Gerald Cross

{{Short description|English actor (1912–1981)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Gerald Cross

| image = Actor_Gerald_Cross.gif

| caption = in Murder Ahoy! (1964)

| birth_date = {{birth date|1912|2|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1981|2|26|1912|2|20|df=y}}

| death_place = Camden, London

| occupation = Actor, stage producer

}}

Gerald Cross (20 February 1912 – 26 February 1981) was an English actor. Among his credits are Doctor Who, Francis Durbridge's The World of Tim Frazer and the Miss Marple films Murder, She Said (1961) and Murder Ahoy! (1964).{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba13d814d|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805152448/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba13d814d|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-08-05|title=Gerald Cross|work=BFI}}{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=22658|title=Gerald Cross|work=aveleyman.com}}

Cross played the part of Arnold Tripp, the editor of the local newspaper, in the early BBC Television soap opera The Newcomers.{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1401049/credits.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Newcomers, The (1965-69) Credits|work=screenonline.org.uk}}

He died in Camden Town.