// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Jeremy Young? Young at heart.
Jeremy Young | |
|---|---|
| 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 a British actor.[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]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | The Haunted Strangler | Judas Hole waiter | uncredited |
| 1962 | Masters of Venus | Hampton | uncredited |
| The Wild and the Willing | Policeman | ||
| 1963 | Bomb in the High Street | Police constable at HQ | uncredited |
| 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | Police constable | uncredited |
| 1965 | Rotten to the Core | Security officer on train | uncredited |
| 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 | |
| Driving Test | The driving instructor | short film | |
| 1997 | Photographing Fairies | Des | |
| 2003 | A Dead End Story | Unknown | short film |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Episode(s) | Role | Network | Archive status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | The Cabin in the Clearing | Episodes 1-3 | Unknown | BBC Television Service | Missing |
| The Life and Death of Sir John Falstaff | Episode 3: Into Battle | Unknown | BBC Television Service | Missing | |
| 1960 | Deadline Midnight | Series 1, 9 episodes | Neville Crane | ITV (ATV) | Partial (episodes 1 & 12 missing) |
| Armchair Theatre | Series 4, Episode 16: The Great Gold Bullion Robbery | Massingham | ITV (ABC) | Missing | |
| 1961 | Theatre 70 | Series 1, Episode 22: Call for Mr. Ariman | Young man in nightclub | ITV (ATV) | Exists |
| Deadline Midnight | Series 2, 10 episodes and Series 3, 9 episodes | Neville Crane | ITV (ATV) | Exists | |
| Armchair Theatre | Series 4, Episode 40: The Night of the Apes | Pete | ITV (ABC) | Missing | |
| 1962 | Z-Cars | Series 2, Episode 5: Friendly Relations | Tom Morgan | BBC Television | Exists |
| Harpers West One | Series 2, Episode 10: Four applicants for three supervisory positions | Padraic Regan | ITV (ATV) | Missing | |
| 1963 | Suspense | Series 2, Episode 20: The Edge of Discovery | Campbell | BBC Television | Missing |
| Moonstrike | Series 1, Episode 17: The Biggest Bandit | Anatole | BBC Television | Exists | |
| Ghost Squad | Series 2, Episode 25: Lost in Transit | Jimmy Rice | ITV (ITC) | Exists | |
| Maupassant | Series 1, Episode 4: War | Comte de Garens | ITV (Granada) | Exists | |
| BBC Sunday-Night Play | Series 4, Episode 47: The Creevey Column | Richard Stevens | BBC Television | Missing | |
| Compact | Episode 184: Alarms and Excursions | Mr. Frimley | BBC Television | Missing | |
| Doctor Who | Series 1: An Uneartly Child (3 episodes) | Kal | BBC Television | Exists | |
| 1964 | Comedy Playhouse | Series 3, Episode 13: The Mate Market | Alan | BBC Television | Exists |
| Z-Cars | Series 3, Episode 25: A Question of Storage | Norton | BBC Television | Exists | |
| The Villains | Series 1, Episode 5: Les Girls | Grainer | ITV (Granada) | Exists | |
| No Hiding Place | Series 6, Episode 12: Trained to Kill | Hammer Tovey | ITV (Rediffusion) | Missing | |
| Cluff | Series 1, Episode 5: The Daughter-in-law | Billy Lamb | BBC One | Missing | |
| The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling | Episode 19: Consequences | Clerk | BBC One | Missing | |
| 1965 | Z-Cars | Series 4, Episode 22: A Matter of Give and Take | Stone | BBC One | Missing |
| The Villains | Series 3, Episode 7: Sonny | Inspector Henry | ITV (Granada) | Exists | |
| R3 | Series 2, Episode 4: Experiment in Depth | Wilson | BBC One | Missing | |
| A Slight Case of… | Series 1, Episode 5: Identity | Unknown | BBC One | Exists | |
| Doctor Who | Series 3, Episode 5: Mission to the Unknown | Gordon Lowery | BBC One | Audio recording survives | |
