Jeremy Kemp
| Jeremy Kemp | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Edmund Jeremy James Walker 3 January 1935 Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actor, Series |
| Years active | 1958–1998 |
Jeremy Kemp (born 3 January 1935) is an English actor. He is known for his significant roles in the miniseries The Winds of War, the film The Blue Max and the TV series Z-Cars.
Kemp was born Edmund Jeremy James Walker in Chesterfield, Derbyshire- the son of Elsa May (daughter of Dr James Kemp, of Sheffield) and Edmund Reginald Walker, an engineer, of a Yorkshire landed gentry family that had owned at various times Aldwick Hall at Rotherham, Silton Hall at Northallerton, Ravensthorpe Manor, and Mount St John, at Thirsk. He studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
Kemp's television credits include: Colditz, Space: 1999 and a number of other series such as: Hart to Hart, The Greatest American Hero, The Fall Guy, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Conan the Adventurer, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Winds of War, War and Remembrance and Murder, She Wrote. He played King Leontes in the BBC Television production of The Winter's Tale (1981). He also appeared as Cornwall in the 1984 TV movie version of King Lear opposite Laurence Olivier as Lear.
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