Simon Gipps-Kent
| Simon Gipps-Kent | |
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Gipps-Kent in 1979
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| Born |
Simon Trevor Kent 25 October 1958 London, England, UK |
| Died | 16 September 1987 (aged 28) London, England, UK |
| Cause of death |
Misadventure (morphine poisoning) |
| Resting place |
Golders Green Crematorium Plot 3H |
| Nationality | English |
| Education |
London Oratory School Cardinal Manning Roman Catholic Boys School |
| Occupation | Stage, film, television actor |
| Years active | 1971–86 |
| Notable work |
Lost Hearts The Tomorrow People Great Expectations The Devil's Crown Doctor Who To Serve Them All My Days |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
| Parent(s) | Peter Gipps Kent (deceased) and Sonia (née Aebersold) Kent |
Simon Gipps-Kent (born Simon Trevor Kent; 25 October 1958 – 16 September 1987) was a prolific 20th century English theatre and film actor in the 1970s-80s, noted for his teen portrayals of British royalty and nobility. He was born into a show business family in Kensington, London. His television debut was on the BBC in 1971 followed with a London West End theatre debut in 1972. A 16-year career in both venues continued until his death in 1987.
Simon Trevor Kent was born in London to Peter Gipps Kent, a variety artist, and Sonia (née Aebersold) Kent, a dancer. At age 12 he decided acting would be his career. As a youth he attended the Ladbroke Grove School in West London where he wrote, produced, directed and acted in his own play as a way of gaining recognition. Raised Catholic, he attended the London Oratory School in Brompton from September 1970 to June 1974, moving to Cardinal Manning Roman Catholic Boys School, also in London.
Simon Gipps-Kent, as he would later call himself, had early experience on the British stage that, according to his talent agency listings, included alternately playing one of the royal children (either Prince Bertie or Prince Alfie) in I and Albert at the Piccadilly Theatre in 1972-73 and as Max-Ernst Von Kellig in A Lesson in Blood and Roses at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1973. He appeared in the production Fantastic Fairground at the Young Vic in 1974 and a Young Vic tour of Macbeth, playing Fleance, in Mexico and Spain in 1975. Gipps-Kent played "Emmanuel" to Herbert Lom's Napoleon Bonaparte in William Douglas-Home's Betzi at the Haymarket Theatre and road tour in 1975. In 1976-77 he appeared in Where the Rainbow Ends at the Gardner Theatre, Brighton.
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