Personal Info
Gérald Campian
Gerry Campion
Gerald Campion
Acting
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
Filmography
Movies
Doctor Who: Shada
as Wilkin (archive footage)
Doctor Who and the Shada Man
as Wilkins
What's a Carry On?
as Private Andy Calloway (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doctor Who: Shada
as Wilkin
Just Ask for Diamond
as Uncle Holly
That's Carry On!
as Private Andy Galloway (archive footage) (uncredited)
Atlantic Wall
as Clergyman
Up in the Air
as Innkeeper
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
as Minister
Half a Sixpence
as Fat Boy
TV Shows
Great Expectations
as Mr Raymond · 1 ep.
Sherlock Holmes
as Morse Hudson · 1 ep.
Never the Twain
as Customer · 1 ep.
Minder
as Cafe Proprietor · 1 ep.
Department S
as Eldon · 1 ep.
No Hiding Place
as Harvey Hale · 1 ep.
Fair Game
as Jumbo Woodruff · 2 ep.
Billy Bunter Of Greyfriars School
as Billy Bunter · 11 ep.