Miss Guided

Whatever happened to Gerry?

He was the only man I was going to marry - apart from Benedict Taylor and Mark Hamill.

Miss Guided
Friend to the stars of stage, screen and gutter.

batman

Gerry committed suicide in 1993.

I wish I had claws.

Miss Guided

Yes , I see he did. Anyone got any more info about him??

Miss Guided
Friend to the stars of stage, screen and gutter.

Mr Flash

Something of a tragic character, he spent much of the eighties in a downward spiral of depression, hard drug use and unemployment. His family were very supportive and there seemed to be a light at the end of the tunnel when he began writing a film called The Whistling Boys which was meant to star a member of West Life. Unfortunately his personal problems got the better of him and he took his own life in 1993 by, rather horrifically, throwing himself in front of a moving train. Gerry’s brother Geoffrey Sundquist later wrote the children’s book Father Christmas and the Missing Reindeer, which was dedicated to Gerry. It was later made into an animated short film, David Jason did one of the voices.

Miss Guided

Well, any photo's or information about Gerry would add to my virtual scrapbook of pre and post teen heart throbs and celebrity crushes, of which Gerry was the main man. How tragic and ever so sad..

Miss Guided
Friend to the stars of stage, screen and gutter.

Joenoir

Start every day with a smile and get it over with.

batman

IIRC Gerry had a rather passionate affair with Nastassja Kinksi and was devastated when it came to an end.

I wish I had claws.

jamesharris

who wouldn't be?

I did not know he'd taken his own life..I was just watching him in Space 1999

Miss Guided

I'd take my own life to have an affair with Natasha

Miss Guided
Friend to the stars of stage, screen and gutter.

Lord Brett

Oh that's awful - the poor man. Depression and the loss of a beloved career are no picnic to get through, but adding hard drugs to the mix is something I can't even begin to imagine.

wadsy

he & his brother attended my old school, St Augustine,s RC grammar in wythenshawe.
A tragic loss!

EllyMack

Apologies for a newbie bringing up an old subject, but this thread came up during a Google search.

Gerry was a lost hero of mine. I adored him in the 70s and 80s and then lost sight of him. It was only when I decided to look him up a few years ago that I found out about his death. There's a very emotive account of the circumstances of his death as told by his brother Geoffrey, following the latter's own success as an author.

I was devastated at the news and Gerry has since become a bit of an 'Elvis' character for me. I've collected a number of his films on VHS and DVD and make regular seaches of the internet for pictures and information on him. I've also followed his brother Geoffrey's lead and have a written a teen novel inspired by him. If it's ever published, it'll be dedicated to him. I believe he was very much underestimated as an actor and that he would have flourished had he lived. He's also indirectly got me into writing, because I've grown to love it from writing that novel and am now working on another. What I'd like to do, eventually, is to build a website dedicated to his memory (and I'd like to write his biography too, but that's a very unlikely prospect).

I was so pleased when I found this thread - I'm not the only one who remembers him and that's a huge comfort. Call me a daft old woman, but as I've hinted, it's no different to those who follow Elvis, River Phoenix or any other late lamented actor. Someone has to remember the guy.


and not such a good pic here, but still ...

Lord Brett

Thanks for bringing this thread back. I'm sure I'm not the only one who think of Gerry Sundquist as one of the great lost talents of the British screen. I think he had the misfortune of coming to prominance right at the period when British cinema was at its low point, and when filmed TV of the glossy ITC kind was on the way out (though he did an episode of Space: 1999, which was the only production shooting at Pinewood at the time).

I recall his film The Music Machine, which didn't seem to get much cinema distribution, but the novelisation was absolutely everywhere.

Here's an interesting link to a newspaper article about Gerry and Georrfrey Sundquist Grief spurred brother to debut book success

wadsy

I used to tell girlfriends that I knew Gerry, It earned me some brownie points. I

dont think I ever spoke to him or Geoffrey at school. Gerry was a year below me

& Geoff was in the year above me. I was & still am so very proud that someone from

my old school achieved so much.

Mr Flash

Gerry during the making of Don’t Open Till Christmas circa 1984