Raymond Gérôme (1920 - 2002), real name Raymond De Backer, was a French actor of Belgian origin. His best-known works are roles in the films The Day of the Jackal (1973), The Monster (1977) and The Magnificent One (1973).

He was born in the small town of Kekelberg, near Brussels (Belgium), on 17 May 1920. His father, Léon De Backer, was a Belgian industrialist. His mother was the Dutchwoman Marie Fickers. He was educated at the Free University of Brussels and then at the Charles Dullin Drama School.

From his youth, Raymond Gérôme was passionate about the theatre, and so in 1941 he founded the group Belgian Theatrical Youth. He staged many productions, first at the Palais des Beaux-Arts and then at the National Theatre of Brussels. Until 1952 he was its permanent artistic director.

In 1954 Gérôme moved to Paris, where he began a long theatrical career. It was there too that he made his film debut. Thanks to all this, he began to associate with the great names of French theatre and cinema. The profession of actor and director held no secrets for him. He staged productions at the Comédie-Française, the Théâtre du Gymnase, the Théâtre de la Madeleine and in Montparnasse.