| 1966 | No Hiding Place | Series 8, Episode 13: The Fit-Up | Inspector | ITV (Rediffusion) | Missing |
| The Avengers | Series 4, Episode 21: A Touch of Brimstone | Willy Frant | ITV (ABC) | Exists | |
| Court Martial | Series 1, Episode 2: Taps for the Sergeant | Cpl. Stanley Jones | ITV (ITC) | Exists | |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | Series 1, Episode 32: The Hard Word | Boss | BBC Two | Missing | |
| The Wednesday Play | Series 4, Episode 24: A Soirée at Blossom's Hotel | Second demolition officer | BBC One | Missing | |
| Series 5, Episode 2: A Hero of Our Time | Captain of the Dragoons | BBC One | Exists | ||
| Adam Adamant Lives! | Series 1, Episode 6: The Terribly Happy Embalmers | Wilson | BBC One | Exists | |
| The Three Musketeers | All 10 episodes | Athos | BBC One | Exists | |
| The Saint | Series 5, Episode 8: The Man Who Liked Lions | Inspector Galba | ITV (ITC) | Exists | |
| 1967 | Vendetta | Series 1, Episode 11: The Mourning Man | Attamare | BBC One | Missing |
| Softly, Softly | Series 2, Episode 19: The Same the Whole World Over | Hunt | BBC One | Missing | |
| The Avengers | Series 5, Episode 10: Never, Never Say Die | Dr. Penrose | ITV (ABC) | Exists | |
| The Fellows | Series 1, Episode 7: A Snatch in Time | Vyner | ITV (Granada) | Exists | |
| The Further Adventures of the Musketeers | All 16 episodes | Athos | BBC One | Exists | |
| Scottish Playbill | Episode 12: The Queen of Scots | Bromley | ITV (STV) | Exists | |
| 1968 | Softly, Softly | Series 3, Episodes 25-26: Fortune on the Move Pts. 1 & 2 | Law | BBC One | Missing |
| The Avengers | Series 6, Episode 1: The Forget-Me-Knot | George Burton | ITV (Thames) | Exists | |
| 1969 | The Saint | Series 6, Episode 17: The Ex-King of Diamonds | Gregorio | ITV (ITC) | Exists |
| Department S | Series 1, Episode 4: The Pied Piper of Hambledown | Doctor Brogan | ITV (ITC) | Exists | |
| The First Lady | Series 2, Episode 3: Fancy Man | Unknown | BBC One | Missing | |
| Z-Cars | Series 6, Episodes 243-244: Have a Go, Joe! Pts. 1 & 2 | Joe Drage | BBC One | Exists | |
| Dixon of Dock Green | Series 16, Episode 1: The Paperhangers | McCleod | BBC One | Missing | |
| Series 16, Episode 11: The Brimstone Man | Jack Long | BBC One | Missing | ||
| The Canterbury Tales | 4 of 7 episodes | Merchant | BBC One | Exists | |
| 1970 | Parkin's Patch | Series 1, Episode 17: Regulation 17 | Ossie Frost | ITV (Yorkshire) | Exists |
| Softly Softly: Task Force | Series 1, Episode 9: Private Mischief | Charleston | BBC One | Exists | |
| Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) | Series 1, Episode 25: You Can Always Find a Fall Guy | Douglas Kershaw | ITV (ITC) | Exists | |
| Up Pompeii! | Series 1, Episode 2: The Ides of March | Ponderous | BBC One | Exists | |
| Doomwatch | Series 1, Episode 11: The Battery People | Vincent Llewellyn | BBC One | Exists | |
| 1971 | Trial | Series 1, Episode 12: In Judgement | George Burton | BBC Two | Missing |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | Series 7, Episode 11: Jenkins | Masters | BBC Two | Missing | |
| 1972 | The Onedin Line | Series 1, Episode 14: Blockade | Fergusson | BBC One | Exists |
| Coronation Street | Episodes 1198-1209 & 1230-1239 | Benny Lewis | ITV (Granada) | Exists | |
| Dixon of Dock Green | Series 19, Episode 9: Starpoint West | Barry | BBC One | Missing | |
| 1973 | Frankenstein: The True Story | TV Movie | 2nd helper | NBC | Exists |
| 1974 | Justice | Series 3, Episode 1: Trial for Murder | Ronnie Manners | ITV (Yorkshire | Exists |
| 1975 | The Sweeney | Series 1, Episode 7: The Placer | Wren | ITV (Thames) | Exists |
| 1976 | Killers | Series 1, Episode 4: Murder at the Metropole | Reginald Reed | ITV (Thames) | Exists |
