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Ramsay Hill
Born
Cyril Seys Ramsay-Hill

(1889-11-30)November 30, 1889
Georgetown, Guyana
DiedFebruary 3, 1976(1976-02-03) (aged 86)
Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting placeValhalla Memorial Park
Occupation(s)Actor, technical advisor
Years active1928–1961

Ramsay Hill (born Cyril Seys Ramsay-Hill; November 30, 1889 – February 3, 1976)[1] was a British radio and film actor, and a former British and Egyptian army officer, whose military experience and multilingual proficiency helped make him a much-in-demand technical advisor and dialogue coach in Hollywood.

Early life and career

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Born in Georgetown, Guyana, Ramsay Hill was the child of John Ramsay-Hill and Rosalie Vansolsman.[2][3] He obtained a degree in Chemistry from Brighton Technical School in 1909,[4] and served with the Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars in World War I.[5]

Speaking more than two decades after his death, actor Parley Baer—who had appeared with Ramsay Hall at least once on one of the most popular old-time radio anthology series[6]—recalled that his late colleague was "a good actor who put a lot of imagination into the parts he was given."[7] Regarding his performance as John, Prince of England in Cecil B. DeMille's The Crusades, Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph critic George Seibel wrote that, amidst the film's many romantic episodes and spectacular combat sequences, the "best acting of the spectacle" is done by Ramsay Hill and Joseph Schildkraut—as the Marquis of Montferrat—while playing a game of chess.[8]

In contrast to his film career, consisting primarily of small, often uncredited roles overshadowed by his crucial and relatively well-publicized contributions as a technical consultant,[9] Ramsay-Hill had a lengthy radio acting career including many substantial roles, some of the most notable being Roderick Usher (from Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher"),[10] Godfrey Ablewhite (in Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone),[11] Merlin in Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court,[12] and the title character in the NBC University Theatre production of Eric Knight's short story "The Old General."[13]

Personal life and death

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Ramsay-Hill became a naturalized United States citizen on May 23, 1952, at the age of 62.[14] He was married at least four times,[15] the second being to Edith Mary Agnes Hughes (née Maude), beginning on November 22, 1924, and continuing until their divorce on Jun 18, 1928.[16] The third marriage, commencing on December 17, 1930, was to Patsey Morris[17] (daughter of writer Gouverneur Morris[18]), with whom Ramsay-Hill had one son, John,[19] and to whom he remained married at least until February 1949, at which time it was reported that the couple resided on Foothill Boulevard in Pasadena.[20] The younger Ramsay-Hall had a brief career as a child actor on radio before committing suicide in 1957 at age 19,[21][22] reportedly due to a failed love affair.[23] By that point, Ramsay-Hill and Morris had evidently divorced, as the Los Angeles Mirror lists the deceased's parents as Cyril Ramsay-Hill and Patsy Splane.[24]

On February 3, 1976, having fallen seriously ill more than two months prior,[25] Ramsay-Hill died of undisclosed causes at the Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Van Nuys, survived by his wife Polly Ramsay-Hill.[5][25] His remains are interred at Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood.[5]

