John Gregson Death
John passed away on January 8, 1975 at the age of 55 in Porlock Weir, Somerset, England UK. John's cause of death was heart attack.
When did John Gregson die?
January 8, 1975How did John Gregson die? What was the cause of death?
Heart attackHow old was John Gregson when died?
55Where did John Gregson die? What was the location of death?
Porlock Weir, Somerset, England UK
John Gregson Birthday and Date of Death
John Gregson was born on March 15, 1919 and died on January 8, 1975. John was 55 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: March 15, 1919
Date of Death: January 8, 1975
Age at Death: 55
John Gregson - Biography
John Gregson, born Harold Thomas Gregson, (15 March 1919 – 8 January 1975) was an English actor, credited in 40 films. He was credited in 40 films between 1948 and 1971, and on television from 1960 until his death. He was often cast as a police inspector or as a navy or army officer, or for his comedy roles in Ealing and other British films.
Gregson became a star when cast in the comedy Genevieve (1953), also starring Kenneth More, Dinah Sheridan and Kay Kendall. It was the second most popular film of the year in Britain. He was second billed to Glynis Johns in a prison drama, The Weak and the Wicked (1954), another hit and played the lead in a light drama, Conflict of Wings (1954). Gregson followed this with The Crowded Day (1954), a comedy; To Dorothy a Son (1954) a comedy co-starring Shelley Winters; and Three Cases of Murder (1955), an omnibus film co-starring Orson Welles. Gregson had a big hit with a war film, Above Us the Waves (1956), playing an Australian, in support of John Mills. He did a comedy with Diana Dors, Value for Money (1956), and a drama Jacqueline (1956).
His film career faded after ten good years [1952–1962]'. He was one of many leading men and women of the 1950s (the others including Kenneth More, Richard Todd, Patrick Holt, Michael Craig, Sylvia Syms and Muriel Pavlow) who struggled to maintain their status as leads beyond the early 1960s. From 1963 onwards, Gregson never played another leading film role.
John Gregson died before retirement and suddenly from a heart attack near Porlock Weir, Somerset, aged 55, whilst on holiday, walking on the path to St. Beuno's Church, Culbone. He left a widow, Thea Gregory, and six children.
His final television role was in the Southern Television serial Dangerous Knowledge, which was broadcast posthumously in 1976. His body was interred at Sunbury Cemetery, Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey near his family home at Creek House, Chertsey Road, Shepperton.
