[65] Also on stage he appeared in the thriller Underground with Raymond Burr and Marc Sinden (whose father Donald had worked with Wyngarde on The Siege of Sidney Street) at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto and at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London in 1983.[66]. After his mother's marriage to Ian MacAulay, Wyngarde would sometimes use his stepfather's surname.[38]. Having changed his name from Cyril Goldbert to Peter Wyngarde on arrival in the UK in December 1945, within a few months he began his professional acting career. Discover today's celebrity birthdays and explore famous people who share your birthday. He was a busy leading man on television in Britain by the mid-50s, and seemed then clearly older than his early 20s. He was best known for portraying the character Jason King, a bestselling novelist turned sleuth, in two television series: Department S (196970) and Jason King (197172). Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. Birth Date: abt 1933 Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? [26] Throughout his life Wyngarde always cited Marseille as his place of birth, and this is repeated in the biography published in 2020. [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). One of his friends there was future author J.G. 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. Tina Bate, Other Works Little or none of this can be true because it is clear that Wyngarde arrived in the UK from Shanghai aged 18 in December 1945 and began his professional acting career in early 1946 just a few months later. But he is no longer on stage or television. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. In 1998, the album was reissued on CD by RPM Records, re-titled When Sex Leers Its Inquisitive Head. His appearances at TV and Sci-Fi conventions have drawn thousands of attendees, eager to meet him and to shake the hand of a true acting legend. "He entertained that whole hospital. After a brief spell with an agency in London, he walked into an audition, read the part, and was cast as the understudy for the lead in a play in Brighton.His first role on the London stage, however, was with the Nottingham Repertory Company at the Embassy Theatre as Cassio in Othello. Long live Jason King!' Wyngarde's agent and manager, Thomas Bowington, said: 'He was one of the most unique, original and . Year should not be greater than current year. Film generally tells us that people of Peters age dont actually exist, or, if they do, they are hopelessly infirm and in the way of the main storyline. Official Number: 164521, The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Foreign Registers and Returns; Class: RG 33; Piece: 31. 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. Wyngarde had spoken dismissively to Connolly of all that naturalistic stuff. A slow-moving winter storm intensified over California on Friday, triggering the first . [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]. In 1975, he was found guilty of gross indecency in a bus station toilet. To Billen, he averred, It was the lack of imagination of producers. 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. Peter Wyngarde has been evasive about his actual age for many years, but was almost certainly born several years earlier than 1933. Henry Jr's sons were executors of Wyngarde's estate, possibly against his wishes. [96] An obituary reported that he lived partly on social security benefits.[4]. It was produced by ITC Entertainment and had a single season of 26 one-hour episodes that aired from 1971 to 1972. The original vinyl album is now much sought after by fans and collectors alike. [4][5], According to his own account, he was born on 23 August 1933 to a French mother and a British father at an aunt's home in Marseille, France. Between 1976 and 1979, DC Thompson - publishers of the Beano comic - ran a story called "Fireball" in its comic, Bullet. 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.Following the cancellation of the series at the end of 1972, Peter decided to return to the theatre, and after being greeted at Melbourne Airport by more than 30,000 screaming fans, he took the city by storm in the world premiere of Butley before packed houses every night. This is incorrect.He was married once, to the actress Dorinda Stevens.He had one child - born in 1977.He left a partner, and also has three living nieces and nephews. Jason King star Peter Wyngarde has died at the age of 90, his agent has confirmed. [72], In January 2014, he narrated an episode of the BBC Four Timeshift documentary strand How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective. He sits before me as one who knew his duty and did it, beyond all praise, alive in the cinema of the mind. After Department S, Lew Grade informed him that, while his own idea of a hero was Roger Moore, my wife likes you so were going to do another