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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Brixton, London, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 17

TV Involvements: 4


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jess Conrad (born Gerald Arthur James, 24 February 1936, Brixton, London) is an actor and singer from England. He was popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s with a number of hits to his credit, "Cherry Pie", "This Pullover", "Mystery Girl" and "Pretty Jenny". He has recorded for Decca, Columbia, Pye President and EMI record labels. During the late 1950s and in to the mid 1960s Conrad appeared in a number of cult films, namely Serious Charge (uncredited), The Boys, Rag Doll, (filmed in 1960, and released in 1961); Kill 1 and Konga. He also featured in a cameo role in the Sex Pistols film The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle. Odeon recently re-issued one of his 1970s films on to DVD - Cool It Carol!. He appeared in the 1984 TV series of Miss Marple in the episode entitled The Body in the Library as Raymond Starr. He also starred in the 1990s film, The Punk And The Princess. A Freemason, he is a member of Chelsea Lodge No. 3098, the membership of which is made up of entertainers. Conrad has been married to wife Renee for over forty years. In recent years, Conrad has appeared in a number of documentaries and television programmes, often offering entertaining stories of violent encounters with other famous people. In a BBC Arena documentary about the legendary record producer Joe Meek, Conrad boasts of biting off part of the nose of singer Heinz during a confrontation backstage at a package show in the early 1960s.Similarly, in Sex, Secrets & Frankie Howerd, he tells of threatening to cut off comedian Frankie Howerd's ears, when Howerd made untoward advances to Conrad in a dressing room. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jess Conrad, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Escape to the Country
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5

Escape to the Country

(2002) Self
The Human Jungle
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8

The Human Jungle

(1963) Danny Pace
Space: 1999
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7

Space: 1999

(1975) Mark Sanders
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library
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7
Absolute Beginners
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6

Absolute Beginners

(1986) Cappuccino Man
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story
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6

Telstar: The Joe Meek Story

(2008) Larry Parnes
Claudia
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0

Claudia

(1985) Man at Deli
The Boys
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8

The Boys

(1962) Brian Harold "Barney" Lee

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2016 The Judge
Himself
2012 Piano Player
2008 Larry Parnes
2004 Prince Charming
Prince Charming
Self
2002 Self
1995 Prince Charming
1993 Himself
N/A
1991 Himself
1989 Celebrity
Self
1986 Cappuccino Man
1985 Man at Deli
1984 Raymond Starr
1980 Jess
1978 Self
1975 Mark Sanders
1973 Walker
1972 Young Actor
Mr. Walpole
1970 Jonathan
1969 Angelo
1967 Jess Shepherd
1964 N/A
1963 Barry Wilson
Danny Pace
'Boy' - Bell Hop
1962 Brian Harold "Barney" Lee
Ted-O
1961 N/A
Shane
Bob Kenton
1960 Peter Martin
1959 Bimbo
Dancer (uncredited)
Buddy Fisher
Year Character Movie/Tv

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