Radio

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Date(s) Program Role Notes
September 20, 1937 Lux Radio Theatre
Ep. "The Outsider"		 NA
October 5, 1944 Suspense
Ep. "Dateline Lisbon"		 Judge [26]
October 12, 1944 Suspense
Ep. "The Merry Widower"		 Doctor [26]
January 28, 1945 The Pacific Story
Ep. "The Andaman Islands"		 NA
June 25, 1945 Cavalcade of America
Ep. "DDT"		 NA
August 27, 1945 Lux Radio Theatre
Ep. "Practically Yours"		 NA
November 19, 1945 Lux Radio Theatre
Ep. "Keys of the Kingdom"		 NA
February 18, 1946 Cavalcade of America
Ep. "Young Major Washington"		 NA
March 11, 1946 Cavalcade of America
Ep. "The Doctor With Hope in His Hands"		 NA
September 2, 1946 Cavalcade of America
Ep. "With Cradle and Clock"		 NA
October 21, 1946 Cavalcade of America
Ep. "Mr. Conyngham Sweeps the Seas"		 NA
December 3, 1946 Favorite Story
Ep. "Wuthering Heights"		 NA
February 17, 1947 Lux Radio Theatre
Ep. "Devotion"		 NA
October 22, 1947 Escape
Ep. "The Fall of the House of Usher"		 Roderick Usher [10]
December 1, 1947 Lux Radio Theatre
Ep. "The Ghost and Mrs Muir"		 NA
January 4, 1948 The Ronald Colman Show
Ep. "The Phantom Rikshaw"		 NA Rudyard Kipling story, starring William Conrad and Eric Snowden[27]
February 7, 1948 Escape
Ep. "The Vanishing Lady"		 Hotel manager / cab driver Alexander Woollcott story, adapted by William N. Robson[28]
March 12, 1948 Favorite Story
Ep. "The Light That Failed"		 Doctor [29]
April 3, 1948 Suspense
Ep. "Suspicion"		 Dr. Maysbury Dorothy L. Sayers story, adapted by Irving Ravetch, starring Sam Jaffe, Lurene Tuttle[30]
May 16, 1948 Tell It Again
Ep. "A Tale of Two Cities"		 NA
June 25, 1948 Favorite Story
Ep. "The Moonstone"		 Godfrey Ablewhite / Bharu Adaptation of Wilkie Collins' novel, narrated by Ronald Colman[11]
July 5, 1948 Let George Do It
Ep. "Murder Me Twice"		 Jonathan Thorpe [31]
October 17, 1948 NBC University Theatre
Ep. "The History of Mr. Polly"		 Narrator [32]
October 31, 1948 NBC University Theatre
Ep. "Justice"		 NA
November 21, 1948 NBC University Theatre
Ep. "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber"		 NA
December 19, 1948 Tell It Again
Ep. "The Prince and the Pauper"		 NA
January 23, 1949 NBC University Theatre
Ep. "The Ministry of Fear"		 NA Graham Greene's novel, adapted by Ernest Kinoy
February 13, 1949 NBC University Theatre
Ep. "Tom Jones"		 Narrator
February 24, 1949 Suspense
Ep. "Where There's a Will"		 Hopkinson Agatha Christie story, adapted by William Fifield[33]
February 27, 1949 NBC University Theatre
Ep. "The Heart of Midlothian"		 NA
March 18, 1949 NBC University Theatre
Ep. "The Pickwick Papers"		 NA
April 18, 1949 Let George Do It
Ep. "The Elusive Hundred Grand"		 NA
April 23, 1949 Escape
Ep. "The Great Impersonation"		 NA
April 24, 1949 NBC University Theatre
Ep. "The Way of All Flesh"		 NA From Samuel Butler's novel, starring Tom Conway
July 9, 1949 NBC University Theatre
Ep. "Goodbye, Mr. Chips"		 Narrator [34]
July 14, 1949 Escape
Ep. "Drums of the Fore and Aft"		 Colonel Rudyard Kipling's story, adapted by Les Crutchfield, narrated by Ben Wright as Kipling[35]
August 6, 1949 NBC University Theatre
Ep. "The Death of a Heart"		 NA
August 27, 1949 NBC University Theatre
Ep. "1984"		 Narrator
September 3, 1949 NBC University Theatre
Ep. "Precious Bane"		 NA
November 6, 1949 NBC University Theatre
Ep. "Dodsworth"		 NA
November 20, 1949 NBC University Theatre
Ep. "For Whom the Bell Tolls"		 Fernando Hemingway novel, adapted by Ernest Kinoy[36]
January 1, 1950 NBC University Theatre,
ep. "Great Expectations"		 NA
January 10, 1950 Escape,
ep. "Vanishing Lady"		 NA
January 17, 1950 Escape,
ep. "The Sure Thing"		 NA
January 19, 1950 Maisie,
ep. "Lord Deveridge and Lady Revere"		 NA
March 12, 1950 NBC University Theatre
ep. "There Is No Conversation"		 Etienne [37]
April 2, 1950 NBC University Theatre,
ep. "Mrs. Dalloway"		 NA Adaptation of Virginia Woolf novel
