Gerald Harper

Birthday: 1931-02-15
Deathday: 2025-07-02
Birthplace: London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

	Year	Title	Character
	2008-04-05	Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
	1979-04-30	The Lady Vanishes	Todhunter
	1976-12-24	Princely Toys: One Man's Private Kingdom	narrator
	1975-04-11	If It's a Man – Hang Up!	Greg Miles
	1968-11-14	The Shoes of the Fisherman	Brian
	1965-08-01	Strangler's Web	Inspector Murray
	1964-06-03	Wonderful Life	Sheik / Scotsman / Harold
	1963-04-08	The Punch and Judy Man	1st Drunk
	1961-12-19	Wonderful to Be Young!	Watts
	1960-09-17	Tunes of Glory	Major Hugo Macmillan
	1960-04-15	The League of Gentlemen	Captain Saunders
	1958-07-03	A Night to Remember	3rd Officer - Carpathia
	1957-06-11	The Admirable Crichton	Ernest
	1956-12-06	Stars in Your Eyes	Dicky
	1956-11-27	Tiger in the Smoke	Walter "Duds" Morrison
	1955-05-16	The Dam Busters	RAF Officer (uncredited)