0.9% of the total
- 8$2.6M0.7% of the total
$3.5 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
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