Sebastian Graham-Jones

Peter Sebastian Graham-Jones (1 August 1947 – 18 July 2004) was a British actor and theatre and screen director known for such films and television series as Ace of Wands, Travelling Man, Because of the Cats, The Little Drummer Girl and Shadow of the Noose.

Early life and education Graham-Jones was born at Bockhampton, Dorset, son of Michael John Graham-Jones (1920–2011), of The Limes, Standlake, Oxfordshire, who worked for the British Council, and charity fundraiser Jennifer Juliet (1925–2002), daughter of Andrew Tomlinson. In 2003 his father established a charity, The Exuberant Trust, in honour of his wife, supporting young people's interest in the arts. Graham-Jones's paternal grandmother- she having married Cambridge-educated Army surgeon John Lawrence Graham Jones (1880–1946), of Bockhampton House, Stinsford, Dorset- was the suffragette Aileen Preston, who was the first woman to qualify for the Automobile Association Certificate in Driving and was chauffeur to Emmeline Pankhurst. Due to his father's work he spent some of his youth in Iran and India, and was educated at Harrow School, where he distinguished himself as a rugby player and cellist, before reading English and American literature at the newly-established University of Kent, where his enthusiasm and ability led to the formation of a drama department.

Career An actor and director of considerable talent who "shunned the limelight",

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