series. [4], After making his film debut in a brief, uncredited role as a soldier in Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949), Wyngarde had more roles in feature films, television plays and television series guest appearances from the mid-1950s. Five years later a tabloid newspaper reported that he was out of work, and the mop of hair thinning now was covered with a flat cap and he used a tie to hold up his trousers. He began acting during his internment when he played all the characters in a version of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde. In 1970, Wyngarde recorded an album released by RCA Victor entitled simply Peter Wyngarde, featuring a single, "La Ronde De L'Amour"/"The Way I Cry Over You". He would live in the same building for the rest of his life. Inec chairman Prof . Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. "[4] He often spoke about his traumatic early life. "[63], In the role, he "became a style icon, with his droopy moustache, hair that looked like a bearskin hat and a wardrobe of wide-lapelled, three-piece suits, cravats and open-necked shirts in colours so bright they might hurt sensitive eyes. However, one just goes on learning from one's mistakes doesn't one? More on this story 'What a life. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. Birth Place: Hicolieff, Soviet Union Son of an English father and French mother. Once, He became immensely popular in Australia when. Arrival Age: 13 Spent his childhood in a number of different countries. )", "From Jason King to Flash Gordon: Peter Wyngarde a life in pictures", "A Tale of Two Cities 8 The Footsteps Die Out (1957)", "TV Versions of 'The Prisoner of Zenda' & 'Rupert of Hentzau', "From the archive: Peter Wyngarde talks to Andrew Billen in 1993", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Wyngarde&oldid=1139917387, This page was last edited on 17 February 2023, at 14:28. He died this week at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital aged 90. [10], Mike Myers credited Wyngarde with inspiring the character Austin Powers.[62]. Wyngarde told an interviewer that after his parents' divorce his father took him to China "only months before war with China broke out" in the summer of 1937. Try again. Interviewed in 1973, Wyngarde said: "As a child it was difficult to differentiate sometimes between fact and fantasy. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Peter Wyngarde married the actress Dorinda Stevens[65] on 6 March 1951 when he was 23. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Following Eric Weinstein's interview on how String Theory culture has stifled innovation in theoretical physics, longstanding critic of String Theory, Peter Woit, takes aim at the theory itself. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? From the late 1980s, the author came into his orbit as the long yearned-for, missing piece of the puzzle: namely a strong, dependable sounding-board and, increasingly, his soulmate. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Wyngarde became a British household name through his starring role in the espionage series Department S (1969). His wife is Dorinda Stevens (6 March1951 - 24 June1956)( divorced). Peter Wyngarde and Dennis Price in an episode of Jason King, What a life. No one rivalled Jason King, the detective he played in the series of the same name, for . He would live in the same building for the rest of his life. 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. [12] Most formal official sources cite 1927 as his year of birth, but other more informal sources have reported a range of birth years from 1924 to 1937. It was then back to the stage for a nine-month's tour of South Africa in Deathtrap. After liberation, Wyngarde claimed to have read law at Oxford, but there is no record of him having studied there in the postwar years. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. In 1975, he was arrested, convicted and fined 75 for an act of "gross indecency" in the toilets of Gloucester Bus Station, which followed an arrest and caution for similar activities in the toilets at Kennedy Gardens in Birmingham the previous year. [103][104] It was reissued in 2019. After Wyngarde had filmed Flash Gordon (1980) behind the gold mask of the chief of the secret police, Klytus, his agent, Dennis Selinger, admitted the actor was out of work. