Jeremy Young

British actor (1934–2022)

Coral Atkins

(m. 1960⁠–⁠1960)

Kate O'Mara

(m. 1971; div. 1976)

^[1]

John Henry Young (28 July 1934 – 9 April 2022), known professionally as Jeremy Young, was an English actor of Scottish descent.^[2]

Young had numerous television credits, including Deadline Midnight (1960), Doctor Who (appearing as caveman Kal in three episodes of the first serial An Unearthly Child in 1963, as well as playing Gordon Lowery in the one episode serial Mission to the Unknown in 1965), The Avengers in 1966 (notably as Willy Frant in the episode "A Touch of Brimstone" though also in the episodes entitled "Never, Never Say Die" (1967), "The Forget-Me-Knot" (1968) and (in The New Avengers) "Gnaws" in 1976), and Coronation Street as nightclub owner Benny Lewis in 1972.^[3]^[2] His film credits include appearances in The Wild and the Willing (1962), Crooks and Coronets (1969), Eyewitness (1970), Hopscotch (1980) and Photographing Fairies (1997).^[2]

He worked for BBC Radio and taught and directed at the Court Theatre Training Company which is part of the Courtyard, London.^[4]

Young was married to actress Coral Atkins in 1960,^[5] and later to Kate O'Mara from 1971 to 1976. He died on 9 April 2022.^[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1958	The Haunted Strangler	Judas Hole waiter	uncredited
1962	The Wild and the Willing	Policeman
1966	Rasputin the Mad Monk	Court Messenger	uncredited
1969	Crooks and Coronets	Tim Reilly
1970	Eyewitness	Monk
1972	Frenzy	Policeman	uncredited
1980	Hopscotch	Immigration Officer
1997	Photographing Fairies	Des
2003	A Dead End Story	Unknown	short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Episodes
1959	The Life and Death of Sir John Falstaff		Series 1, episode 3: "Into Battle"
1960–61	Armchair Theatre	Massingham Pete	Series 4, episode 16: "The Great Gold Bullion Robbery" Series 4, episode 40: The Night of the Apes''
1960–61	Deadline Midnight	Neville Crane	Series 1: (4 episodes) Series 2: (8 episodes) Series 3: (3 episodes)
1962–69	Z-Cars	Tom Morgan Norton Stone Joe Drage	Series 2, episode 5: ''Friendly Relations'' Series 3, episode 25: ''A Question of Storage'' Series 4, episode 22: ''A Matter of Give and Take'' Series 6: (2 episodes)
1963	Suspense Ghost Squad Maupassant BBC Sunday-Night Play	Campbell Jimmy Rice Comte de Garens Richard Stevens	Series 2, episode 20: ''The Edge of Discovery'' Series 2, episode 25: ''Lost in Transit'' Series 1, episode 4: ''War'' Series 4 Episode 47: ''The Greevey Column
1963–65	Doctor Who	Kal Gordon Lowrey	Series 1: (3 episodes) Series 3, episode 5: ''Mission to the Unknown''
1964	Comedy Playhouse Cluff Crossroads The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling	Alan Billy Lamb Prof. Angrave Clerk	Series 3, episode 13: "The Mate Market" Series 1, episode 5: ''The Daughter-In-Law'' Unknown Series 1, episode 19: '' Consequences''
1964–65	The Villains	Grainer Inspector Henry	Series 1, episode 5: ''Les Girls' Series 3, episode 7: ''Sonny''
1964–66	No Hiding Place	Hammer Tovey Inspector	Series 6, episode 12: ''Trained to Kill'' Series 8, episode 13: ''The Fit-up''
1965	R3 A Slight Case of...	Wilson Unknown	Series 2, episode 4: ''Experiment in Death'' Series 1, episode 5: ''Identity''
1966	Court Martial Adam Adamant Lives! The Wednesday Play	Cpl. Stanley Jones Wilson Captain of the Dragons Demolition expert	Series 1, episode 2 "Taps for the Sergeant'' Series 1, episode 6: ''The Terribly Happy Embalmers'' Series 1: (2 episodes)
1966–67	The Three Musketeers	Athos	Series 1: (10 episodes)
1966–68	The Avengers	Willy Frant/ Lord Castagan Dr. Penrose George Burton	Series 4, episode 21: ''A Touch of Brimstone'' Series 5, episode 10: ''Never, Never Say Die'' Series 7, episode 1: ''The Forget-Me-Knot''
