John Henry Young (1934 – 9 April 2022), known professionally as Jeremy Young, was an English actor of Scottish descent.
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Young had numerous television credits, including ''Deadline Midnight'' (1960), '']Doctor Who
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'' (appearing as caveman Kal in three episodes of the first serial ''An Unearthly Child
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'' in 1963, as well as playing Gordon Lowery in the one episode serial '' Mission to the Unknown'' in 1965) and ''Coronation Street
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'' as nightclub owner Benny Lewis in 1972.[ His film credits include appearances in '' The Wild and the Willing'' (1962), '' Crooks and Coronets'' (1969), '' Eyewitness'' (1970), '']Hopscotch
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'' (1980) and ''Photographing Fairies
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'' (1997).BBC Radio
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and taught and directed at the Court Theatre Training Company which is part of the Courtyard, London.
Young was married to actress Coral Atkins
Coral Rosemary Atkins (13 September 1936 – 2 December 2016) was an English actress who opened and ran a home for disadvantaged children. She cared for 37 children over a period of 26 years.
Biography
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in 1960, and later to Kate O'Mara
Kate O'Mara (born Francesca Meredith Carroll;Michael CoveneObituary: Kate O'Mara ''The Guardian'', 30 March 2014 10 August 1939 – 30 March 2014) was an English film, stage and television actress, and writer. O'Mara made her stage debut in a ...
from 1971 to 1976. He died on 9 April 2022.
Filmography
Film
Television
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1934 births
2022 deaths
English male television actors
English people of Scottish descent
Male actors from Liverpool