Jeremy Kemp
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Born | January 3, 1935 Chesterfield, England |
Jeremy Kemp (born 3 January 1935) is an English actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as PC Bob Steele in the BBC television police series Z Cars.
Kemp was born Jeremy Walker in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, the son of Elsa May (née Kemp) and Edmund Reginald Walker, an engineer,[1] and studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama.[2] 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 Sir Laurence Olivier as Lear.
[edit] Partial filmography
- Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
- Operation Crossbow (1965)
- Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
- The Blue Max (1966)
- Darling Lili (1970)
- The Games (1970)
- The Blockhouse (1973)
- The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
- A Bridge Too Far (1977)
- The Prisoner of Zenda (1979)
- Top Secret! (1984)
- When the Whales Came (1989)
- Prisoner of Honor (1991) (TV)
- Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
- Angels & Insects (1995)