Gerald Campion
Actor, TV Actor
1921 – 2002
Who was Gerald Campion?
Gerald Theron Campion was an English actor best known for his role as Billy Bunter in a 1950s television adaptation of books by Frank Richards.
The son of a screen writer, Cyril Campion, Gerald Campion 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. In 1979 he recorded an appearance in Shada, a Doctor Who story which was recorded in part but never broadcast.
After dropping out of acting, he ran clubs and restaurants in London's Soho, the most famous - and enduring - of which is Gerry's, a private member's club attracting a mainly theatrical membership.
Campion later reprised the role of Bunter in the BBC Radio 7 series Whatever Happened to...? in the episode that speculated on whether his form master at Greyfriars School, Horace Henry Samuel Quelch, became a secret agent.
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- Born
- Apr 23, 1921
Bloomsbury - Also known as
- Gerald Theron Campion
- Gerald 'Billy Bunter' Campion
- Gerry Campion
- Parents
- Spouses
- Jean Symond
(1947 - 1972) - Susan Mark
(1972 - 2002/07/09)
- Jean Symond
- Children
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- University College School
- Died
- Jul 9, 2002
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on July 23, 2013
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