Peter Wyngarde and Dennis Price in an episode of Jason King, What a life. [71] Seven years later, Vaughn requested him again for a role in X-Men: First Class but was again wrongly advised that Wyngarde had died. Henry Jr's sons were executors of Wyngarde's estate, possibly against his wishes. Jason King with his '70s sideburns, bouffant hair and bushy moustache was the only TV detective who sipped vintage booze while catching villains. Owing to his father's work as a member of the British Diplomatic Service, Peter spent much of his early childhood moving from one country to another, and was educated in a number of different schools.One city which left a lasting impression on him was Shanghai, where he had been temporarily left in the care of a Swiss family whilst his father was away in India on business. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. [82] They separated after three years and by November 1955, Stevens was described in a TV Times profile as "a bachelor girl, sharing a mews flat near Portland Place, London, with Cassio, her wire-haired terrier". In the late 1970s, he performed in the theatre in South Africa and Austria. [2][4][108], Tina Wyngarde-Hopkins's 2020 biography of Wyngarde and its accompanying website detail some disputes and conflict between the author and Wyngarde's executors and next of kin over his estate and the location of his remains. Thanks for your help! [39], An auction of 250 items from his estate took place on 26 March 2020. [90], Public attention was drawn to Wyngarde's personal life in October 1975 when he was prosecuted under his real name, Cyril Goldbert, for gross indecency with a crane driver in public toilets in Gloucester bus station. On TV he appeared in The Two Ronnies 1984 Christmas Special as Sir Guy. Upon the fraud scheme being discovered Dallas-Cope persuaded his flatmate Anthony O'Donoghue, a male model, "to attempt suicide and take the blame". The resultant mix of spoken word and alternative arrangements was subject to a very short pressing run, which has led some to conclude that it was not the recording that RCA had expected. Birth Date: 1 Jan 1897 He harboured feelings of regret in accepting the Jason King role. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. ", "London Film Convention Dates & Guests", "Peter Wyngarde, star who played 1960s TV sleuth Jason King, dies", "Web exclusive: Peter Wyngarde on double detection (audio)", "Peter Wyngarde: When Sex Leers Its Inquisitive Head", What a life. This was due to his fame as the Zapata-moustached, womanising author and sleuth Jason King in the ITV series Department S (1969-70) and the spin-off series Jason King (1971-72). In April 1943, he was interned in the Lunghua civilian internment camp. Peter Wyngrade was a mysterious figure - his date and place of birth, his birth name, and his parent's nationalities and occupations are all disputed. Considered for Dr. Hans Fallada, Dr. Armstrong, Dr. Bukovsky, and Sir Percy Heseltine in Lifeforce (1985). The actor was best known for his role as the sleuth Jason King in the TV show of the same name, and its forerunner. Na for here we go bring una live updates as di results begin dey drop from di different states. In 1984, after an absence of almost 12 years, Peter returned to the small screen with a rare television appearance in the four-part Doctor Who installment, Planet of Fire, which was followed in short succession by the Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense story, And The Wall Came Tumbling Down, and a memorable guest-starring role in Granada Television's Bulman. After his mother's marriage to Ian MacAulay, Wyngarde would sometimes use his stepfather's surname.[38]. The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has won the presidential election in Lagos State. One of his friends there was future author. [73] In It was Alright in the 1960s, a 2015 documentary series for Channel 4, Wyngarde expressed his unease at having had to don blackface to play a Turk in The Saint, but said he had done it only in the hope that a theatre director might pick him to play Othello.[74]. Some sources list his birth year as 1924. [citation needed] Overview [ edit] In The Innocents (1961), he did not have a single word of dialogue; his only film lead was as a psychology professor in a horror film, Night of the Eagle (1962). He made his television debut in January of 1950 in a live broadcast of the Patrick Hamilton play "Rope", playing Granillo. Nigeria's ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu is leading in the presidential election after results were released in 14 of the country's 36 states. [64], In the late 1970s, he performed in the theatre in South Africa and Austria. Try again. NameHarry GoldbertArrival Date2 May 1945Birth Date1897Age48GenderMaleEthnicity/ NationalityRussianPort of DepartureManchester, EnglandPort of ArrivalNew York, New York, USAShip NameLlandaffHousehold Members, Scottish statutory death register 1992, ref 221/ 96, Stornoway, Name: Marion Goldbert In 1975, he was found guilty of gross indecency in a bus station toilet. [107] He died on 15 January 2018. "[62], The series led Wyngarde to briefly become an international celebrity, being mobbed by female fans in Australia. Peter