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Gerald Campion
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Gerald Campion
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1921-04-23,Bloomsbury, London, England, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
Gerald Theron Campion (23 April 1921 – 9 July 2002) was an English actor. He is best remembered for his role as Billy Bunter in a 1950s television adaptation (Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School) of books by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton). His father Cyril Theron Campion (1894–1961) – a playwright and screenwriter – and Blanche Louise Tunstall née Bear (1890–1933) – a first cousin of Charlie Chaplin – married in 1920 in London. Campion was born in Bloomsbury, London, an only child. He won a place at RADA at age 15, and appeared in numerous films and television programmes – mostly comedies. In 1937, he appeared in Tavs Neiiendam's radio play Inspiration to a Poet on the BBC Home Service. His only major success was as Bunter, a juvenile role he played successfully despite being much older than his character (he was 40 when the series ended). Campion later reprised the role (now Lord Bunter of Hove, who had succeeded in betting shops and property) in the BBC Radio 7 series Whatever Happened to ...? in the episode that speculated on whether Bunter's form master at Greyfriars School, Horace Henry Samuel Quelch, became a secret agent. In 1979, he recorded an appearance in Shada, a Doctor Who story which was not completed in its intended form. After dropping out of acting, Campion ran clubs and restaurants in London's Soho, the best known of which is Gerry's, a long running private members' club attracting a mainly theatrical membership. Campion's first marriage, with Jean M Sherman (Simmonds) (b. 1925) in London in 1947, ended in divorce in 1972. They had three children: Anthea (a singer who married composer Thomas Rajna); Anthony, born in 1948; and Angelica, born in 1962. His second marriage, with Susan (Suzie) Marks in 1973, ended with his death. Campion lived in Wittersham, Kent for many years. He and his wife Suzie moved to France in 1991. He died in 2002 aged 81 in Agen, Aquitaine, France. Source: Article "Gerald Campion" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Filmography

Carry On Sergeant

6.401

Carry On Sergeant
1958-08-31

School for Scoundrels

6.884

School for Scoundrels
1960-03-24

6.104

The Sorcerers
1967-06-25

Fun at St. Fanny's

5

Fun at St. Fanny's
1955-12-15

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

6.8

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
1968-12-17

The Sandwich Man

6.1

The Sandwich Man
1966-07-15

Monsieur Ripois

5.868

Monsieur Ripois
1954-04-01

Morning, Noon and Night

0

Morning, Noon and Night
1967-01-01

Inn for Trouble

6.5

Inn for Trouble
1960-01-31

Top of the Form

5

Top of the Form
1953-02-01

7.3

Jigsaw
1962-08-21

Doctor Who: Shada

6.5

Doctor Who: Shada
1992-07-06

The Ghost of St. Michael's

6.6

The Ghost of St. Michael's
1941-02-04

6.9

The Comedy Man
1964-09-03

A Home of Your Own

6

A Home of Your Own
1964-12-11

Doctor Who: Shada

7

Doctor Who: Shada
2017-11-24

5.7

Double Bunk
1961-05-06

The Pickwick Papers

6.7

The Pickwick Papers
1952-11-14

6.1

Miranda
1948-04-06

5.7

The Fast Lady
1962-12-14

Half a Sixpence

5.889

Half a Sixpence
1967-12-21

7.571

Take My Life
1947-05-30

0

Money Sings
1963-07-09

Just Ask for Diamond

4.3

Just Ask for Diamond
1988-09-01

6.2

Atlantic Wall
1970-10-14

Doctor Who and the Shada Man

0

Doctor Who and the Shada Man
2013-12-04

That's Carry On!

5.7

That's Carry On!
1977-11-10

What's a Carry On?

7.8

What's a Carry On?
1998-12-29

5

Department S
1969-09-09

No Hiding Place

3.7

No Hiding Place
1959-09-16

0

Fair Game
1958-07-05

6.8

Minder
1979-10-29

Sherlock Holmes

8.127

Sherlock Holmes
1984-04-24

Billy Bunter Of Greyfriars School

0

Billy Bunter Of Greyfriars School
1952-02-19

Never the Twain

6.6

Never the Twain
1981-09-07

Great Expectations

6.2

Great Expectations
1989-07-09