RAYMOND ST. JACQUES - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 157198

RAYMOND ST. JACQUES
Publicity photograph for the 1972 film, Come Back, Charleston Blue, in which St. Jacques starred as Coffin Ed Johnson.
Photograph signed: "Peace!/Raymond St. Jacques". B/w, 9¼x8. Publicity photograph for the 1972 film, Come Back, Charleston Blue, in which St. Jacques starred as Coffin Ed Johnson. ©1972, Warner Bros., Inc. Captioned at lower margin: "BACK ON THE BEAT - Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St. Jacques, playing Harlem police detectives, are busted back to the foot patrol during the course of 'Come Back Charleston Blue,' the new Samuel Goldwyn Jr. production for Warner Bros. release. The picture also stars Jonelle Allen and Peter DeAnda in the romantic leads. Mark Allen directed." In 1972, St. Jacques was also seen on the big screen in two other feature films, Cool Breeze and The Final Comedown. Stage, screen and television actor Raymond St. Jacques (1930-1990), born James Arthur Johnson, was the first Black actor to become a regular on a Western series, appearing as cattle drover Simon Blake on Rawhide from 1965-1966. St. Jacques, who had made his film debut in 1964 (Black Like Me), appeared in a number of feature films, including The Comedians (1967), Madigan (1968), The Green Berets (1968), Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970), Cuba Crossing (1980), Glory (1989) and Timebomb (1991), also made a number of made-for-TV movies, and he was seen as "The Drummer" in the TV miniseries, Roots (1977). St. Jacques was a versatile and prolific TV actor, appearing in a long list of TV series, from Westerns to dramas to comedies. Last seen on the small screen on an episode of MacGyver (1989), he had appeared as Dr. Hooks on seven episodes of Falcon Crest (1983-1984) and played Charlie Sykes on Police Story (1973-1975). St. Jacques also appeared in several on and off-Broadway productions beginning in 1955. The founder of his own film company, St. Jacques Organization, Inc., in 1974, he also became a noted Civil Rights activist. Slightly creased at corners. Minor surface creases (most not evident head on). Overall, fine condition.