Acting
During Raymond Mason’s 20 years of acting in the ITV soap opera Crossroads, he played five different roles. “I don’t think anyone ever noticed,” he said, “and I don’t put it down to versatility.” For trained actors in the days when there was just a handful of drama colleges and fewer vocational courses, the pool of talent was by definition smaller. Many performers found themselves appearing more than once in the same programmes. For Raymond, the roles that he played on British television over 40-odd years numbered more than 1,000, and he appeared in scores of commercials at home and overseas.…

Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video
as Neighbour

John David
as Registrar

Loophole
as Porter

Hamlet
as Reynaldo

Cries from a Watchtower
as Peter Stenhouse

A Photograph
as Mr. Lightbody

Piano Lessons
as Arthur

Brannigan
as Club Clerk (uncredited)

Kiss Me and Die
as Bill Gurney

Young Winston
as Man in Theatre Gallery (uncredited)

The Afternoon Play
as Thommo · 1 ep.

Wycliffe
as Len Rawlinson · 1 ep.

The Darling Buds of May
as Salesman · 1 ep.

The Chief
as Pig Farmer · 1 ep.

House of Cards
as Stoat · 1 ep.

Rita Rudner
6 ep.

Muck and Brass
as Reg Palmer · 6 ep.

Sense and Sensibility
as Mr Harris · 1 ep.

Terry and June
as Mr. Adams · 1 ep.

The Legend of King Arthur
as Vavasour · 1 ep.