1936-02-24 ( 89 years old ) in Brixton, London, England, UK
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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.
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Movies
Mob Handed
2016-05-09
Respectable: The Mary Millington Story
2016-04-07
Run For Your Wife
2012-05-16
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story
2008-06-19
Sinderella Comes Again - Backstage
2004-09-02
Sinderella Comes Again
2004-08-11
Sex, Secrets and Frankie Howerd
2004-04-04
Sinderella Live
1995-06-30
John Virgo: Playing For Laughs
1993-12-12
The Punk
1993-05-26
Tank Malling
1989-12-01
Just Like That!
1989-01-01
Absolute Beginners
1986-04-04
Claudia
1985-12-12
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
1980-09-11
The Flesh and Blood Show
1972-10-01
Cool It, Carol!
1970-12-01
The Assassination Bureau
1969-03-09
Hell Is Empty
1967-12-20
The Golden Head
1964-08-22
Aliki My Love
1963-12-11
The Paradise Suite
1963-02-24
The Boys
1962-08-31
The Skin Game
1962-02-01
The Queen's Guards
1961-10-17
Konga
1961-01-01
Rag Doll
1961-01-01
Too Young to Love
1960-03-08
The Ugly Duckling
1959-09-09
Serious Charge
1959-04-30
Friends and Neighbours
1959-01-11
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