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Jeremy Young | |
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| Born | John Henry Young 28 July 1934 Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 9 April 2022 (aged 87) Twickenham, Middlesex, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1958–2017 |
| Spouses | |
John Henry Young (28 July 1934 – 9 April 2022), known professionally as Jeremy Young, was an English actor of Scottish descent.[2]
Young had numerous television credits, including Deadline Midnight (1960), Doctor Who (appearing as caveman Kal in three episodes of the first serial An Unearthly Child in 1963, as well as playing Gordon Lowery in the one episode serial Mission to the Unknown in 1965), The Avengers in 1966 (notably as Willy Frant in the episode "A Touch of Brimstone" though also in the episodes entitled "Never, Never Say Die" (1967), "The Forget-Me-Knot" (1968) and (in The New Avengers) "Gnaws" in 1976), and Coronation Street as nightclub owner Benny Lewis in 1972.[3][2] His film credits include appearances in The Wild and the Willing (1962), Crooks and Coronets (1969), Eyewitness (1970), Hopscotch (1980) and Photographing Fairies (1997).[2]
He worked for BBC Radio and taught and directed at the Court Theatre Training Company which is part of the Courtyard, London.[4]
Young was married to actress Coral Atkins in 1960,[5] and later to Kate O'Mara from 1971 to 1976. He died on 9 April 2022.[6]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | The Haunted Strangler | Judas Hole waiter | uncredited |
| 1962 | The Wild and the Willing | Policeman | |
| 1966 | Rasputin the Mad Monk | Court Messenger | uncredited |
| 1969 | Crooks and Coronets | Tim Reilly | |
| 1970 | Eyewitness | Monk | |
| 1972 | Frenzy | Policeman | uncredited |
| 1980 | Hopscotch | Immigration Officer | |
| 1997 | Photographing Fairies | Des | |
| 2003 | A Dead End Story | Unknown | short film |
| Year | Title | Role | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | The Life and Death of Sir John Falstaff | Series 1, episode 3: "Into Battle" | |
| 1960–61 | Armchair Theatre | Massingham
Pete |
Series 4, episode 16: "The Great Gold Bullion Robbery"
Series 4, episode 40: The Night of the Apes'' |
| 1960–61 | Deadline Midnight | Neville Crane | Series 1: (4 episodes)
Series 2: (8 episodes) Series 3: (3 episodes) |
| 1962–69 | Z-Cars | Tom Morgan
Norton Stone Joe Drage |
Series 2, episode 5: ''Friendly Relations''
Series 3, episode 25: ''A Question of Storage'' Series 4, episode 22: ''A Matter of Give and Take'' Series 6: (2 episodes) |
| 1963 | Suspense
Maupassant |
Campbell
Jimmy Rice Comte de Garens Richard Stevens |
Series 2, episode 20: ''The Edge of Discovery''
Series 2, episode 25: ''Lost in Transit'' Series 1, episode 4: ''War'' Series 4 Episode 47: ''The Greevey Column |
| 1963–65 | Doctor Who | Kal
Gordon Lowrey |
Series 1: (3 episodes)
Series 3, episode 5: ''Mission to the Unknown'' |
| 1964 | Comedy Playhouse
The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling |
Alan
Billy Lamb Prof. Angrave Clerk |
Series 3, episode 13: "The Mate Market"
Series 1, episode 5: ''The Daughter-In-Law'' Unknown Series 1, episode 19: '' Consequences'' |
| 1964–65 | The Villains | Grainer
Inspector Henry |
Series 1, episode 5: ''Les Girls'
Series 3, episode 7: ''Sonny'' |
| 1964–66 | No Hiding Place | Hammer Tovey
Inspector |
Series 6, episode 12: ''Trained to Kill''
Series 8, episode 13: ''The Fit-up'' |
| 1965 | R3
A Slight Case of... |
Wilson
Unknown |
Series 2, episode 4: ''Experiment in Death''
Series 1, episode 5: ''Identity'' |
| 1966 | Court Martial | Cpl. Stanley Jones
Wilson Captain of the Dragons Demolition expert |
Series 1, episode 2 "Taps for the Sergeant''
Series 1, episode 6: ''The Terribly Happy Embalmers'' Series 1: (2 episodes) |