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? Ballard remembered that he was very popular with the ladies, distributing the most gallant flattery. [25], His death certificate records his birthplace as Singapore[11] and on immigration documents related to two trips to the United States in 1960 Wyngarde stated his place of birth was Singapore. All items sold, and the auction fetched over 35,000. Disillusioned with Hollywood, Peter returned to his first love - the British stage, where he took the role of Yang Sun, a Chinese fighter pilot, in Bertold Brecht's, The Good Woman of Setzuan, at the Royal Court Theatre in London's West End. [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. Following his public exposure in 1975 bit parts followed for Wyngarde - notably as masked character Klytus in the 1980 film Flash Gordon but he did not reach the heights of his previous fame. Wyngarde claimed that: "It sold out in next to no time but RCA point-blankly refused to press any more. His death certificate records his birthplace as Singapore [11] and on immigration documents related to two trips to the United States in 1960 Wyngarde stated his place of birth was Singapore. [4] His theatre appearances included playing opposite Vivien Leigh in 1958, and as Cyrano de Bergerac at the Bristol Old Vic in 1959, which he considered a highlight of his career. Peter Wyngarde (Cyril Louis Goldbert), actor, born c. 1926 or 1927; died 15 January 2018, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. His character, Jason King, a novelist turned sleuth, was reputedly based on the author Ian Fleming. Name: Henry Goldbert View popular celebrities life details, birth signs and real ages. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. The year was 1941, and amidst a mass of turmoil and confusion, news broke that the Japanese had captured the city, and before long, Peter and his surrogate family found themselves in Lung Hau concentration camp. Peter Paul Wyngarde (born Cyril Goldbert,[1] 23 August 1927[disputed discuss] 15 January 2018)[2] was a British television, stage and film actor active from the late 1940s to the mid 1990s. [28] Henry Goldbert was of Russian ethnicity[29] and born in present day Ukraine. A style legend to the end, actor Peter Wyngarde was still laying down the law on fashion from his hospital bed in his final days.. The last time, when he had begun to be successful, he cut me dead in St James's Park. A biography of the actor was published in 2012 by the organiser of the Six of One, the appreciation society of The Prisoner TV series. 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. It was shown internationally as well, and has been released on DVD in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and Germany. Please try again later. He shared a flat there for some years with. He did not speak to any newspapers in the wake of this incident. So, how much is Peter Wyngarde worth at the age of 91 years old? LIVE - Updated at 14:29. [4], Wyngarde's film work was not extensive, but gained attention. Known on television as the suave womanizer Jason King of the eponymous early 1970s television series. He also featured in the title role of Rupert of Hentzau in 1964. 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. London Electoral Roll, 1948, Camden, Hampstead area. Even the remaining string theorists . Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. [109] All items sold, and the auction fetched over 35,000. However, one just goes on learning from one's mistakes doesn't one?". Sorry! [57], Wyngarde always denied knowing Ballard or said he could not remember, but in an undated letter published by his biographer in 2020 he confirms that he knew Ballard.[58]. 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]. King is Knightsbridge to McGill's Notting Hill, even though Peter Wyngarde had been born in Marseilles. Wynegarde hid his sexuality from the public, Alan Bates reportedly had a relationship with Wyngarde. Failed to remove flower. He was evasive about his actual age for many years, but was almost certainly born several years earlier than 1933. Other than my friends and clients, Morecambe & Wise, Peter was the most requested and highest paid celebrity making personal appearances. O'Donoghue was found by police when close to death, and was sentenced to 15 months, after also being found guilty. [27] He later claimed that the ship had arrived in Liverpool not Southampton, and that he was personally greeted by King George VI.[55][56]. I am amazed I am still here". Actor famous as the suave television sleuth Jason King. Considered for Dr. Hans Fallada, Dr. Armstrong, Dr. Bukovsky, and Sir Percy Heseltine in. [78] The album is now usually treated as a curiosity because of its unusual spoken-word style and the controversial subject matter of some of the tracks.[79][80][81]. [39], An auction of 250 items from his estate took place on 26 March 2020. "[85], He called Vivien Leigh "the love of my life". Please enter your email and password to sign in. GRO Reference: DOR Q1/2018 in KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA (239-1A) Entry Number 516736478. [6][7][8], Like many actors and other celebrities, Wyngarde changed his name and claimed to be younger than he was. