RAYMOND ST. JACQUES

BIOGRAPHY:

After appearing in bit parts on television in the early 1960s, St. Jacques made his film debut in the 1964 film Black Like Me. He followed with a role in The Pawnbroker later that year. In 1968, he appeared in a supporting role in The Green Berets. His best known film roles were that of Coffin Ed in the blaxploitation classics Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) and Come Back, Charleston Blue (1972). In the early 1970s, St. Jacques began teaching fencing and acting at Mafundi Institute in Watts, Los Angeles.

In 1973, he produced, directed and starred in the crime film Book of Numbers.[2] During the 1960s, St. Jacques also guest starred on numerous television shows including East Side/West Side, Daktari, The Virginian and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.. In 1965, he was cast as “Simon Blake” in the Western series Rawhide. St Jacques was the first African American actor to ever be cast as a regular on a prime time Western series.

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, St. Jacques continued with roles on stage, film and television. He became known as “The Man of a Thousand Faces” due to the varied parts he played throughout his career.

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MORE MOVIE WITH: Raymond St. Jacques

Voodoo Blood (1991) Play: Claude	Glory (1989) Play: Frederick Douglass	the Wild Pair (1987) Play: Ivory	the Baron (1977) Play: Peter	Book of Numbers (1973) Play: Blueboy Harris
Cool Breeze (1972) Play: Bill Mercer	the Final Comedown (1972) Play: Imir	Come Back Charleston Blue (1972) Play: Coffin Ed Johnson	Cotton comes to Harlem (1970) Play: Coffin Ed Johnson	Change of Mind (1969) Play: David Rowe
Uptight (1968) Play: B.G.	If He Hollers, Let Him Go! (1968) Play: James Lake	Black Like Me (1964) Play: Vendeur

SERIES TV WITH: Raymond St. Jacques

Roots (1977) Play: The Drummer