Gerald Campion

Personal Info

Birthday

April 23, 1921

Day of Death

2002-07-09

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

Bloomsbury, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Gérald Campian

Gerry Campion

Gerald 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 place at RADA at age 15, and appeared in numerous films and television programmes – mostly comedies.

Known For

Minder

Sherlock Holmes

A Home of Your Own

No Hiding Place

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

The Sorcerers

Never the Twain

Department S

Filmography

2013
Doctor Who and the Shada Man
as Wilkins
1998
What's a Carry On?
as Private Andy Calloway (archive footage) (uncredited)
1992
Doctor Who: Shada
as Wilkin
1988
Just Ask for Diamond
as Uncle Holly
1977
That's Carry On!
as Private Andy Galloway (archive footage) (uncredited)
1970
Atlantic Wall
as Clergyman
1968
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
as Minister
1967
Half a Sixpence
as Fat Boy
The Sorcerers
as Customer in China Shop
1966
The Sandwich Man
as Fred - Sandwich Man in Suit of Armour
1964
A Home of Your Own
as Glazier
The Comedy Man
as Gerry
1962
The Fast Lady
as Actor in Scottish TV Show
Jigsaw
as Glazier (uncredited)
1961
Double Bunk
as Charlie
1960
School for Scoundrels
as Proudfoot
Inn for Trouble
as George
1958
Carry On Sergeant
as Private Andy Calloway
1955
Fun at St. Fanny's
as Fatty Gilbert
1954
Monsieur Ripois
as Harry (uncredited)
1953
Top of the Form
as Pugley
1952
The Pickwick Papers
as Joe, the Fat Boy
1948
Miranda
as Lift Boy (uncredited)
1947
Take My Life
as Newspaper Seller at Station (Uncredited)
1941
The Ghost of St. Michael's
as Pupil at Rear of Class