Paul Wyngarde was born at the home of an aunt in Marseille, Southern France, and is the son of an English father and French mother. They would move to England in 1946, shortly after Wyngarde did,[37] but the 2020 biography says that he chose to have very little further contact with them or their children. Wyngarde died at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London after being unwell for a few months. Family members linked to this person will appear here. [60] He appeared as Long John Silver in an adaptation of The Adventures of Ben Gunn (1958),[4] and as Sir Roger Casement in an episode of Granada Television's On Trial series produced by Peter Wildeblood. On his triumphant return to Britain in 1960, he was almost immediately cast as the enigmatic Peter the Painter in Monty Barman's production of The Siege of Sidney Street - a film which was based on the true story of the British Governments legendary battle with a notorious gang of Slavonic anarchist, whose reputation throughout Europe for robbery and murder lead to one of the bloodiest confrontations in British criminal history. [25] Carl Gresham, his promotional manager at this time said later that "During the '70s we had a contract to officially open over 30 Woolworths newly refurbished stores throughout the UK. So overwhelming was his effect on television viewers that in 1971, a brand new series - Jason King - was devised, which allowed the handsome novelist to go adventuring without restriction. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. To Billen, he averred, It was the lack of imagination of producers. [11] Most reports of his death in January 2018 concur and say that he was 90 years old when he died. Although reluctant at first, Peter was at last persuaded to reprise his role as Count Marcellus, and he made his Broadway debut at the Helen Hayes Theatre in 1959, taking the coveted award for Best Actor in a Foreign Play.On his triumphant return to Britain in 1960, he was almost immediately cast as the enigmatic Peter the Painter in Monty Barman's production of The Siege of Sidney Street - a film which was based on the true story of the British Governments legendary battle with a notorious gang of Slavonic anarchist, whose reputation throughout Europe for robbery and murder lead to one of the bloodiest confrontations in British criminal history.Between numerous starring roles in television productions such as Independent Televisions popular Armchair Theatre and Play of the Week, Peter made two more big screen appearances - both Albert Fennell productions.The first, in 1961, was The Innocents - a feature-length adaptation of the Henry James book, Turn of the Screw, which was followed in 1962 by the classic supernatural thriller, Night of the Eagle (aka Burn, Witch, Burn) which was once again based on a novel - this time Fritz Leiber's Conjure Wife.Between July of 1960 and March of 1969, Peter appeared in no less than thirty television plays, and guest starred in such classic series as The Avengers, I Love Lucy, The Baron, The Saint, The Champions and The Prisoner. A name wonderfully of its time, and far grander than Peter Wyngarde. But the name that determined Wyngardes career was Jason King. An appreciation society called The Hellfire Club was founded in 1992 with the actor's support, with members receiving its quarterly magazine by post. Ballard recalled him writing on a wall what he said would be his stage name Laurence Templeton. Despite erroneous comments made elsewhere, Dorinda Stevens was never married to (or divorced from) actor Peter Wyngarde. [67] Other TV appearances include Doctor Who (in the four-episode-story Planet of Fire, 1984), Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense (1984), Bulman (1985), The Lenny Henry Show (1994) and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994). I am amazed I am still here", but that he stopped drinking in the early 1980s. He also featured in the title role of Rupert of Hentzau in 1964. [35] She appears to have been born to a Eurasian family from Singapore. He was 90. 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[54] King led a hedonistic lifestyle; he often got the girl but as she is about to kiss him manages to avoid it, much to the annoyance of co-actor Joel Fabiani. Despite being named as Wyngarde's next of kin on the passenger manifest, Henry Goldbert appears to have died in the US in October 1945, a few weeks before his son arrived in the UK from Shanghai.