Gerald Campion
Birthday
1921/04/23
Day of death
2002/07/09 (81 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Bloomsbury, London, England, UK
Also know as
Gérald Campian, Gerry Campion
Biography
Gerald Theron Campion (23 April 1921 – 9 July 2002) was an English actor. He is best remembered for his role as Billy Bunter in a 1950s television adaptation (Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School) of books by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton). His father Cyril Theron Campion (1894–1961) – a playwright and screenwriter – and Blanche Louise Tunstall née Bear (1890–1933) – a first cousin of Charlie Chaplin – married in 1920 in London. Campion was born in Bloomsbury, London, an only child. He won a p...Read more
Acting
(1958) Carry On Sergeant
as Private Andy Calloway
(1960) School for Scoundrels
as Proudfoot
(1967) The Sorcerers
as Customer in China Shop
(1955) Fun at St. Fanny's
as Fatty Gilbert
(1968) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
as Minister
(1966) The Sandwich Man
as Fred - Sandwich Man in Suit of Armour
(1954) Monsieur Ripois
as Harry (uncredited)
(1967) Morning, Noon and Night
as ---
(1960) Inn for Trouble
as George
(1953) Top of the Form
as Pugley
(1962) Jigsaw
as Glazier (uncredited)
(1992) Doctor Who: Shada
as Wilkin
(1941) The Ghost of St. Michael's
as Pupil at Rear of Class
(1964) The Comedy Man
as Gerry
(1964) A Home of Your Own
as Glazier
(2017) Doctor Who: Shada
as Wilkin (archive footage)
(1961) Double Bunk
as Charlie
(1952) The Pickwick Papers
as Joe, the Fat Boy
(1948) Miranda
as Lift Boy (uncredited)
(1962) The Fast Lady
as Actor in Scottish TV Show
(1967) Half a Sixpence
as Fat Boy
(1947) Take My Life
as Newspaper Seller at Station (Uncredited)
(1963) Money Sings
as ---
(1988) Just Ask for Diamond
as Uncle Holly
(1970) Atlantic Wall
as Clergyman
(2013) Doctor Who and the Shada Man
as Wilkins
(1977) That's Carry On!
as Private Andy Galloway (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1998) What's a Carry On?
as Private Andy Calloway (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1969) Department S
as Eldon
(1959) No Hiding Place
as Harvey Hale
(1958) Fair Game
as Jumbo Woodruff
(1979) Minder
as Cafe Proprietor
(1984) Sherlock Holmes
as Morse Hudson
(1952) Billy Bunter Of Greyfriars School
as Billy Bunter
(1981) Never the Twain
as Customer
(1989) Great Expectations
as Mr Raymond