Raymond Severn
Acting
Biography
South Africa born Raymond Severn, in the United States from 1935, was a child actor in Hollywood films from 1939 to 1944.
Born: June 19, 1930
Place of Birth: Johannesburg, South Africa
Known For
Foreign Correspondent
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.
This Above All
In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF service branch. She soon meets and falls in love with the brooding Clive Briggs, despite his prejudice against the upper classes, and agrees to spend a week with him at a Dover hotel. When Clive's soldier friend, Monty, arrives to retrieve him, Prudence learns that Clive went AWOL after Dunkirk, and urges him to recall why England must fight the war.
The Suspect
Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henpecking gets to be too much, Philip murders his wife and manages to make her death look like an accident. A ruthless blackmailer and a low-key detective both discover Philip's secret, and he has to decide which of them poses the more dangerous threat.
A Guy Named Joe
A cocky U.S. Army Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he's sent back to Earth by a heavenly General with a new assignment.
The Lodger
In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.
We Are Not Alone
A British doctor and his son's Austrian governess have an affair and are accused of killing his wife.
A Yank at Eton
An American playboy is sent to a British boarding school to learn discipline.
The Hour Before the Dawn
A beautiful Austrian refugee in England--who is also a Nazi agent--marries a scholarly English pacifist. He lives near a secret military base she needs to get information about so she can help in Hitler's planned invasion of England.
The Story of Dr. Jenner
This short focuses on the story of Dr. Edward Jenner, who developed vaccination.
Filmography
as Merridew
as Jim (as a boy)
as Cyril - English Boy (uncredited)
as 'Inky' Weeld
as Jackie Harvey
as Boy (uncredited)
as Gerald Newcome
as Little Jim Phipps (uncredited)