| The New Avengers | Series 1, Episode 10: Gnaws | Ivan Chislenko | ITV (LWT) | Exists | |
| 1977 | The Velvet Glove | Series 1, Episode 4: Beyond this Life | Sir Robert Peel | BBC Two | Exists |
| Crossroads | Episode 2709 | Prof. Angrave | ITV (ATV) | Missing | |
| Space: 1999 | Series 2, Episodes 18-19: The Bringers of Wonders Pts. 1 & 2 | Jack Bartlett | ITV (ITC) | All programmes exist from this point | |
| Out of the Past | Series 4, Episodes 1-2 | Unknown | BBC One | ||
| Van der Valk | Series 3, Episode 8: Dead on Arrival | Eddie Palmer | ITV (Thames) | ||
| 1978 | The Onedin Line | Series 6, Episode 7: Highly Explosive | Mr. Snellgrove | BBC One | |
| BBC Television Shakespeare | Series 1, Episode 1: Romeo & Juliet | 1st watch | BBC Two | ||
| 1979 | Dick Barton: Special Agent | 9 episodes | Klaus | ITV (Southern) | |
| 1980 | God's Wonderful Railway | Episodes 7 & 8: Fire on the Line Pts. 2 & 3 | Sergeant | BBC One | |
| Cribb | Series 1, Episode 6: Wobble to Death | Peter Chalk | ITV (Granada) | ||
| The Further Adventures of Oliver Twist | Series 1, Episodes 11 & 12 | Dan Posset | ITV (ATV) | ||
| Minder | Series 2, Episode 1: National Pelmet | Everett | ITV (Thames) | ||
| The Onedin Line | Series 8, Episode 4: The Honeymoon | Kettle | BBC One | ||
| The Professionals | Series 4, Episode 9: Slush Fund | Geiser | ITV (LWT) | ||
| 1981 | John Keats | Episode 2: Climb with Me the Steep | Wordsworth | BBC Two | |
| 1982 | On the Line | All 13 episodes | Alec Shawcross | ITV (Central) | |
| 1984 | The Tripods | Series 1, Episodes 5-8 | Count | BBC One | |
| Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Series 2, Episode 8: Affair at Bromfield Hall | Ronald Compson | CBS | ||
| 1986 | Brat Farrar | Episodes 1 & 3-6 | Mr. Gregg | BBC One | |
| Brookside | Episode 395: Persistence | Jim McNally | Channel 4 | ||
| 1988 | Rockliffe's Babies | Series 2, Episode 1: Go for It | Mr. Chitty | BBC One | |
| A Very British Coup | All 3 episodes | Alford | Channel 4 | ||
| EastEnders | 21 episodes | Officer Stone | BBC One | ||
| 1990 | Poirot | Series 2, Episode 1: Peril at End House | Bert Croft | ITV (LWT) | |
| The Paradise Club | Series 2, Episode 5: Old Pals | Wilson | BBC One | ||
| 1992 | Taggart | Series 7, Episodes 2-3: Nest of Vipers Pts. 1 & 2 | Prof. Hutton | ITV (STV) | |
| Perfect Scoundrels | Series 3, Episode 1: Party Games | Tegg | ITV (TVS) | ||
| The Bill | Series 8, Episode 47: World to Rights | Mr. Justice Fowldes | ITV (Thames) | ||
| Covington Cross | Series 1, Episode 9: The Trial | Barlow | ABC | ||
| 1993 | Scarlet and Black | Duke of Wellington | Duke of Wellington | BBC One | |
| 1994 | Cadfael | Series 1, Episode 1: One Corpse Too Many | Arnulf of Hesdin | ITV (Central) | |
| 1998 | The Bill | Series 14, Episode 42: The Scent of Compassion | Joseph Silberman | ITV (Thames) | |
| Picking up the Pieces | Episode 8 | Rob | ITV (Central) | ||
| 2000 | Brookside | Episode 2437: Cracking | Dennis Power | Channel 4 | |
| 2003 | Murder in Mind | Series 3, Episode 1: Echoes | Guest | BBC One | |
| The Debt | TV Movie | Judge | BBC One |
References
[edit]- ↑ FreeBMD
- 1 2 3 "Jeremy Young". BFI. Archived from the original on 21 March 2017.
- ↑ "Jeremy Young". www.aveleyman.com.
- ↑ "Court Theatre Training Company - Jeremy Young". courttheatre.org.uk. Archived from the original on 8 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ↑ Hayward, Anthony (23 December 2016). "Coral Atkins obituary". Retrieved 13 January 2020 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ↑ "Jeremy Young". Doctor Who Guide. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
External links
[edit]- Jeremy Young at IMDb
- Jeremy Young at Theatricalia