Gary Warren (actor)

{{Short description|English actor (born 1954)}}

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Gary Warren (born 5 July 1954) is a retired English former child actor, best remembered for his role as Peter in the 1970 film The Railway Children.

Gary Warren was born in Neasden, London. He played Cedric Collingford ("Owl Face") in series 2 of the 1970 television series Catweazle, appearing as the main 20th century contact of Catweazle.{{cite book|author=Ruth Inglis|title=The Window in the Corner: A Half-century of Children's Television|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LbtkAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=P. Owen|isbn=978-0-7206-1105-2|page=83}} He later played the role of Taplow in the British sitcom Whack-O!, as well as starring as Alexander in his own TV sitcom Alexander the Greatest (1971). In the West End, he played the nephew of Mame in the musical Mame starring Ginger Rogers. He played Lambert Simnel in the 1972 BBC series The Shadow of the Tower.{{cite book|author=Michael Klossner|title=The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IWVZAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-7864-1223-5|page=360}}

Warren was interviewed by Danny Baker on Radio London twice in 2010. Warren appeared on the Word In Your Attic YouTube show hosted by David Hepworth and Mark Ellen in 2020.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

He has written a memoir of his acting years and his passion for music entitled If My Memoir Serves Me Well. It is available on Kindle and the audiobook is available on Audible. He has also written a novel, 1961 Greenwich Village; a Fable, also available on Kindle and in audiobook format on Audible.

Warren lives in Woodstock, New York from where he presents a weekly show on Fridays on Kpiss Radio.https://kpiss.fm/show/awoodstockbrit He is a supporter of Queens Park Rangers.{{cn|date=October 2024}}