Jess Conrad

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia 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 reissued 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 1960sSimilarly in Sex Secrets Frankie Howerd he tells of threatening to cut off comedian Frankie Howerds ears when Howerd made untoward advances to Conrad in a dressing room Description above from the Wikipedia article Jess Conrad licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia