Background
The son of a screen writer, Cyril Campion, Gerald Campion appeared in numerous films and television programmes — mostly comedies.
The son of a screen writer, Cyril Campion, Gerald Campion appeared in numerous films and television programmes — mostly comedies.
In 1937 he appeared in Tavs Neiiendam"s radio play Inspiration to a Poet on the British Broadcasting Corporation Home Service. His only major success was as Bunter, a juvenile role he played successfully despite being much older than his character (he was 40 when the series ended). In 1979 he recorded an appearance in Shada, a Doctor Who story which was recorded in part but never broadcast.
After dropping out of acting, he ran clubs and restaurants in London"s Soho, the most famous - and enduring - of which is Gerry"s, a private member"s club attracting a mainly theatrical membership.
Campion later reprised the role of Bunter (now Lord Bunter of Hove, who had succeeded in betting shops and property) in the British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 7 series Whatever Happened to.? in the episode that speculated on whether his form master at Greyfriars School, Horace Henry Samuel Quelch, became a secret agent. The Soho drinking bar in Dean Street, London, is named after him.