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Peter Tork
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American musician and actor (1942–2019)
Film & TV
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Peter Halsten Thorkelson (February 13, 1942 – February 21, 2019), better known as Peter Tork, was an American musician, composer and actor, best known as the keyboardist and bass guitarist of The Monkees. Description above from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known for
- Laurel Canyon — Self (archive footage)2020
- Boyce & Hart: The Guys Who Wrote 'Em2015
- We Love the Monkees — Himself2012
- The Wrecking Crew — Self - The Monkees2008
- The Junior Defenders — Interviewee2007
- Making The Monkees2007
- Cathedral Pines — Mr. Geary2006
- Stella's Search for Sanity — Evil Acting Teacher2003
- The Monkees: Live Summer Tour — Vocals, Guitar2002
- Mixed Signals — Band manager2001
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1942-02-13
- Active to
- 2019-02-21
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,446
- Total plays
- 97,848
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Peter Halsten Thorkelson (Feb 13, 1942 - Feb 21, 2019 - age 77), better known as Peter Tork, was an American musician, songwriter and actor. He was born in Washington, D.C. and began studying piano at the age of nine, and showed an aptitude for music by learning to play several different instruments, including the banjo and acoustic and bass guitars. Tork attended E.O.Smith High School in Storrs, Connecticut. He then attended Carleton College but dropped out and moved to New York City <a href="
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C.
- Place of death
- Mansfield
- Occupation
- bassist
- Languages spoken
- German
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- piano
- Official website
- www.petertork.com
- Image
- WikiTork.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- archives at
- Carleton College
- Commons category
- Peter Tork
- date of birth
- 1942-02-13
- date of death
- 2019-02-21
- cause of death
- adenoid cystic carcinoma
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- end of work period
- 2019-02-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- medical condition
- Asperger syndrome
- pseudonym
- Peter Tork
- member of
- The Monkees
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- name in native language
- Peter Halsten Thorkelson
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