- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJerome Barry Willis
- Nicknames
- Jerry
- Jer
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Jerome Willis was born on October 23, 1928 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), Lifeforce (1985) and Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991). He was married to Dilys Elstone. He died on January 11, 2014 in London, England, UK.
- SpouseDilys Elstone(1952 - present) (4 children)
- In November 2009 he was working on an autobiography.
- He was a British stage and screen character actor with distinctively deep-set eyes, usually cast as authority figures or heavies. Today he is probably best remembered for his role as Stevens in The Green Death: Episode One (1973), a popular serial from the Jon Pertwee era of the series.
- He was paid 9 £ per week when acting (as one of the mariners) in a 1952 production of "The Tempest" in Stratford-upon-Avon for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He returned to the RSC in 2002 for the role of Gonzalo,.
- He was the older brother of opera singer Nuala Willis.
- He was the brother-in-law of opera singer John Rawnsley.
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