Jeremy Kemp: Difference between revisions

{{shortShort description|English actor (1935–2019)}}

Kemp was born 3 February 1935<ref name=filmref /><ref>{{cite book|title=Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television|location=Detroit, Mich.|publisher=Gale Research Co.|date=1990|oclc=11078702|page=233}}</ref> in [[Chesterfield, Derbyshire|Chesterfield]], [[Derbyshire]], the son of engineer Edmund Reginald Walker and Elsa May, (daughter of Dr. James Kemp, of Sheffield) and. Edmund Reginald Walker, an engineer,was 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]].<ref>Burke's Landed Gentry 1952, p. 2614, "Walker of Mount St John' pedigree"</ref><ref name=filmref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/51/Jeremy-Kemp.html "Jeremy Kemp Biography (1935–)"]. Film Reference. Retrieved 27 January 2017.</ref> Kemp attended Abbotsholme School in Staffordshire from 1943 to 1953. He studied acting at the [[Central School of Speech and Drama]].<ref name ="Guardian"/>

As an actor, Kemp adopted his mother's maiden name as his surname. In 1958, Kemphe joined the [[Radio Drama Company]] by winning the [[List of Carlton Hobbs Bursary winners|CarltonCarleton Hobbs Bursary]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/soundstart/roll.shtml CarltonCarleton Hobbs Bursary winners] at BBC.co.uk, accessed 23 January 2018</ref> He was an original cast member of ''[[Z-Cars]]'', playing PC Bob Steele, but left after just over a year in the role. His other television credits include ''[[Colditz (1972 TV series)|Colditz]]'', ''[[Space: 1999]]'', and a number of other series, such as ''[[Hart to Hart]]'', ''[[The Greatest American Hero]]'', ''[[The Fall Guy]]'', ''[[Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series)|The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]'', ''[[Conan the Adventurer (1997 TV series)|Conan the Adventurer]]'', ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.startrek.com/news/jeremy-kemp-borg-picard|title=Remembering 'TNG' Guest Star Jeremy Kemp, 1935-2019|author=StarTrek.com Staff|work=[[StarTrek.com]]|publisher=CBS Entertainment Group ({{small|[[CBS Interactive]], [[CBS Television Studios|CBS Studios]], and [[CBS Television Distribution]]}})|location=United States|date=24 July 2020|access-date=5 September 2020}}</ref> ''[[The Winds of War (miniseries)|The Winds of War]]'', ''[[War and Remembrance (miniseries)|War and Remembrance]]'' and ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''. He played [[Leontes|King Leontes]] in the BBC Television production of ''[[The Winter's Tale]]'' (1981). He also appeared as Cornwall in the 1983 TV movie version of ''[[King Lear]]'', opposite [[Laurence Olivier]] as Lear.

Kemp was an avid bird watcher. Private about his personal life, at various times he lived in Britain and California. Kemp's long-term partner was an American woman, Christopher Harter.<ref>"The love of his life was an American woman called Christopher Harter, so named because her mother and father had expected a boy." {{cite news|title=Jeremy Kemp obituary|work=The Times|date=3 August 2019|accessdate=3 February 2021|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jeremy-kemp-obituary-j85stwms9 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Her parents, who had expected a boy, named her in honour of a family friend. Kemp was quoted as saying he found the idea of marriage to be "too tying.". Jeremy KempHe died on 19 July 2019 at, aged 84,<ref>{{cite news |last=Hayward |first=Anthony |date=24 July 2019 |title=Jeremy Kemp obituary, One of the original cast of Z Cars who was a stalwart of British cinema and TV, often playing army officers and authority figures |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=[[London]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jul/24/jeremy-kemp-obituary|url-status=live |access-date=5 September 2020}}</ref> Harter having predeceased him.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jeremy Kemp obituary|work=The Times|date=3 August 2019|accessdate=3 February 2021|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jeremy-kemp-obituary-j85stwms9}}</ref>

*''[[Edgar Wallace Mysteries]]'' (1964 film) as Vince Howard - "[[Face of a Stranger]]" episode

[[Category:PeopleMale actors from Chesterfield, Derbyshire]]