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Born Raymond Guion. He began acting onstage at age five, and made his Broadway debut at twelve. He entered films in 1931 and played romantic leads in a number of second features, but his popularity remained lukewarm. He produced and directed the film Million Dollar Weekend (1948) and also wrote a TV play. He was married to actress Jeanette MacDonald from 1937 until her death in 1965; they appeared together in the film Smilin' Through (1941) and he wrote a number of songs for her concert tours. Infrequently onscreen after 1941, late in life he occasionally appeared in character parts on TV.