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.

Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeremy Kemp, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Four Weddings and a Funeral 1994 ★ 6.8
War and Remembrance 1988 ★ 7.9
Star Trek: The Next Generation 1987 ★ 8.4
Screen Two 1985 ★ 7.1
Murder, She Wrote 1984 ★ 7.5
Sherlock Holmes 1984 ★ 8.2
Top Secret! 1984 ★ 7.1
The Winds of War 1983 ★ 7.3
American Playhouse 1982 ★ 6.6
The Greatest American Hero 1981 ★ 7.2
Hart to Hart 1979 ★ 6.8
BBC2 Play of the Week 1977 ★ 7.0
A Bridge Too Far 1977 ★ 7.2
Space: 1999 1975 ★ 7.1
Playhouse 1974 ★ 7.0
Churchill's People 1974 ★ 5.0
Colditz 1972 ★ 7.5
Play for Today 1970 ★ 6.6
ITV Playhouse 1967 ★ 7.0
The Wednesday Play 1964 ★ 5.2
The Protectors 1964 ★ 8.0
Cleopatra 1963 ★ 7.0
Z-Cars 1962 ★ 7.3
Edgar Wallace Mysteries 1959 ★ 7.5