Peter Wyngarde

Acting

Peter Wyngarde

Born August 23, 1927 · Singapore City, Singapore

Died January 15, 2018 · aged 90

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

Flash GordonFlash Gordon · 1980
Flash Gordon
6.31980
MovieScience FictionAdventure
A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.
The InnocentsThe Innocents · 1961
The Innocents
7.51961
MovieHorrorMystery
In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.
Alexander the GreatAlexander the Great · 1956
Alexander the Great
6.11956
MovieAdventureHistory
An engrossing spectacle set in the 4th-century BC, in which Alexander of Greece leads his troops forth, conquering all of the known world, in the belief that the Greek way of thinking will bring enlightenment to people. The son of the barbaric and ruthless King Philip of Macedonia, Alexander achieved glory in his short but remarkable life.
Night of the EagleNight of the Eagle · 1962
Night of the Eagle
6.71962
MovieHorror
A college professor who discovers that his wife has been practicing black magic for years forces her to stop but soon learns the true power of the occult.
Night ConspiratorsNight Conspirators · 1962
Night Conspirators
1962
Movie
An old man is rescued from Iceland. Why would you need rescuing from Iceland - unless you're Adolf Hitler...
SouthSouth · 1959
South
1.01959
MovieDrama
A made-for-television play about an exiled Polish Army lieutenant faced with his darkest secret.
The DybbukThe Dybbuk · 1952
The Dybbuk
1952
Movie
A young bride is possessed by a dybbuk, a malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person, on the eve of her wedding.
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master DetectiveHow to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective · 2014
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
2014
MovieDocumentary
The evolution of Holmes on screen, from silent movies to new TV versions, with contributions from Sherlock's past and present.

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The Man in Room 17The Man in Room 17 · 1965
The Man in Room 17
6.31965
SeriesCrimeDrama
The Man in Room 17 is a British television series which ran for two seasons in the mid-1960s, produced by the Northern ITV franchise, Granada Television. Key to the series' success was the involvement of writer/producer Robin Chapman. The show was set in Room 17 of the Department of Social Research, where former wartime agent-turned-criminologist Edwin Oldenshaw solved difficult police cases through theory and discussions with his assistants. The novelty of the series was that Oldenshaw and his colleagues never needed to leave their office in order to resolve cases, preferring to spend their time playing the Japanese board game of Go. They simply provided their prognosis and left the police to do the cleaning up. Different directors were often appointed to film the Room 17 and outside-world scenes independently, to maintain a sense of distance between the two worlds.

Paul Panacek

Turn Out the LightsTurn Out the Lights · 1967
Turn Out the Lights
1967
SeriesComedy
Turn Out the Lights was an ITV sitcom series made by Granada Television, that was first broadcast from Monday 2 January to Monday 6 February 1967 by Associated Rediffusion and Tyne Tees Television,. The series was a spin-off from the sitcom Pardon the Expression, itself a spin-off from the highly popular soap opera Coronation Street. Leonard Swindley was the central character, along with Wally Hunt. Swindley was formerly the manager of the fashion retail store "Gamma Garments" in Coronation Street and the deputy manager of the department store Dobson and Hawks in Pardon the Expression: in this series he becomes a professional speaker on astrology who encounters various supernatural events on his travels around the country, along with his colleague Wally Hunt, after they were both fired from Dobson and Hawks in the last episode of "Pardon the Expression". The series directors were David Boisseau and Michael Cox, production designers were Dennis Parkin and Roy Stonehouse.

Richard Merlin