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. The fact that it doesn't reveals an unusual dichotomy: it splits Wyngarde's life into two, almost equal, parts. [12], Passenger records of Peter Wyngarde's journey to the UK in 1945[27] and a biography published in 2020[12] name his father as a British merchant seaman called Henry Goldbert (18971945). He has died in. One of his friends there was future author. 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. I am amazed I am still here", but that he stopped drinking in the early 1980s. [91][92] The Evening Standard reported that Wyngarde pleaded guilty although his solicitor tried to mitigate the charge as a "mental aberration" brought on by excessive drinking. 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. Some sources list his birth year as 1924. The hero bore more than a passing resemblance to none other than Peter Wyngarde. The Jason King star, whose medallion-man dress sense ruled the . Peter Wyngarde was a late-1960s, early-1970s sensation with a self-parodic style. By 1971 it was reported that more babies [had been] christened Jason during the last 12 months than ever before. Peter Wyngarde; Television; news; Reuse this content. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? Obi is a millionaire businessman who started as a drinks trader at the outdoor market in his hometown of Onitsha, in southern Nigeria. In 1975, Peter headed out to Austria to work at the English Theatre in Vienna, to both act in and direct productions of The Merchant of Venice and Big Toys, before returning to the big screen in an Austrian film (Himmel, Scheich Und Wolkenbrunch) in the role of a latter-day Rudolph Valentino. 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. Cyril Goldbert left Shanghai that autumn and travelled to the UK on the Cunard-White Star Line ship Arawa. He played the role of the Comte De Guiche in Caedmon Records' complete recording of "Cyrano de Bergerac", starring Ralph Richardson. What a legend: tributes paid to cult TV star Peter Wyngarde, "Peter Wyngarde: Jason King star who inspired Austin Powers dies aged 90", Peter Wyngarde: Cult TV star who inspired Austin Powers dies aged 90, "Peter Wyngarde fined 75 on bus station sex charge", A different era: How iconic actor Peter Wyngarde's 'liaison' in Gloucester Bus Station changed his world forever, "Turning the Inside Out. Ballard were prisoners of the Japanese during World War II. The hero bore more than a passing resemblance to none other than Peter Wyngarde. Di National collation centre don open to declare Nigeria 2023 presidential vote. Interviewed for The Sydney Morning Herald in 1972, he said that his biggest regret was that he "married far too young", adding: "It lasted three [sic] years and the last year was pretty hell. I am amazed I am still here", but that he stopped drinking in the early 1980s. 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). Small wonder then that Mike Myers based his hugely successful spoof spy Austen Powers on the moustached sleuth who could seduce continental beauties at the drop of his felt hat. However, JG Ballard, who had endured the Japanese internment camp Lunghua with him, stated in his 2008 memoir Miracles of Life that Cyril Goldbert, the future Peter Wyngarde, was four years older than me; Ballard had been born in 1930. He first appeared at the Buxton Playhouse in 1946,[4] and the following year in a production of Nol Coward's Present Laughter at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham. Upon the fraud scheme being discovered Dallas-Cope persuaded his flatmate Anthony O'Donoghue, a male model, "to attempt suicide and take the blame". It was here that he first made the acquaintance of the Oliviers - Lawrence and his wife, Vivien Leigh, the latter of whom he later played opposite in the critically acclaimed Duel of Angels.Following the plays hugely successful run at the Apollo Theatre in London in 1958 Ms Leigh, who had since become a close friend of Peter's, begged her leading man to join her in the New York production of the play. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. [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. February 24, 2023. Wyngarde played King in the manner of a cat walking on tiptoe, with an air of self-satisfaction. [33] No such person appears in any public records in the UK or anywhere in the world. During better times however, the young Mr Wyngarde worked in the camp laundry and gardens, and began to write and appear in plays staged by, and for, his fellow inmates, making his acting debut in his own production of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. In his autobiography, Ballard refers to Wyngarde (using the actor's real name of Cyril Goldbert and referring to his later fame under a stage name), and describes him as being "four years my senior"; this would suggest that Wyngarde was born in 1926, not in 1933, as has often been claimed. [17] However, during a subsequent visit to Singapore in 1972 he denied having previously been there. Try again later. 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