View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro. His most notable films, mostly as a second lead actor, include Red Dust (1932) with Jean Harlow and Clark Gable, Zoo in Budapest (1933) with Loretta Young, Ex-Lady (1933) with Bette Davis, Flying Down to Rio (1933) with Dolores del Río, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, I Am Suzanne (1934) with Lilian Harvey, Sadie McKee (1934) with Joan Crawford, Alfred Hitchcock's Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941) with Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery, and The Locket (1946) with Laraine Day, Brian Aherne, and Robert Mitchum. His second wife, a Canadian heiress, was the former Mrs. Bentley Hees. Bears a striking resemblance to wife Jeanette MacDonald's screen sweetheart, Nelson Eddy. "Nels," as she was called, died in 1995. Her first name was, coincidentally, Nelson. Singer/Actress Jeanette MacDonald and film, TV, and stage actor, Gene Raymond were married 1937 until her death in 1965. Starring Carole Lombard, Gene Raymond, Donald Cook, Monroe Owsley, Four publicity stills from Carole Lombard films are being auctioned at eBay, such as the one above from "Brief Moment," where Lombard tries to rouse wealthy wastrel husband Gene Raymond out of bed. - IMDb Mini Biography By: [8], He was a Republican[18] and supported Barry Goldwater in the 1964 United States presidential election. Several of his books and hundreds of poems are still in print.Besides his wife, also a poet and teacher, Mr. Bentley is survived by his son Sean, and daughter, both writers; daughter-in-law Robin and Julian's fiance, David Edelman.A private family service is planned. Her fans may have wanted her to marry Nelson Eddy, but it was Gene who stole her heart and she his. He also was a decorated bomber pilot of World War II and the male lead in one of Hollywood's most enduring marriages: a 28-year union with the singer and actress Jeannette MacDonald, whom he married in 1937. Dolores del Rio and Gene Raymond in the Movie 'Flying Down to Rio' Photo, Original, vintage photo. Relationship dating details of Gene Raymond and Nel Hees and all the other celebrities they've hooked up with. In the 1950's and 60's he appeared as host, panelist and actor in television productions on ''Fireside Theater'' and ''U.S. Raymond married Jeanette MacDonald in 1937. "Sleep Tight" (p 28 -29) from Please, Baby, Please illustrated by Kadir Nelson. Nelson Ada Bentley Hees-Raymond (8 September 1974 - 1995) ( her death) Jeanette MacDonald (16 June 1937 - 14 January 1965) ( her death) Trivia (8) Brother-in-law of Marie Blake, Jeanette's older sister who was also known as Blossom Rock. Performed on Broadway as Raymond Guion from his 1921 debut as a 12-year old through 1930. In his forty years as a professor he conducted workshops, hosted readings at literary venues around the city and on radio and public television, juried poetry contests, edited poetry for journals and newspapers, and was a co-founder of Poetry Northwest and The Seattle Review. Raymond died on May 3, 1998 and was laid to rest next to Jeanette MacDonald at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California. His Broadway debut, at age 17, was in The Cradle Snatchers which ran two years. See the article in its original context from. Gene Raymond and Nel Bentley Hees . More than anything else in the world those days, I wanted to see him receive as much acclaim as I, to spare him these humiliations. ``Like religion, poetry is primarily a joyful experience. 2017, Stop Wanting: Start Having Challenge – Stop the Procrastination Cycle. Nelson Bentley (1918–1990) was an American poet and professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, whose works have left an impression on the Seattle literary scene.He was born in Elm, Michigan.He graduated from the University of Michigan, receiving his bachelor's and then his master's degree from that university.. Bentley studied under W. H. Auden.