Raymond St. Jacques

Raymond St. Jacques
St. Jacques in Rawhide, 1965.
Born	James Arthur Johnson (1930-03-01)March 1, 1930 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	August 27, 1990(1990-08-27) (aged 60) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Los Angeles, California)
Education	Hillhouse High School
Alma mater	Yale University
Occupations	Actor director producer
Years active	1959–1990
Known for	Rawhide (as Simon Blake) Coffin Ed Johnson – Cotton Comes to Harlem, Come Back, Charleston Blue
Relatives	Sterling St. Jacques (son)

Raymond St. Jacques (born James Arthur Johnson; March 1, 1930 – August 27, 1990) was an American actor, director and producer whose career spanned over thirty years on stage, film and television. St. Jacques is noted as the first African-American actor to appear in a regular role on a Western series. He portrayed Simon Blake on the eighth season of Rawhide (1965–1966).