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Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-01-03 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK

Jeremy Kemp

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jeremy Kemp (3 January 1935 - 19 July 2019) was an English actor. He was known for his roles in the miniseries The Winds of War, The Blue Max and Z-Cars.

Kemp was born Jeremy Walker in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, the son of Elsa May (née Kemp) and Edmund Reginald Walker, an engineer, and studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama. His TV credits include: Colditz, Space: 1999 and a number of American series such as: Hart to Hart, The Greatest American Hero, The Fall Guy, Conan the Adventurer, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Winds of War, War and Remembrance and Murder, She Wrote.

His film roles include: Dr. Terror's House of Horrors, Operation Crossbow, The Blue Max, A Bridge Too Far, Top Secret! and Four Weddings and a Funeral. He also appeared as Cornwall in the 1984 TV movie version of King Lear opposite Laurence Olivier as Lear.

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Known For

Acting

2012

1997

Conan the Adventurer as Hissah Zul

1995

Angels and Insects as Sir Harald Alabaster

1994

Four Weddings and a Funeral as Sir John Delaney - Wedding Two

1992

Duel of Hearts as Lord Milborne

1991

Prisoner of Honor as Gen. de Pellieux

1989

When the Whales Came as Mr. Wellbeloved

1988

Reasonable Force as Pomeroy
War and Remembrance as Brig. Gen. Armin Von Roon

1987

1986

Peter the Great as Col. Patrick Gordon

1985

Screen Two as Pomeroy

1984

Top Secret! as General Streck
Murder, She Wrote as Minister Melnikov
Sherlock Holmes as Dr Grimesby Roylott
George Washington as Gen. Horatio Gates
Jesus: The Evidence as Themselves

1983

Uncommon Valor as Ferryman
The Phantom of the Opera as Baron Hunyadi
King Lear as Cornwall
Feet Foremost as Ampleforth
The Winds of War as Brigadier General Armin Von Roon
Sadat as Thompson

1981

Evita Peron as German Official
Contract as George
Unity as Putzi Hanfstaengl

1979

The Prisoner of Zenda as Duke Michael
Jamaican Gold as Reginald Landers
School Play as James Lombard
Henry VIII as Duke of Norfolk

1978

Keefer as Kliest
Caravans as Dr. Smythe
Liza as Lavretsky

1977

East of Elephant Rock as Harry Rawlins
A Bridge Too Far as R.A.F. Briefing Officer
The Rhinemann Exchange as Geoffrey Moore

1976

Double Echo as Dr Mallam
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution as Baron Karl von Leinsdorf

1975

Lips of Lurid Blue as George Stevens
Goodbye as Tony Lyle
Space: 1999 as Ernst Linden

1974

Hardness 10 as Sir Harold Ames
Playhouse as James Lombard

1973

The Blockhouse as Grabinski
The Belstone Fox as John Kendrick

1972

Pope Joan as Joan's Father
Colditz as Sq. Ldr. Tony Shaw

1970

Darling Lili as Colonel Kurt Von Ruger
The Games as Jim Harcourt
Eyewitness as Inspector Galleria
Play for Today as Reader, Kuznetsov's 'Prison Diaries' (voice)
Play for Today as Tony Lyle
Play for Today as Roderick Bagley

1968

The Strange Affair as Det. Sgt. Pierce
A Twist of Sand as Harry Riker

1966

The Blue Max as Willi von Klugermann
Cast a Giant Shadow as Senior British Officer

1965

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors as Jerry Drake (segment 2 "Creeping Vine")
Operation Crossbow as Captain Phil Bradley

1964

1963

Cleopatra as Agitator (uncredited)

1962

Z-Cars as PC Bob Steele
Z-Cars as Vagrant

1956

The Battle of the River Plate as Gunner, HMS Achilles (uncredited)
The Battle of the River Plate as Gunner, H.M.S. Achilles (uncredited)