Raymond Stross

Raymond Stross (22 May 1916 – 31 July 1988) was a British film producer.

Early life and education
Stross was born on 22 May 1916 in Leeds. He was educated at Abingdon School from 1929 until 1933 and was a member of the second XV rugby team.

Film
He started Sturt Stross Film Productions in 1937 becoming the second youngest director-producer in the country at the time. His company's first production was a film called The Show's the Thing He also directed the 1937 film The Reverse Be My Lot. By 1951 he owned a chain of theatres as well as being a producer. Ray Stiles, bassist with Mud and The Hollies, called himself Stross in tribute.

Personal life
He was married to actress Anne Heywood and had a son and daughter. He died in 1988 at his home in Beverly Hills, California.

Selected filmography
Producer
 * The Tall Headlines (1952)
 * As Long as They're Happy (1955)
 * An Alligator Named Daisy (1955)
 * Jumping for Joy (1956)
 * The Flesh Is Weak (1957)
 * The Angry Hills (1959)
 * The Brain (1962)
 * The Very Edge (1963)
 * The Leather Boys (1964)
 * Ninety Degrees in the Shade (1965)
 * The Fox (1967)
 * Midas Run (1969)
 * I Want What I Want (1972)
 * Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979)