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Peter Wyngarde

Actor

Peter Wyngarde

Born August 23, 1927 in Singapore City, SingaporeDied January 15, 201821 films

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).

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The Innocents posterFirst watchThe Innocents19617.5as Peter QuintIn 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.View film

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Flash Gordon poster6.3Flash Gordon1980Night of the Eagle poster6.7Night of the Eagle1962Alexander the Great poster6.1Alexander the Great1956

Filmography

21 films as actor
  1. 1989Tank MallingSir Robert Knights
  2. 1988The YobMr Kendel
  3. 1984And the Wall Came Tumbling DownDaniel Haswell
  4. 1984Doctor Who: Planet of FireTimanov
  5. 1980Flash GordonKlytus
  6. 1976Himmel, Scheich und WolkenbruchSheik Al-Abdullah
  7. 1967Queen of Scots
  8. 1967The CrossfireHugo de Croissillon
  9. 1966Lucy in LondonPeter Wyngarde
  10. 1965The Further Adventures of GallegherSir Richard
  11. 1964A Choice of Coward: Present LaughterGarry Essendine
  12. 1964A Midsummer Night's DreamOberon
  13. 1962Night ConspiratorsWerner Loder
  14. 1962Night of the EagleNorman Taylor
  15. 1961The InnocentsPeter Quint
  16. 1960The Siege of Sidney StreetPeter 'the Painter'
  17. 1959SouthLt Jan Wicziewsky
  18. 1957Ordeal by FireJerome Taillard
  19. 1956Alexander the GreatPausanias
  20. 1952The DybbukChannon
  21. 1949Dick Barton Strikes BackSoldier