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Sir Coles John Jeremy Child, 3rd Baronet (20 September 1944 – 7 March 2022) was a British actor.

Jeremy Child
Born
Coles John Jeremy Child

(1944-09-20)20 September 1944
Woking, Surrey, England
Died7 March 2022(2022-03-07) (aged 77)
OccupationActor
Years active1967–2017
Spouse(s)
(m. 1971; div. 1976)

Jan Todd
(m. 1978; div. 1987)

Elizabeth Morgan (m. 1987)
Children5

Early life


Coles John Jeremy Child was born on 20 September 1944 in Woking, Surrey, son of Foreign Office diplomat Sir Coles John Child,[1] 2nd Baronet, DL, a Major in the Coldstream Guards and aide-de-camp to the Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada from 1931 to 1933, and Sheila, daughter of Hugh Mathewson, of Pine Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Coles family were lords of the manor of Bromley, and lived at Bromley Palace.[2] He was educated at Wellesley House School,[3] a preparatory school in the coastal town of Broadstairs in Kent and at Eton College and Aiglon College, then spent a year at Poitiers University,[4] followed by training as a child actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.[1]


Career


Having for a short time been a "reluctant" City broker,[1] after appearing in repertory theatre, Child was cast in a significant role in the 1967 film Privilege.[5] Following this appearance, he played over 90 different roles in films and television, including a small role in the film Quadrophenia; as Piers Leigh in the miniseries Edward & Mrs. Simpson; as one of the main villains in Bird of Prey; as Tory politician Charles Gurney Seymour in the television adaptation of Jeffrey Archer's First Among Equals, and a cameo in A Fish Called Wanda.[6] From 1977 to 1978, he appeared in the second series of Backs to the Land.[7] He also played a typical officer-class role in Fairly Secret Army (1984-86).[8]

Child appeared in the 2004 film Wimbledon and television drama Judge John Deed.[6][9] He also appeared in Doctors for one episode, and most recently appeared as David Walsh in EastEnders.[10] Child played the British Foreign Secretary three times in his career.


Politics


In 1993, Child appeared in a party political broadcast for the Labour Party which also starred Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry.[citation needed]


Personal life


Child was married three times, his first wife being the actress Deborah Grant, by whom he had a daughter. His second wife was Jan Todd, daughter of actor Bernard Todd, by whom he had a son and a daughter. He had a daughter and a son from his third marriage to publisher Elizabeth Morgan, daughter of Rev. Grenville Morgan, of Canterbury, Kent.[11] He lived in Ewelme, Oxfordshire. Child died after a long illness on 7 March 2022, at the age of 77.[1][12]


Filmography


Year Title Role Notes
1967PrivilegeMartin Crossley
1968Decline and Fall... of a BirdwatcherNigel
1969Play Dirty2nd Lieutenant
1969Oh! What a Lovely WarWealthy Young ManUncredited
1969The GladiatorsB-1
1970The Breaking of BumboBilly
1970Jane EyreHarry LynnTV movie
1971Quest for LoveDougie RaynesUncredited
1972DoomwatchDavid Broome
1972Young WinstonAusten ChamberlainUncredited
1972All Star Comedy CarnivalTimothy Tanner (Father, Dear Father), sketch
1972-'73Father, Dear FatherTmothy Tanner(7 episodes)
1973Ooh, La LaCorignon1 episode. (broadcast '68-'73)
1975The SweeneyElphick1 episode
1975Days of HopeSelwyn Davies1 episode of mini-series
1976The Glittering PrizesJohn Cadman3 episodes
1976The New AvengersLieutenant1 episode
1976Emily (The Awakening of Emily)Gerald
1977HardcoreTenniel
1977WingsLieutenant Peter Conrad3 episodes
1978The StudLawyer
1979QuadropheniaAgency Man
1980Sir Henry at Rawlinson EndPeregrine Maynard
1980Tis Pity She's a WhorePriestBBC TV Movie
1981Chanel SolitaireUncredited
1983High Road to ChinaSilversmith
1984Give My Regards to Broad StreetRecord Company Executive 1
1988TaffinMartin
1988A Fish Called WandaMr. Johnson
1993Harnessing PeacocksJulian ReevesTV movie
1994The Madness of King GeorgeBlack Rod
1997RegenerationBalfour Graham
1999Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?Doctor Bannister
2001LagaanMaj. Cotton
2001South KensingtonCamilla's Father
2002Safe ConductJeremy
2004WimbledonFred Pilger
2005Separate LiesAngus Burrell
2011FosterJohn Burns
2011The Iron LadyCabinet Minister
2017Darkest HourLord Stanhope

References


  1. Coveney, Michael (13 March 2022). "Jeremy Child obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th ed., vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 776
  3. Profile Archived 9 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine, wellesley.kent.sch.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  4. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th ed., vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 776
  5. "Privilege (1967)". BFI.
  6. "Jeremy Child". BFI.
  7. Guide, British Comedy. "Jeremy Child". British Comedy Guide.
  8. Kaleidoscope's TV Brain website
  9. "Judge John Deed". 10 February 2006. p. 104 via BBC Genome.
  10. "BBC One - Doctors, Series 10, Love, Labour, Lust". BBC.
  11. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th ed., vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, pp. 776-777
  12. Evans, Chris, ed. (17 March 2022). "Jeremy Child obituary". The Daily Telegraph. No. 51, 891. p. 27. ISSN 0307-1235.


Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Coles John Child
Baronet
(of Bromley Place)
19712022
Succeeded by
Coles John Alexander Child



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