Jeremy Kemp

Jeremy Kemp

Actor

Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK
January 3, 1935

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jeremy Kemp (3 January 1935 - 19 July 2019) was an English actor. He was known for his roles in the miniseries The Winds of War, The Blue Max and Z-Cars. Kemp was born Jeremy Walker in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, the son of Elsa May (née Kemp) and Edmund Reginald Walker, an engineer, and studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama. 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 Laurence Olivier as Lear. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeremy Kemp, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Representative Works

Cleopatra
Cleopatra
7.1
/ English
A Bridge Too Far
A Bridge Too Far
7.2
/ English
Top Secret!
Top Secret!
7.1
/ English
Uncommon Valor
Uncommon Valor
6.3
/ English
Cast a Giant Shadow
Cast a Giant Shadow
6.3
/ English
The Blue Max
The Blue Max
6.8
/ English
Caravans
Caravans
5.8
/ English
Operation Crossbow
Operation Crossbow
6.7
/ English
Eyewitness
Eyewitness
6.4
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Four Weddings and a Funeral
1994Nominee

Best Performance

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Cleopatra
1963Nominee

Best Performance

Cleopatra

A Bridge Too Far
1977Nominee

Best Performance

A Bridge Too Far

Career Highlights

Top Secret!
1984Highlight

Best Performance

Top Secret!

Uncommon Valor
1983Highlight

Best Performance

Uncommon Valor

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