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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). [1]
William George Bunter is a fictional schoolboy created by Charles Hamilton using the pen name Frank Richards. He features in stories set at Greyfriars School, a fictional English public school in Kent, originally published in the boys' weekly story paper The Magnet from 1908 to 1940.
The character Billy Bunter featured in stories about the fictional Greyfriars School which appeared for over 30 years (in fact, continuously from 1908 to 1940) in the boys' comic The Magnet, written mainly by author Charles Hamilton (although, as Hamilton was not always the author, the stories were published under the collective pen-name of Frank Richards).
Bunter, Mrs Amelia - mother to Billy, Bessie and Sammy Bunter. Billy Bunter is very fond of her. Appears in 7 stories and first introduced in Magnet No. 1076 Bunter Comes To Stay! (September 29, 1928). Bunter, Mr William Samuel - father to Billy, Bessie and Sammy Bunter. An unsuccessful stockbroker who frequently complains about income tax demands.
Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School was broadcast as a BBC television series from 19 February 1951 to 22 July 1961. A comic strip was published in Knockout (drawn by Frank Minnitt ) from 1939 to 1958, and then drawn by various other artists until Knockout merged with Valiant , in which comic strips continued to appear from 23 February 1963 to 16 ...
He recorded six episodes in 1952, after which fellow actors Raf De La Torre, John Woodnutt and Jack Melford began sharing the portrayal of this supporting character. Making just a single episode in 1954 ("Bunter Won't Go"), Reeves then returned to reprise the performance for two more episodes in 1956, and a further four in 1957, following which ...
Billy Zane recently told Entertainment Weekly that “actors should get emotional stunt pay” after he transformed into the Sarah Lawrence cult leader Larry Ray for the upcoming Lifetime movie ...
Season 2, Episode 3 – "Lord Billy Bunter", 6 August 1955. Season 2, Episode 4 – "Bunter Forgot", 20 August 1955. ... Screen Actors Guild (SAG) adult Notes