April 7, 1950 Escape,
ep. "The Ambassador of Poker"		 NA
April 30, 1950 NBC University Theatre,
ep. "Sons and Lovers"		 NA
May 14, 1950 NBC University Theatre,
ep. "Prater Violet"		 NA
May 24, 1950 Dangerous Assignment,
ep. "Burmese Witnesses"		 NA
May 28, 1950 NBC University Theatre,
ep. "Imperial Palace"		 NA
May 29, 1950 The Adventures of Christopher London,
ep. "Pattern for Murder"		 NA
June 16, 1950 Escape,
ep. "Serenade for a Cobra"		 Brent [38]
August 6, 1950 NBC University Theatre,
ep. "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"		 Merlin [12]
August 15, 1950 Presenting Charles Boyer,
ep. "Claude De Vol's Unfinished Rhapsody"		 NA
August 18, 1950 Escape,
ep. "The Footprint"		 NA
August 20, 1950 NBC University Theatre,
ep. "A High Wind in Jamaica"		 Narrator Richard Hughes' novel, adapted by Jane Speed, starring Anne Whitfield , Herbert Rawlinson, Dawn Bender[39]
September 10, 1950 NBC University Theatre,
ep. "Lost Horizon"		 Narrator [40]
September 17, 1950 NBC University Theatre,
ep. "Portrait in the Mirror"		 NA
November 19, 1950 NBC University Theatre,
ep. "The Baron of Grogzwig"		 Narrator From Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby[41]
December 27, 1950 NBC University Theatre,
ep. "The Gambler"		 Croupier [42]
January 7, 1951 Escape
Ep. "Conquest"		 NA
January 11, 1951 Screen Guild Players
Ep. "Brief Encounter"		 Stephen Starring Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr[43]
February 14, 1951 NBC University Theatre,
ep. "The Withered Arm"		 Lodge Thomas Hardy story, adapted by Ernest Kinoy[44]
March 17, 1951 The Man Called X
Ep. "University of Leiden"		 NA Starring Herbert Marshall; other supporting players inc. Maria Palmer, Peggy Webber, Will Wright, and Harry Bartell[45]
April 22, 1951 Mr. and Mrs. Blandings,
ep. "Lily Lamar" aka "The Old Friend"		 NA
April 30, 1951 Star Playhouse,
ep. "The Long Way Back"		 Ashford [46]
May 3, 1951 Screen Director's Playhouse,
ep. "Captain of Castile"		 The Marquis [47]
June 18, 1951 Lux Radio Theatre,
ep. "Edward, My Son"		 NA
August 5, 1951 The New Theatre,
ep. "Rebecca"		 NA Daphne du Maurier's novel, adapted by Earl Hamner, with Arnold Moss as Maxim de Winter[48]
October 14, 1951 The Silent Men,
ep. "The Big Sneak"		 NA
November 5, 1951 Suspense
Ep. "The Trials of Thomas Shaw"		 Judge File [49]
December 31, 1951 Suspense
ep. "Rogue Male"		 Officer Geoffrey Household novel adapted by Silvia Richards, starring Herbert Marshall[50]
January 25, 1952 NBC Presents: Short Story
Ep. "The Hut"		 Colonel Fayze Geoffrey Household's story, adapted by Ernest Kinoy[51]
May 9, 1952 NBC Presents: Short Story
Ep. "The Old General"		 The General Hill stars as title character in Eric Knight's story, with Alma Lawton, Norma Varden, and John Dodsworth[13]
September 22, 1952 Suspense
Ep. "Jack Ketch"		 Barkeeper [52]
January 12, 1953 Suspense,
ep. "The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Part II"		 Mr. Datchery [53]
May 16, 1953 Space Patrol,
ep. "Secret of Sub–Level 7"		 NA
July 18, 1953 Space Patrol,
ep. no. 42		 NA
March 22, 1955 Suspense
Ep. "The Cellar"		 Mr. Forepaugh [54]
May 17, 1955 Suspense
Ep. "Lili and the Colonel"		 Colonel Julian Abernathy Written by John Dehner, co-starring Hill and Paula Winslowe[55]
November 15, 1955 Suspense
Ep. "Once a Murderer"		 Judge File [56]
October 9, 1956 Suspense
Ep. "The Digger"		 Carton [57]
October 26, 1956 The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial
Ep. "De Santre Affair" aka "The Fatal Charm"		 Doctor [58]
February 10, 1957 Suspense
Ep. "Door of Gold"		 Dr. Clayton [59]
April 7, 1957 Suspense
Ep. "Vanishing Lady"		 Jacques the coachman / Waiter [60]
October 5, 1958 Suspense
Ep. "The Man Who Won the War"		 Ainsley / Lieutenant Robert Buckner story adapted by William N. Robson, starring Herbert Marshall[61]
February 22, 1959 Suspense
Ep. "Star Over Hong Kong"		 Captain [62]