[28]. The Jason King star, whose medallion-man dress sense ruled the . More recently, Peter made a welcomed return to our screens in 1994 in Granada Televisions popular Sherlock Holmes series opposite Jeremy Brett, playing the newspaper gossip-columnist, Langdale Pike, in The Three Gables.The long-overdue release of both Department S and Jason King on video in 1993 helped rekindle huge interest in the debonair Mr Wyngarde, with repeats of the series being shown on satellite and cable channels, and public pressure resulting in the re-release of his infamous 1970 album on CD.In recent years, Peter has made numerous TV appearances, which include Astleys Way, Dee Time, 100 Greatest TV Characters, Don't Knock Yourself Out and narrated the acclaimed Timeshift documentary, The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes in 2014.Peter remains one of the most popular British actors of the past 50 years, with a thriving fan club and devoted worldwide following. His burgeoning TV career brought him lead roles as Sydney Carton in A Tale of Two Cities (1957), Long John Silver in The Adventures of Ben Gunn (1958) and the title role in Rupert of Hentzau (1964). Add to your scrapbook. Year should not be greater than current year. [4], Wyngarde's film work was not extensive, but gained attention. From 1956 to 1958, he shared a flat with Ruby Talbot in London and the 2020 biography cites the electoral roll as evidence that this was a romantic relationship. The last time, when he had begun to be successful, he cut me dead in St James's Park. His trophy for "best dressed personality of 1970" reached the highest selling price with a winning bid of 2,200. Peter Wyngardes income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. His voice is still of great clarity and sound, his eyes unchanged since that period known as his prime. A rare item from the Peter Wyngarde estate." It went for 170. | Peter Wyngarde (Cyril Louis Goldbert) was born on 23 August, 1927 in Marseille, France, is an Actor. In 1969, Peter was cast in what was undoubtedly his most famous role as the legendary author-cum-investigator, Jason King, in the ITC action series, Department S, and soon became the idol of thousands of women the world over. Wyngarde died in a West London . As a boy during World War II, he was interned by the Japanese in the Lunghua Civil Assembly Centre in China. ). Drag images here or select from your computer for Peter Wyngarde memorial. [1][3] His full name may have been Cyril Louis Goldbert. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. His father, who may have been Henry Goldbert, though Peter claimed he was a British diplomat named Wyngarde, divorced her and took custody of him; he was staying with friends in China when the Japanese invaded in 1941. This was due to his fame as the Zapata-moustached,. Passenger records show that he travelled alone, aged 18, and arrived in Southampton on 14 December 1945. Get email updates with the day's biggest stories. Beneath the public face of pin up heart throb he was gay but because of public prejudices, reinforced by newspapers, it was kept secret. The first, in 1961, was The Innocents - a feature-length adaptation of the Henry James book, Turn of the Screw, which was followed in 1962 by the classic supernatural thriller, Night of the Eagle (aka Burn, Witch, Burn) which was once again based on a novel - this time Fritz Leiber's Conjure Wife. Try again later. [33] No such person appears in any public records in the UK or anywhere in the world. He went on to become the chairman of Fidelity Bank before a . This character is a university student, and, if Wyngarde had actually been born in August of 1933, he would have been 16 at the time, far too young for the part. Obi is a millionaire businessman who started as a drinks trader at the outdoor market in his hometown of Onitsha, in southern Nigeria. Weve updated the security on the site. Port of Departure: Shanghai, China Arrival Age: 13 I thought you might like to see a memorial for Peter Wyngarde I found on Findagrave.com. Oops, we were unable to send the email. His appearance in The Avengers (1966), inducting Diana Rigg into the Hellfire Club, is well remembered. In 1970, the actor Peter Wyngarde, who has died at what is believed to be the age of 90, was declared Britain's best-dressed male personality. [97] Morrissey wrote in his 2013 autobiography about visiting Wyngarde at home in Earls Terrace: [His flat is] an Edwardian warren of clerical ferocity a tornado of books and papers and swelling pyramids of typescripts, half-finished, half-begun. He maintained these versions of his biography until his death at 90 in 2018. It went online in 2000 and maintains a regularly updated blog. Peter Schickele won four straight Grammy Awards for Best Comedy Album in the 1990s, beating out this list of comedians: George Carlin, Weird Al Yankovic, Rita Rudner, Sandra Bernhard, Andrew Dice Clay, Sam Kinison, Jackie Mason, George Burns, Bob and Ray, Jonathan Winters and Garrison Keillor. [30][31][27] Wyngarde had claimed that Henry Goldbert was his stepfather,[32] and that his birth father was an Englishman named Henry Wyngarde[24][32] who had a prestigious career in the British Diplomatic Service in Hong Kong, Malaya, Singapore and India, before becoming an importer-exporter of antique watches living in Eaton Square, London. He argues that String Theory has become a degenerative research project, becoming increasingly complicated and, at the same time, removed from empirical reality. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Both Wyngarde and the writer J.G. Peter Wyngarde played cult TV icon Jason King between 1968 and 1972 . Owing to his father's work as a member of the British Diplomatic Service, Peter spent much of his early childhood moving from one country to another, and was educated in a number of different schools. And Dennis Price in an episode of Jason King role Japanese in the Lunghua civilian internment camp boy! 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