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Peter Wyngarde
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Film & TV
Singapore City, Singapore
Peter Paul Wyngarde (born Cyril Goldbert; August 23, 1927 – January 15, 2018) was an Anglo-Singaporean actor best known for playing the character Jason King, a bestselling novelist turned sleuth, in two British television series in the late 1960s and early 1970s: Department S (1969–1970) and Jason King (1971–1972).
Known for
- Life After Flash — Self2017
- The Vivien Leigh Archive at the V&A — Self2016
- How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective — Narrator2014
- After They Were Famous — Self2002
- Timeshift — self2002
- The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes — Langdale Pike1994
- Tank Malling — Sir Robert Knights1989
- The Yob — Mr Kendel1988
- Doctor Who: Planet of Fire — Timanov1984
- And the Wall Came Tumbling Down — Daniel Haswell1984
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Peter Wyngarde (23 August 1927 – 15 January 2018) was a British actor best known for playing the character Jason King, a bestselling novelist turned sleuth, in two television series: Department S (1969–70) and Jason King (1971–72). His flamboyant dress sense and acting led to popular success, becoming considered a style icon in Britain in the early 1970s; Mike Myers credited him with inspiring the character Austin Powers. In 1970, Wyngarde recorded an album released by RCA Victor entitled simply
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Marseille
- Place of death
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Record label
- RCA Records
- Image
- Peter Wyngarde Allan Warren.jpg
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- Peter Wyngarde
- date of birth
- 1927-08-23
- date of death
- 2018-01-15
- start of work period
- 1949-00-00
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