Film and television

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Acting

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Year Title Role Notes
1928 Moderne Piraten James Morton , Marine-Offizier as Cyril de Ramsay
1931 Dishonored Grinning Officer Uncredited
1932 Crooner Nightclub Patron Uncredited
1932 Washington Merry-Go-Round Hotel Desk Clerk Uncredited
1934 Riptide Sir Geoffrey Mapel Uncredited
1934 The World Moves On British Officer Uncredited
1934 Down to Their Last Yacht Geoffrey Colt-Stratton, Jr. Uncredited
1934 We Live Again Dancing Russian Officer Uncredited
1935 L'Homme des Folies Bergère Christian de Guntherson
1935 Mad Love Actor as 'Duke' Uncredited
1935 The Crusades John - Prince of England
1935 The Last Outpost Captain Uncredited
1935 The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo Usher Uncredited
1935 A Tale of Two Cities Aristocrat Uncredited
1936 Everybody's Old Man Earl of Spearford
1936 House of Secrets Police Inspector Uncredited
1937 Espionage Kronsky Aide Uncredited
1937 Old Louisiana James Madison
1937 Café Metropole Gambler Uncredited
1937 Parnell House of Commons Member Uncredited
1937 The Emperor's Candlesticks Conspirator Uncredited
1937 The Firefly French Officer Uncredited
1937 Conquest Bertrand Uncredited
1937 Live, Love and Learn First Gallery Salesman Uncredited
1937 Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo Casino Patron Uncredited
1938 Lord Jeff Jewelry Clerk Uncredited
1938 Marie Antoinette Major Domo Uncredited
1947 The Exile Cavalier Officer as C.S. Ramsey-Hill
1947 Forever Amber Major-Domo Uncredited
1947 If Winter Comes Chemin-de-Fer Player Uncredited
1948 Letter from an Unknown Woman Colonel Steindorf Uncredited
1949 The Fighting O'Flynn British Officer Uncredited
1949 Oboler Comedy Theater (TV)
Ep. "Love, Love, Love"		 Air Officer
1951 The Prince Who Was a Thief Hedjah Uncredited
1951 When Worlds Collide French U.N. Representative Uncredited
1951 The Last Half Hour: The Mayerling Story (TV movie) Minister of State
1952 The Unexpected (TV)
Ep. "The Perfect Mrs. Clesney"		 Partner as Ramsey Hill
1952 Caribbean Townsend
1952 The Iron Mistress Malot Uncredited
1952 Bwana Devil Major Parkhurst
1952 Battles of Chief Pontiac Gen. Sir Jeffrey Amherst as Ramsey Hill
1953 Rogue's March British Colonel Uncredited
1953 Space Patrol (TV)
Ep. "The Stolen Evidence"		 Governor Marin
1953 The Golden Blade Beggar Uncredited
1953 King of the Khyber Rifles Cavalry Officer Uncredited
1954 Trader Tom of the China Seas British Colonel as Ramsey Hill
1954 The Black Shield of Falworth Sir Charles Uncredited
1954 Bengal Brigade Maj. Jennings Uncredited
1955 Panther Girl of the Kongo Stanton
1955 The Whistler
Ep. "Borrowed Byline"		 NA
1955 East of Eden English officer Uncredited
1955 Damon Runyon Theater
Ep. "A Light in France"		 NA
1955 The King's Thief Lord Uncredited
1955 Screen Director's Playhouse
Ep. "The Titanic Incident"		 Mr. Ogden
1956 I Love Lucy (TV)
Ep. "Paris at Last"		 Police Sgt.
1956 Telephone Time (TV)
Ep. "The Man Who Believed in Fairy Tales"		 NA
1956 The Ten Commandments Korah
1956 The Adventures of Jim Bowie (TV)
Ep. "The Return of the Alcibiade"		 Jean Baptiste Plachel
1957 The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna Martine
1960 Midnight Lace Blind Man Uncredited
1961 One Hundred and One Dalmatians Television Announcer, Labrador (voice)
1961 Susan Slade John Brecker Uncredited
1964 The Unsinkable Molly Brown Lord Simon Pimdale Uncredited[63][64]

