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Jeremy Kemp
Jeremy Kemp | |
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| Born | Edmund Jeremy James Walker (1935-02-03) 3 February 1935 Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1958–1998 |
Jeremy Kemp (born 3 February 1935) is an English actor. He is known for his significant roles in the miniseries The Winds of War, the film The Blue Max and the TV series Z-Cars.
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
3 Partial filmography
4 References
5 External links
Early life
Kemp was born Edmund Jeremy James Walker[1] in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, the son of Elsa May (daughter of Dr James Kemp, of Sheffield) and Edmund Reginald Walker, an engineer, of a Yorkshire landed gentry family that had owned at various times Aldwick Hall at Rotherham, Silton Hall at Northallerton, Ravensthorpe Manor, and Mount St John, at Thirsk.[2][3] He studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama.[citation needed]
Career
In 1958, Kemp joined the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carlton Hobbs Bursary[4] His television credits include: Colditz, Space: 1999 and a number of other series such as: Hart to Hart, The Greatest American Hero, The Fall Guy, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Conan the Adventurer, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Winds of War, War and Remembrance and Murder, She Wrote. He played King Leontes in the BBC Television production of The Winter's Tale (1981). He also appeared as Cornwall in the 1984 TV movie version of King Lear opposite Laurence Olivier as Lear.
From the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, Kemp had a prominent film career, usually appearing as second male leads or top supporting roles. His films include Dr. Terror's House of Horrors, Operation Crossbow, The Blue Max, Darling Lili, A Bridge Too Far, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, Top Secret! and Four Weddings and a Funeral.
Partial filmography
Cleopatra (1963) as Agitator (uncredited)
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) as Jerry Drake (segment 2 "Creeping Vine")
Operation Crossbow (1965) as Phil Bradley
Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) as Senior British Officer
The Blue Max (1966) as Willi von Klugermann
Assignment K (1968) as Hal
The Strange Affair (1968) as Det. Sgt. Pierce
A Twist of Sand (1968) as Harry Riker
Eyewitness (1970) as Inspector Galleria
Darling Lili (1970) as Colonel Kurt Von Ruger
The Games (1970) as Jim Harcourt
Pope Joan (1972) as Joan's Father
The Belstone Fox (1973) as John Kendrick
The Blockhouse (1973) as Grabinski
Lips of Lurid Blue (1975) as George Stevens
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) as Baron Karl von Leinsdorf
The Rhinemann Exchange (1977, TV Movie) as Geoffrey Moore
A Bridge Too Far (1977) as R.A.F. Briefing Officer
East of Elephant Rock (1977) as Harry Rawlins
Leopard in the Snow (1978) as Bolt
Caravans (1978) as Dr. Smythe
The Treasure Seekers (1979) as Reginald Landers
The Prisoner of Zenda (1979) as Duke Michael
The Return of the Soldier (1982) as Frank
The Winds of War (1983, TV Mini-Series) as Brigadier General Armin Von Roon
Uncommon Valor (1983) as Ferryman
George Washington (1984, TV Mini-Series) as General Gates
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984, Episode: The Speckled Band) as Dr. Grimesby Roylott
Top Secret! (1984) as General Streck
Peter the Great (1986, TV Mini-Series) as Col. Patrick Gordon
War and Remembrance (1988, TV Mini-Series) as Brigadier General Armin Von Roon
When the Whales Came (1989) as Mr. Wellbeloved
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990, TV Series) as Robert Picard
Prisoner of Honor (1991, TV Movie) as Gen. de Pellieux
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) as Sir John Delaney - Wedding Two
Angels & Insects (1995) as Sir Harald Alabaster
References
^ Sir Bernard Burke (1969). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. 2. Burke's Peerage. p. 627..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Burke's Landed Gentry 1952, p. 2614, "Walker of Mount St John' pedigree"
^ "Jeremy Kemp Biography (1935–)". Film Reference. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
^ Carlton Hobbs Bursary winners at BBC.co.uk, accessed 23 January 2018
External links
Jeremy Kemp on IMDb
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