Gerald Harper

Gerald Harper

Birthday: 1931-02-15

Place of Birth: London, England, UK

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

The Lady Vanishes
The Lady Vanishes

On the eve of World War II, zany heiress Amanda Kelly travels by train to Switzerland. While passing...

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The League of Gentlemen
The League of Gentlemen

Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special pro...

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Tiger in the Smoke
Tiger in the Smoke

In wartime, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used ...

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The Dam Busters
The Dam Busters

The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industr...

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Strangler's Web
Strangler's Web

What appears to be a cut-and-dried case of murder of an aging one time showgirl on Hampstead Heath b...

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If It's a Man – Hang Up!
If It's a Man – Hang Up!

A young model is terrorized by a peeping tom and obscene phone calls....

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The Punch and Judy Man
The Punch and Judy Man

Walter Pinner is the titular Punch And Judy Man plying his trade in the seaside town of Piltdown. Un...

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Princely Toys: One Man's Private Kingdom
Princely Toys: One Man's Private Kingdom

A made for TV BBC documentary exploring Jack Donovan's antique automaton collection. The documentary...

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The Admirable Crichton
The Admirable Crichton

Lord Loam has modern ideas about his household, he believes in treating his servants as his equals -...

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The Shoes of the Fisherman
The Shoes of the Fisherman

Ukrainian bishop Kiril Lakota, a political prisoner in a Soviet gulag for twenty years, is unexpecte...

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A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember

The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. T...

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Wonderful Life
Wonderful Life

Cliff Richard and The Shadows are hired to star in a movie shot amid the lush tropical scenery of th...

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The Young Ones
The Young Ones

Nicky and his friends find that their youth club is in danger of being flattened to make way for a n...

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Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen

A tribute to Verity Lambert, the BBC's first female producer and one of the country's most influenti...

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Tunes of Glory
Tunes of Glory

Following World War II in peacetime Scotland, brigade headquarters replaces commanding officer Major...

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