Gary Bond

This article is about the actor. For the similarly named singer, see Gary U.S. Bonds.
Gary Bond
Born Gary James Bond
7 February 1940
Liss, Hampshire, England, UK
Died 12 October 1995 (aged 55)
Ealing, England, UK
Cause of death
 AIDS
Years active 1964–1990

Gary Bond (7 February 1940 – 12 October 1995) was an English-born film and television actor.

Biography

Bond was born in Liss, Hampshire,[1] England.

Although he was probably best known as a theatrical actor in his native England, he also played a number of roles in feature films and on television. Having appeared in Zulu in 1964, he went on to star as Pip in the 1967 television production of Great Expectation and also in The Main Chance. He played Antonio in BBC Television's 1972 production of The Duchess of Malfi. Bond also had cameos in Z-Cars, The Avengers, Hart to Hart and Bergerac. He also starred in the classic Australian film Wake in Fright, filmed in 1970 and released the following year.

On stage, he most famously played Joseph in the 1972 London production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Later, he succeeded David Essex as Che Guevara in the London production of Rice and Lloyd Webber's Evita, initially opposite Elaine Paige and, subsequently, Marti Webb.

Personal life

Bond was the partner of actor Jeremy Brett[2][3] from 1969 to 1976.[4] From 1979 he lived with American artist and illustrator E.J. Taylor,[5] first in Barnes and then in Ealing, London, following their initial meeting in Fire Island, New York, USA. Bond died of AIDS on 12 October 1995 at the age of 55, exactly one month after Jeremy Brett's death.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Granger, Derek (17 October 1995). "Obituary: Gary Bond". The Independent (London).
  2. ↑ Manners, Terry (1997). The Man Who Became Sherlock Holmes: The Tortured Mind of Jeremy Brett. Virgin Books. ISBN 1852276169.
  3. ↑ Mann, William J. (2005). Edge of Midnight: The Life of John Schlesinger. Random House. p. 92. ISBN 0099451883. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Facts and FAQs". The Wonderful World of Gary Bond. 12 October 1995. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  5. ↑ Strachan, Alan (30 October 1995). "Gary Bond: Finer Aspects of Musicals". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  6. ↑ Garner, Clare (26 November 1995). "Arts suffer most as Aids rages on – Home News, UK". The Independent (UK). Retrieved 27 August 2011.

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