Raymond Lovell (13 April 1900 – 1 October 1953) was a Canadian actor who performed in British films. He mainly played supporting roles, often somewhat pompous characters.
Lovell initially trained as a physician at Cambridge University, but gave up medicine for the stage in the 1920s. On stage he appeared as Henry VIII in The Queen Who Kept Her Head. In 1941 he starred in Vernon Sylvaine's Warn That Man!, then reprised his role for the 1943 film adaptation.
Lovell married Margot Ruddock, an actress, singer and poet, with whom he had a daughter, Simone Lovell. This relationship broke down when Ruddock began an affair with W. B. Yeats in 1934, the year her daughter was born. In 1947 he married Tamara Desni; they divorced in 1951.
Selected filmography
Love, Life and Laughter (1934) – Saville (uncredited) Warn London (1934) – Prefect The Third Clue (1934) – Robinson – Butler The Case of Gabriel Perry (1935) – Defence Crime Unlimited (1935) – Delaney Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle (1935) – Captain Someday (1935) – Carr King of the Damned (1935) – Captain Torres Troubled Waters (1936) – Carter Gaol Break (1936) – Duke Not So Dusty (1936) – Mr. Holding Fair Exchange (1936) – Sir Reeves Willoughby Gypsy Melody (1936) – Court Chamberlain Secret Lives (1937) – German Secret Service Chief Behind Your Back (1937) – Adam Adams Glamorous Night (1937) – Ship's Officer (uncredited) Midnight Menace (1937) – Harris Under Secret Orders (1937) – Col. von Steinberg Murder Tomorrow (1938) – Inspector Travers Q Planes (1939) – Northern Salvage Company Manager (uncredited) Contraband (1940) – Van Dyne He Found a Star (1941) – Nick Maurier 49th Parallel (1941) – Lieutenant Kuhnecke The Common Touch (1941) – Cartwright The Goose Steps Out (1942) – Schmidt Let the People Sing (1942) – Bit Role (uncredited) Alibi (1942) – Prof. Winkler Uncensored (1942) – von Koerner The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) – George the Third Warn That Man (1943) – Hausemann / Lord Buckley The Man in Grey (1943) – The Prince Regent Candlelight in Algeria (1944) – Von Alven Hotel Reserve (1944) – Robert Duclos The Way Ahead (1944) – Mr. Jackson – Garage Owner Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) – Lucius Septimius Night Boat to Dublin (1946) – Paul Faber Appointment with Crime (1946) – Gus Loman The End of the River (1947) – Porpino Easy Money (1948) – Mr. Cyprus Who Killed Van Loon? (1948) – John Smith / Johann Schmidt The Three Weird Sisters (1948) – Owen Morgan-Vaughan So Evil My Love (1948) – Edgar Bellamy Snowbound (1948) – Undetermined Role (uncredited) The Calendar (1948) – Lord Willie Panniford My Brother's Keeper (1948) – Bill Wainwright The Blind Goddess (1948) – Frank Mainwaring KC Quartet (1948) – Sir Frederick Bland (segment "The Alien Corn") But Not in Vain (1948) – Jan Alting Once Upon a Dream (1949) – Mr. Trout The Bad Lord Byron (1949) – John Hobhouse Fools Rush In (1949) – Sir Charles Leigh Madness of the Heart (1949) – Comte de Vandiere The Romantic Age (1949) – Hedges The Mudlark (1950) – Sergeant Footman Naseby Time Gentlemen, Please! (1952) – Sir Digby Montague The Pickwick Papers (1952) – Aide The Steel Key (1953) – Inspector Forsythe I vinti (1953) – (final film role)
Selected stage roles
The Queen Who Kept Her Head by Winifred Carter (1934) A Lady Mislaid by Kenneth Horne (1950) Party Manners by Val Gielgud (1950)