Acting credits
28
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Gerald Harper
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.4
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Movies: 15Series: 13
TMDB ID: 39026
IMDb ID: nm0363862
Known for: Acting
Born: February 15, 1931
Died: July 2, 2025
Age: 94
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1955 - 2008
Years active: 54
Average TMDB rating: 6.92
Wikidata: Q3103879
Also known as
ジェラルド・ハーパー • Jerarudo Hāpā
Biography
Gerald Harper (15 February 1931 – 2 July 2025) was an English actor, best known for his work on television, having played the title roles in Adam Adamant Lives! (1966–67) and Hadleigh (1969–76). He then returned to his main love, the theatre. Harper was married to actress Jane Downs from 1957 until they divorced in 1975. In 2001, when he was in his early seventies, he began a relationship with 30-year-old actress Sarah Alexander; the relationship ended when she left him for actor Peter Serafinowicz in 2002. Harper died at the age of 94 on 2 July 2025.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Gerald Harper.
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2008 Movie
6.0
The Lady Vanishes
as Todhunter
1979 Movie
Princely Toys: One Man's Private Kingdom
as narrator
1976 Movie
6.8
The Shoes of the Fisherman
as Brian
1968 Movie
7.5
Strangler's Web
as Inspector Murray
1965 Movie
4.3
Wonderful Life
as Sheik / Scotsman / Harold
1964 Movie
7.8
The Punch and Judy Man
as 1st Drunk
1963 Movie
6.0
The Young Ones
as Watts
1961 Movie
7.1
Tunes of Glory
as Major Hugo Macmillan
1960 Movie
7.0
The League of Gentlemen
as Captain Saunders
1960 Movie
7.7
A Night to Remember
as 3rd Officer - Carpathia
1958 Movie
6.9
The Admirable Crichton
as Ernest
1957 Movie
5.0
Stars in Your Eyes
as Dicky
1956 Movie
6.5
Tiger in the Smoke
as Walter "Duds" Morrison
1956 Movie
6.9
The Dam Busters
as RAF Officer (uncredited)
1955 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Gerald Harper.
6.6
Thriller
as Greg Miles • 1 eps
1973 Series
5.5
Hadleigh
as James Hadleigh • 52 eps
1969 Series
6.2
The Champions
as Croft • 1 eps
1968 Series
7.8
The Caesars
as Lucius Vitellius • 1 eps
1968 Series
6.0
Gazette
as James Hadleigh • 13 eps
1968 Series
10.0
Cilla
as Self • 3 eps
1968 Series
7.2
Adam Adamant Lives!
29 eps
1966 Series
A Game of Murder
6 eps
1966 Series
6.8
Gideon's Way
as Deputy Commander Rae Cox • 1 eps
1965 Series
7.8
Public Eye
as Raymond Franks • 1 eps
1965 Series
4.3
Out of This World
as Colonel Tanner • 1 eps
1962 Series
7.7
The Avengers
as Colonel Corf • 3 eps
1961 Series
3.7
No Hiding Place
1 eps
1959 Series