He is best remembered today for his close association with the novelist Thomas Wolfe whom he befriended while they were both students at Harvard University.
[2] He graduated from Bloomington High School in 1916,[2] and entered Harvard University as a freshman in August of that year.
[5] The two maintained a close friendship for the next several years, and in 1926[a] they toured Paris together along with Marjorie Crocker Fairbanks and Helen Harding.
[5][7] While an undergraduate student at Harvard,[2] Raisbeck's first play, the one-act work Torches, premiered at the Morosco Theatre in New York City on April 18, 1921, as part of a series of public performances featuring plays created by the students in Baker's "47 Workshop" course.
[9] Raisbeck's second play, Rock Me, Julie premiered at Broadway's Royale Theatre on February 3, 1931, in a production directed by James Light.
The play starred Paul Muni and Jean Adair and was produced by Morris Green and Lewis E. Gensler.
[2] He co-authored the scripts to two films released by Paramount Pictures in 1927: Knockout Reilly and The Gay Defender.