- Raymond Duncan was born on November 1, 1874 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Germs and Microbes (1916), Around the World with Orson Welles (1955) and Pariser Journal (1961). He was married to Aia Bertrand and Penelope Sikeliano. He died on August 14, 1966 in Cavalaire-sur-Mer, Var, France.
- SpousesAia Bertrand(1917 - ?) (1 child)Penelope Sikeliano(1904 - 1917) (her death, 1 child)
- Brother of dancer Isadora Duncan.
- In 1898 Duncan, his mother and his brother left America; they lived for a time in London, Berlin, Athens, and Paris.
- Duncan's work on his printing press featured in an interview at the academy for a 1955 documentary by Orson Welles, Around the World with Orson Welles: St.-Germain-des-Prés.
- In 1891, at the age of 17, Raymond Duncan developed a theory of movement which he called kinematics, "a remarkable synthesis of the movements of labor and of daily life." He believed that the importance of labor lay in the development of the worker, not in production or in earnings.
- In 1909 Raymond and his wife Penelope returned to the United States for a series of performances of classical Greek plays; they toured Philadelphia, Chicago, Kansas City, San Francisco, Portland, and other cities. The couple also gave lectures and classes on folk music, weaving, dancing, and Greek music. They then spent several months in the Pacific Northwest with the Klamath Indians.
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