Raymond Greenleaf (born Roger Ramon Greenleaf; January 1, 1892 – October 29, 1963) was an American stage and film actor. Among his best-known film appearances are All the King's Men (1949), Angel Face (1952), and Pinky (1949).
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Early life
He was born as Roger Ramon Greenleaf on January 1, 1892 in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Career
In the early 1920s, Greenleaf acted with the Jack X. Lewis Company in summer stock theatre. He had earlier performed with stock theater companies in Boston and in Bridgeport, Connecticut. In the fall of 1921, he was with the Orpheum Players in Ottawa, Canada.
Greenleaf's Broadway credits include Alice in Wonderland (1947), Yellow Jack (1947), A Pound on Demand / Androcles and the Lion (1946), King Henry VIII (1946), Foxhole in the Parlor (1945), Decision (1944), Jason (1942), and Your Loving Son (1941).
In the late 1940s, Greenleaf went into film business and appeared in over 130 film and television productions until 1963, when he died. He was often cast in supporting roles as an authority figure, roles as judges, doctors, politicians or priests can be found multiple times in his filmography.
Death
Greenleaf died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California at the age of 71 and is buried at Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery, Chatsworth, California.