Additional crew

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Year Title Job Notes
1938 Suez technical advisor Aside from maintaining regional and period authenticity,[65] advice in this instance included teaching supporting actor J. Edward Bromberg Arabic for his role as Prince Said.[66]
1939 The Sun Never Sets technical advisor as Major C.S. Ramsay-Hill[67][68]
1940 Swiss Family Robinson technical advisor as Major C.S. Ramsay-Hill[69]
1942 Cairo technical advisor as Major C. S. Ramsay-Hill[70]
1943 Assignment in Brittany technical advisor for commando sequence as Major Ramsey-Hill[71][70]
1943 Forever and a Day technical advisor Uncredited[72]
1943 Madame Curie technical director Uncredited[73]
1944 The White Cliffs of Dover technical advisor as Major Cyrl Seys Ramsay-Hill [sic][74]
1946 Temptation technical direction as C.S. Ramsay-Hill[75][76]
1947 Lured technical advisor Uncredited[77]
1951 The Prince Who Was a Thief technical adviser as C.S. Ramsay-Hill[78]
1952 Son of Ali Baba equestrian technical advisor Uncredited[79]
1952 The Snows of Kilimanjaro technical advisor Uncredited[80]
1952 Bwana Devil technical advisor as Major Ramsay Hill[81]
1953 King of the Khyber Rifles technical advisor [citation needed]
1954 Tanganyika technical advisor Uncredited[82]
1954 Bengal Brigade technical advisor Uncredited[83]
1956 Back from Eternity dialogue coach Uncredited[84]

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  79. ^ "Five Experts on 'Ali'". The Hollywood Reporter. 13 August 1951. p. 4. ProQuest 2338128757. Five technical experts have been assigned by U-I on 'Son of Ali Baba.' They include Fred Cavens, fencing; Matilda Blitzenburger, archery; Ramsay Hill, equestrian; Otto Gumbile, Persian music; Hal Belfer, Persian dancing.
  80. ^ "Snows of Kilimanjaro' Now a Movie: Gregory Peck Stars In Hemingway Story". New York Herald Tribune. 14 September 1952. p. D3. ProQuest 1313651843. The movie raised some unusual problems. When the witch-doctor turns to Gregory Peck in the closing sequences, for instance, and remarks, 'Mimi nafanya dawa kali sana ka Bwana mkubwa,' he is speaking excellent Swahili. To keep the witch-doctor and other actors portraying African 'natives' linguistically correct, the studio hired Maj. Ramsay Hill, an expert on the Dark Continent.
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  82. ^ McClay, Howard (April 13, 1954). "Foreign Locations Pay Off, Says Director Robson; Safari So Good". New York Daily News.
  83. ^ Heffernan, Harold (NANA) "'Reel Banquet for Extras Real'". Valley Times. April 13, 1954. p. 8.
  84. ^ Carroll, Harrison (March 23, 1956). "Behind the Scenes in Hollywood". Greensburg Daily News. p. 8.

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