| 1966–67 | The Three Musketeers | Athos | Series 1: (10 episodes) |
| 1966–68 | The Avengers | Willy Frant/ Lord Castagan
Dr. Penrose George Burton |
Series 4, episode 21: ''A Touch of Brimstone''
Series 5, episode 10: ''Never, Never Say Die'' Series 7, episode 1: ''The Forget-Me-Knot'' |
| 1966–69 | The Saint | Inspector Galba
Gregorio |
Series 5, episode 8: ''The Man Who Liked Lions''
Series 6, episode 17: ''The Ex-King of Diamonds'' |
| 1966
1971 |
Thirty-Minute Theatre | Boss
Masters |
Series 1, episode 32: ''The Hard World''
Series 7, episode 11: ''Jenkins'' |
| 1967 | The Fellows
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers |
Vyner
Athos |
Series 1, episode 7: ''A Snatch in Time''
Series 1: (16 episodes) |
| 1967–68 | Softly Softly | Hunt
Law |
Series 2, episode 19: ''The Same the World Over''
Series 3: (2 episodes) |
| 1969 | Department S
Canterbury Tales |
Dr. Brogan
Unknown |
Series 1, episode 4:''The Pied Piper of Hambledown''
Series 1, episode 6 |
| 1969
1972 |
Dixon of Dock Green | McLeod
Jack Long Barry |
Series 16: (2 episodes)
Series 19, Episodes 9: ''Starpoint West'' |
| 1970 | Parkin's Patch | Ossie Frost
Charleston Douglas Kershaw Ponderous Vincent Llewellyn |
Series 1, episode 17: ''Regulation 17''
Series 1, episode 9: ''Private Mischief'' Series 1, episode 25: ''You Can Always Find a Fall Guy'' Series 1, episode 2: ''The Ides of March'' Series 1, episode 11: ''The Battery People'' |
| 1971 | Trial | George | Series 1, episode 12: ''In Judgement'' |
| 1972 | Coronation Street | Benny Lewis | 22 episodes |
| 1972
1978 1980 |
The Onedin Line | Fergusson
Mr. Snellgrove Kettle |
Series 1, episode 14: ''Blockade''
Series 6, episode 7: ''Highly Explosive'' Series 8, episode 4: ''The Honeymoon'' |
| 1973 | Frankenstein: The True Story | 2nd Helper | TV movie |
| 1975 | The Sweeney | Wren | Series 1, episode 7: ''The Placer'' |
| 1976 | Killers | Reginald Reed
Ivan Chilenko |
Series 1, episode 4: ''Murder at the Metropole''
Series 1, episode 13: ''Gnaws'' |
| 1977 | The Velvet Glove | Sir Robert Peel
Jack Bartlett Eddie Palmer |
Series 1, episode 4: '' Beyond this Life''
Series 2: (2 episodes) Series 3, episode 8: ''Dead on Arrival'' |
| 1978 | Destination: Moonbase Alpha | Jack Bartlett
1st Watch |
TV movie
TV Movie |
| 1979 | Dick Barton: Special Agent | Klaus | Series 1: (9 episodes) |
| 1980 | Cribb
The Further Adventures of Oliver Twist |
Peter Chalk
Dan Posset Everett Geiser |
Series 1, episode 6: ''Wobble to Death''
Series 1: (2 episodes) Series 2, episode 1: ''National Pelmet'' Series 4, episode 9: ''Slush Fund'' |
| 1982 | On the Line | Alec Shawcross | Series 1: (13 episodes) |
| 1984 | The Tripods | Count de Ricordeau
Ronald Compson |
Series 1: (4 episodes)
Series 2, episode 8: ''Affair at Bromfield Hall'' |
| 1986 | Brat Farrar | Mr. Gregg | Series 1: (5 episodes) |
| 1988 | A Very British Coup | Alford
Mr. Chitty |
Series 1: (3 episodes)
Series 2, episode 1: ''Go For It'' |
| 1988
1989 |
EastEnders | Officer Stone | 4 episodes |
| 1990 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Bert Croft | Series 2, episode 1: ''Peril at End House'' |
| 1992 | Taggart | Professor Hutton
Tegg Barlow |
Series 7, episode 2: ''Nest of Vipers''
Series 3, episode 1: ''Party Games'' Series 1, episode 9: ''The Trial'' |
| 1992
1998 |
The Bill | Mr Justice Fowlds
Joseph Silberman |
Series 8, episode 47: ''World to Rights''
Series 14, episode 42: ''The Scent of Compassion'' |
| 1993 | The Scarlet and the Black | Duke of Wellington | Series 1: (1 episode) |
| 1994 | Cadfael | Arnulf of Hesdin | Series, episode 1: ''One Corpse too Many'' |
| 1998 | Picking up the Pieces | Rob | Series 1: (1 episode) |
| 2003 | Murder in Mind | Guest
Judge |
Series 3, episode 1: ''Echoes''
TV Movie |