1966–69	The Saint	Inspector Galba Gregorio	Series 5, episode 8: ''The Man Who Liked Lions'' Series 6, episode 17: ''The Ex-King of Diamonds''
1966 1971	Thirty-Minute Theatre	Boss Masters	Series 1, episode 32: ''The Hard World'' Series 7, episode 11: ''Jenkins''
1967	The Fellows The Further Adventures of the Musketeers	Vyner Athos	Series 1, episode 7: ''A Snatch in Time'' Series 1: (16 episodes)
1967–68	Softly Softly	Hunt Law	Series 2, episode 19: ''The Same the World Over'' Series 3: (2 episodes)
1969	Department S Canterbury Tales	Dr. Brogan Unknown	Series 1, episode 4:''The Pied Piper of Hambledown'' Series 1, episode 6
1969 1972	Dixon of Dock Green	McLeod Jack Long Barry	Series 16: (2 episodes) Series 19, Episodes 9: ''Starpoint West''
1970	Parkin's Patch Softly, Softly: Task Force Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) Up Pompeii! Doomwatch	Ossie Frost Charleston Douglas Kershaw Ponderous Vincent Llewellyn	Series 1, episode 17: ''Regulation 17'' Series 1, episode 9: ''Private Mischief'' Series 1, episode 25: ''You Can Always Find a Fall Guy'' Series 1, episode 2: ''The Ides of March'' Series 1, episode 11: ''The Battery People''
1971	Trial	George	Series 1, episode 12: ''In Judgement''
1972	Coronation Street	Benny Lewis	22 episodes
1972 1978 1980	The Onedin Line	Fergusson Mr. Snellgrove Kettle	Series 1, episode 14: ''Blockade'' Series 6, episode 7: ''Highly Explosive'' Series 8, episode 4: ''The Honeymoon''
1973	Frankenstein: The True Story	2nd Helper	TV movie
1975	The Sweeney	Wren	Series 1, episode 7: ''The Placer''
1976	Killers The New Avengers	Reginald Reed Ivan Chilenko	Series 1, episode 4: ''Murder at the Metropole'' Series 1, episode 13: ''Gnaws''
1977	The Velvet Glove Space: 1999 Van der Valk	Sir Robert Peel Jack Bartlett Eddie Palmer	Series 1, episode 4: '' Beyond this Life'' Series 2: (2 episodes) Series 3, episode 8: ''Dead on Arrival''
1978	Destination: Moonbase Alpha Romeo & Juliet	Jack Bartlett 1st Watch	TV movie TV Movie
1979	Dick Barton: Special Agent	Klaus	Series 1: (9 episodes)
1980	Cribb The Further Adventures of Oliver Twist Minder The Professionals	Peter Chalk Dan Posset Everett Geiser	Series 1, episode 6: ''Wobble to Death'' Series 1: (2 episodes) Series 2, episode 1: ''National Pelmet'' Series 4, episode 9: ''Slush Fund''
1982	On the Line	Alec Shawcross	Series 1: (13 episodes)
1984	The Tripods Scarecrow and Mrs. King	Count de Ricordeau Ronald Compson	Series 1: (4 episodes) Series 2, episode 8: ''Affair at Bromfield Hall''
1986	Brat Farrar	Mr. Gregg	Series 1: (5 episodes)
1988	A Very British Coup Rockliffe's Babies	Alford Mr. Chitty	Series 1: (3 episodes) Series 2, episode 1: ''Go For It''
1988 1989	EastEnders	Officer Stone	4 episodes
1990	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Bert Croft	Series 2, episode 1: ''Peril at End House''
1992	Taggart Perfect Scoundrels Covington Cross	Professor Hutton Tegg Barlow	Series 7, episode 2: ''Nest of Vipers'' Series 3, episode 1: ''Party Games'' Series 1, episode 9: ''The Trial''
1992 1998	The Bill	Mr Justice Fowlds Joseph Silberman	Series 8, episode 47: ''World to Rights'' Series 14, episode 42: ''The Scent of Compassion''
1993	The Scarlet and the Black	Duke of Wellington	Series 1: (1 episode)
1994	Cadfael	Arnulf of Hesdin	Series, episode 1: ''One Corpse too Many''
1998	Picking up the Pieces	Rob	Series 1: (1 episode)
2003	Murder in Mind The Debt	Guest Judge	Series 3, episode 1: ''Echoes'' TV Movie

References

^ FreeBMD
^ ^a ^b ^c "Jeremy Young". BFI. Archived from the original on 21 March 2017.
^ "Jeremy Young". www.aveleyman.com.
^ "Court Theatre Training Company - Jeremy Young". courttheatre.org.uk.
^ Hayward, Anthony (23 December 2016). "Coral Atkins obituary". Retrieved 13 January 2020 – via www.theguardian.com.
^ "Jeremy Young". Doctor Who Guide. Retrieved 21 April 2022.