{{Short description|British stuntman (1942–2021)}} thumb|Ian Gregory modeling a dog in 2008 '''Ian Gregory''' (or '''Iain Gregory'''; 1942, Eastcote, Middlesex – 8 April 2021)<ref name="20th">{{Cite web |title=Ian Gregory |url=https://www.20thcenturyforum.com/t11597-ian-gregory |access-date=2021-10-17 |website=20thcenturyforum.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=miar>{{cite web|url=https://www.miararts.com/blog/announcing-the-sad-news-of-the-passing-of-friend-and-sculptor-ian-gregory/|title=Announcing the sad news of the passing of friend and sculptor Ian Gregory|work=MIAR Ceramics & Arts|date=2021-04-09|access-date=2022-02-01}}</ref> was a British stuntman, singer and potter.
As a singer he performed with Joe Meek on a song called "Time Will Tell",<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ian Gregory - Time Will Tell |url=http://www.45cat.com/record/7n15295|website=45cat.com |access-date=2021-10-17}}</ref> and also the song "Can't You Hear the Beat of a Broken Heart" written by Meek.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch The Johnny Leyton Touch |url=https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-the-johnny-leyton-touch-1961-online |access-date=2021-12-07 |website=BFI Player |language=en}}</ref>
In 1964, he appeared as an actor in the British drama film, ''The System''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-01-25 |title=BFI |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/53091?view=cast |access-date=2021-10-17 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125022107/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/53091?view=cast |archive-date=25 January 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Gregory attended St Martin's School of Art.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dorset Lives | url=https://www.dorsetlife.co.uk/2011/05/dorset-lives-2/|website=Dorsetlife.co.uk |access-date=2021-04-08 |language=en-US}}</ref> His early pottery work consisted of salt-glazed stoneware chest of drawers, one of which is included in the Victoria and Albert Museum collection.<ref name="20th" /> He was an early user of paper clay and an innovative kiln builder.<ref name="aic">{{Cite web |title=Ian Gregory |url=https://www.artinclay.co.uk/exhibitors/gregory-2/ |website=Artinclay.co.uk |access-date=2021-10-17 |language=en-GB }}{{Dead link|date=March 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
In 1977, Gregory was elected a fellow of the Craft Potters Association. He was head of the art department at Milton Abbey School,<ref name=miar/> he also taught at the University of the West of England.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ian Gregory |url=http://www.studiopottery.com/cgi-bin/mp.cgi?item=40 |access-date=2021-12-06 |website=Studiopottery.com}}</ref> His work can be found in The Fitzwilliam Museum, the Aberystwyth University Ceramics Collection and Nottingham Castle Museum.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ian Gregory Ceramic Sculptor|url=https://www.miararts.com/artists/ian-gregory/ |access-date=2021-12-06 |website=Miararts.com}}</ref>
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