Gerald Christopher Sundquist (6 October 1955 – 1 August 1993) was an English actor.

Early life

Sundquist was born in Chorlton and grew up there with his older brother and younger sister. He developed an interest in acting at primary school and joined the Stretford Children's Theatre while still at school St. Augustine's R.C. Grammar School in

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. On leaving school at 16 he worked briefly on the night shift at the Kellogg's factory in

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, but keen to pursue his acting career he soon moved to London.

Career

He appeared in various film and television roles during the 1970s and early 1980s, most notably ''Soldier & Me'', '' The Mallens'' and '' The Siege of Golden Hill'', with guest appearances on shows such as '' Space: 1999'' alongside

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and fellow guest star

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(episode " The Dorcons"). He appeared as Alan Strang in '' Equus'' at the Albery theatre in the mid-1970s. Sundquist also appeared in an episode of Crown Court, The Meeting Place (1977). His films included '' The Black Panther'' (1977), ''

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'' (1979), '' Passion Flower Hotel'' (1978), aka ''Boarding School'', playing Fibs alongside

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, whom he dated for a while, and the 1979 British disco film '' The Music Machine''. He had a part in

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's acclaimed '' Alexandria... Why?'' (1978, Berlin Film Festival Silver Bear winner). He played Pip in ''

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'' (1981) and Gringoire in '' The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (1982), and appeared to have a promising career, but after his appearances in '' The Last Days of Pompeii'' (1984) and the horror film '' Don't Open Till Christmas'' (1984), his career and personal life went into steep decline, with him later developing a drug problem. He played a character role in an episode of the TV police serial ''

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'' in 1992, his first acting role in eight years.

Death

On 1 August 1993, Sundquist jumped under a train at Norbiton railway station in England.

Filmography

References

Tragedy Behind a Magical Fantasy
Daily Mirror interview with Geoffrey Sundquist, 27 November 1997. Retrieved from The Free Library, 10 January 2012.
IMDB biography

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sundquist, Gerry 1955 births 1993 suicides 1993 deaths 20th-century English male actors People from Chorlton-cum-Hardy Male actors from Manchester English male film actors English male television actors Suicides by train Suicides in England