Gerald Harper
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.
Acting
Movie
A Night to Remember
as 3rd Officer - Carpathia
1958
Movie
The Dam Busters
as RAF Officer (uncredited)
1955
TV
The Avengers
as Colonel Corf
1961
Movie
The League of Gentlemen
as Captain Saunders
1960
Movie
The Shoes of the Fisherman
as Brian
1968
Movie
The Lady Vanishes
as Todhunter
1979
Movie
Tunes of Glory
as Major Hugo Macmillan
1960
Movie
The Admirable Crichton
as Ernest
1957
TV
The Champions
as Croft
1968
Movie
The Punch and Judy Man
as 1st Drunk
1963
Movie
Wonderful to Be Young!
as Watts
1961
TV
Thriller
as Greg Miles
1973
Movie
Tiger in the Smoke
as Walter "Duds" Morrison
1956
Movie
Wonderful Life
as Sheik / Scotsman / Harold
1964
TV
Adam Adamant Lives!
1966
TV
The Caesars
as Lucius Vitellius
1968
TV
Public Eye
as Raymond Franks
1965
TV
Gideon's Way
as Deputy Commander Rae Cox
1965
Movie
If It's a Man – Hang Up!
as Greg Miles
1975
TV
No Hiding Place
1959
TV
Hadleigh
as James Hadleigh
1969
TV
Out of This World
as Colonel Tanner
1962
Movie
Strangler's Web
as Inspector Murray
1965
TV
Cilla
as Self
1968