Gerald Harper
ActingAlso Known As
ジェラルド・ハーパー, Jerarudo Hāpā
Biography
Gerald Harper (15 February 1931 – 2 July 2025) was an English actor, best known for his work on television, having played the title roles in Adam Adamant Lives! (1966–67) and Hadleigh (1969–76). He then returned to his main love, the theatre. Harper was married to actress Jane Downs from 1957 until they divorced in 1975. In 2001, when he was in his early seventies, he began a relationship with 30-year-old actress Sarah Alexander; the relationship ended when she left him for actor Peter Serafinowicz in 2002. Harper died at the age of 94 on 2 July 2025.
Movies
(16 total)
A Night to Remember
as 3rd Officer - Carpathia
The Dam Busters
as RAF Officer (uncredited)
The League of Gentlemen
as Captain Saunders
The Lady Vanishes
as Todhunter
Tunes of Glory
as Major Hugo Macmillan
The Admirable Crichton
as Ernest
The Punch and Judy Man
as 1st Drunk
The Young Ones
as Watts
Tiger in the Smoke
as Walter "Duds" Morrison
Wonderful Life
as Sheik / Scotsman / Harold
Strangler's Web
as Inspector Murray
Stars in Your Eyes
as Dicky
Princely Toys: One Man's Private Kingdom
as narrator
TV Shows
(15 total)
The Avengers
as Colonel Corf
The Champions
as Croft
Thriller
as Greg Miles
The Caesars
as Lucius Vitellius
Public Eye
as Raymond Franks
Gideon's Way
as Deputy Commander Rae Cox
Hadleigh
as James Hadleigh
Out of This World
as Colonel Tanner
Cilla
as Self
Gazette
as James Hadleigh
