- Jeremy Clyde
Michael Thomas Jeremy Clyde (born
March 22 ,1941 ,Dorney ,Buckinghamshire ) is an Englishactor andmusician . The son ofLady Elizabeth Wellesley , he made his first public appearance as a pageboy at the coronation of QueenElizabeth II of the United Kingdom in 1953. During the 1960s, he was one half of the folk duoChad and Jeremy , who had little success in the UK but were an object of interest to American audiences.Clyde has enjoyed a long
television acting career, and continues to appear regularly, usually playing upper-class characters. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of villainous Austrian Imperial Governor Hermann Gessler in the 1980s action series "Crossbow", which incorporated Clyde's ability to convey evil in a distinctly aristocratic way. His other notable acting role was as Dick Spackman in theITV sitcom "Is it Legal? ".In 2004 he appeared in the BBC drama series "
The Alan Clark Diaries " as British Conservative politicianJonathan Aitken .In 2008 he appeared in the BBC drama series "Ashes To Ashes" as the Superintendent
He is divorced from Vanessa Field, whom he married in 1970. They have two children.
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