Jeremy Geidt

Charles Jeremy Wollaston Geidt (25 February 1930 – 6 August 2013) was a British-born American stage actor, comedian and acting coach. He was a Professor of Acting at Yale University, and later at Harvard University, being a founding member of both the American Repertory Theater and the Yale Repertory Theatre. His first cousin, Mervyn Bernard Geidt (1926-1991), was father of Christopher Geidt, Baron Geidt, private secretary to Elizabeth II from 2007 to 2017.

Diagnosed as dyslexic in his youth, he left Wellington College at the age of 16. He auditioned and was accepted into the Old Vic Theatre School, where he would later teach under Michel Saint-Denis. He married, had a daughter with actress Patricia Kneale, The group toured in the U.S., where he met his second wife Jan Graham in Washington, D.C.

Around 2000, Geidt was diagnosed with cancer. However, he refused to stop performing. he appeared in minor roles in several television series, films, and videos including: Next Stop Wonderland (1998) The Spanish Prisoner (1997) Private Potter (1962) So Little Time (1952)

Partial stage work

With the American Repertory Theater Sources:

Cabaret as Max (2010) The Seagull as Sorin (2009) Julius Caesar as Cicero (2008) The Onion Cellar (2007) Three Sisters as Ferapont (2006) A Midsummer Night's Dream as Quince/Snug (2004) Loot as Truscott (2000) Ivanov as Lebedev (2000) Man and Superman as Mendoza/Devil (1997) Buried Child as Dodge (1996) The Threepenny Opera as Peachum/Petey (1995) Major Barbara as Undershaft Heartbreak House as Shotover Henry IV as Falstaff Twelfth Night as Toby Belch The Caretaker as Davies The Homecoming as Max Waiting for Godot as Vladimir The Cherry Orchard as Gaev

Awards Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Actor (1992) Elliot Norton Award in memory (2014)