Jon Whiteley
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Jon James Lamont Whiteley | |
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| Born | 19 February 1945 Monymusk, Scotland |
| Died | 16 May 2020 (aged 75) |
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| Spouse | Linda Whiteley |
| Children | 2 |
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Jon James Lamont Whiteley (19 February 1945 – 16 May 2020)[1] was a Scottish child film actor and in adult life a distinguished art historian.
Life and career
The Monymusk-born Whiteley appeared in five films during his brief acting career, and it was for the second of these, The Kidnappers (US: The Little Kidnappers, 1953), that he, along with co-star Vincent Winter, was awarded an Academy Juvenile Award. He appeared in only three more films, including The Spanish Gardener (1956), before his film acting career was effectively put on hold when his mother insisted on him passing the eleven-plus exam. After appearing twice more for TV credits, his acting career ended.[1]
Whiteley was educated at
His wife was art historian Linda Whiteley; the couple had two children. He was made a chevalier (knight) of the French
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Hunted | Robbie | aka The Stranger in Between (USA) |
| 1953 | The Kidnappers (US: The Little Kidnappers) | Harry | Academy Juvenile Award |
| 1955 | Moonfleet | John Mohune | |
| 1956 | The Spanish Gardener | Nicholas Brande | |
| The Weapon | Erik Jenner | ||
| 1957 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Davey | Episode - The Christmas Goose |
Works
- Jon Whiteley (1 March 2004), The Ashmolean Museum: Complete Illustrated Catalogue of Paintings, Ashmolean Museum, ISBN 978-1854441874
- Jon Whiteley (1 January 1989), Oxford and the Pre-Raphaelites, Ashmolean Handbooks (second ed.), Ashmolean Museum, ISBN 978-0907849940
- Jon Whiteley (July 1979), 19th Century European Drawings in the Ashmolean Museum, Ashmolean Museum, ISBN 978-0900090622
- Jon Whiteley (31 January 2011), Lucien Pissarro in England: The Eragny Press 1895-1914, Ashmolean Museum, ISBN 978-1854442536
- Jon Whiteley (28 December 2011), Claude Lorrain and the Poetry of Landscape, Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
- Jon Whiteley (June 1977), Ingres, Hippocrene Books, ISBN 978-0846702498
References
- ^ a b Jon Whiteley, Fifties child star who afterwards became an eminent curator at the Ashmolean Museum – obituary
- ^ "Maison Française d'Oxford". 18 July 2011. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
External links
- Jon Whiteley at IMDb
