He said his career was ruined by 'small minded people' following his 1975 arrest. [93] It is said that Wyngarde's career never fully recovered from the publicity surrounding this prosecution. Topics. [citation needed], In the late 1950s he moved to a flat in number 1 Earls Terrace off Kensington High Street in London. In 1975, he was found guilty of gross indecency in a bus station toilet. 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). Try again. In fact, he is at least four years older than me [Ballard was born in 1930], and played adult roles in the camp Shakespeare productions. He was dropped from mainstream acting roles and his career was virtually over. You can always change this later in your Account settings. Discover today's celebrity birthdays and explore famous people who share your birthday. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. Try again later. More on this story 'What a life. Also learn how He earned most of Peter Wyngarde networth? 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. The following year, he once again took up the mantle of actor/director with Present Laughter, stopping off along the way to host the 1974 Miss Television Contest. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. On TV he appeared in The Two Ronnies 1984 Christmas Special as Sir Guy. It was shown internationally as well, and has been released on DVD in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and Germany. Sad too, when one considers that Wyngarde was, during the late 1960s and early 1970s, a household name thanks to his role as the flamboyantly camp and immaculately attired author-cum-investigator Jason King. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. Even the remaining string theorists . Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Search above to list available cemeteries. 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. Although King's dapperness is a host of Burlington Arcade giveaways and Aix-en-Provence getaways, his Interpol partner Joel Fabiani (playing Stewart Sullivan) would thrash you in a game of squash - or squash you in a game of thrash. It was doubtless true that this incident damaged his career, but his ego also played a part. Interviewed in 1973, Wyngarde said: "As a child it was difficult to differentiate sometimes between fact and fantasy. Bookmark. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? [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. 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. Try again later. He appeared opposite Vivien Leigh in Duel of Angels at the Apollo in 1958, and said that the highlight of his career, at the Bristol Old Vic in 1959, had been playing Cyrano de Bergerac. He was a busy leading man on television in Britain by the mid-50s, and seemed then clearly older than his early 20s. Henry Jr's sons were executors of Wyngarde's estate, possibly against his wishes. In his youth, he toyed with the idea of calling himself Lawrence Templeton. In the late 1950s he moved to a flat in number 1 Earls Terrace off Kensington High Street in London. Wyngarde played the masked character Klytus in the film Flash Gordon (1980) and Sir Robert Knight in the film Tank Malling (1989) with Ray Winstone. 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. 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. Drag images here or select from your computer for Peter Wyngarde memorial. In that series, Wyngardes acting become increasingly mannered. When the camp was finally liberated in 1945 Peter, who was then suffering from malnutrition, beriberi and malaria, was taken to a sanatorium in the Swiss mountains where he remained for the next two years.After completing his education in Switzerland, France and England, Peter reluctantly honoured his parents' wishes, and entered university, where he began studying law, but soon dropped the idea in favour of a career in advertising. Please try again later. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. 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. In 1995, he wrote: Peter Wyngarde was in the camp, under his real name of Cyril Goldbert. This was due to his fame as the Zapata-moustached,. [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. A slow-moving winter storm intensified over California on Friday, triggering the first . He appeared in a stage production of The Cabinet of Dr. Calibari in 1995, until he withdrew due to a throat infection. I am amazed I am still here". There is a problem with your email/password. Before Austin Powers there was 'Jason King' - and the fabulous Peter Wyngarde who has died aged 90. 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. [4] A biography published in 2020 which claimed to draw on personal knowledge of the subject gave his date of birth as 28 (not 23) August 1928. The following year, he once again took up the mantle of actor/director with Present Laughter, stopping off along the way to host the 1974 Miss Television Contest.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. However, one just goes on learning from one's mistakes doesn't one? [86] From 1956 to 1958, Wyngarde shared a flat with Ruby Talbot in London and the 2020 biography cites the electoral roll as evidence that this was a romantic relationship. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request, There is an open photo request for this memorial. Name: Henry Goldbert Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? [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. Born in Marseilles, France, his father worked for the British Diplomatic Service. Interviewed by Ray Connolly in 1973, he said: As a child it was difficult to differentiate sometimes between fact and fantasy. He insisted that he had been born Peter Paul Wyngarde in 1933. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. How Peter Wyngarde's secret sex life was exposed by police, destroying career of the 1970s pin up who inspired Austin Powers Peter Wyngarde was one of the biggest names in TV in the mid. Wyngarde had spoken dismissively to Connolly of all that naturalistic stuff. Arrival Date: 30 Apr 1946 Peter Wyngarde married the actress Dorinda Stevens[65] on 6 March 1951 when he was 23. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. [107] He died on 15 January 2018. Inec chairman Prof . This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. )", "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. Peter Wyngarde played cult TV icon Jason King between 1968 and 1972 . 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. 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. - MESSAGES FROM MORRISSEY - MORRISSEY CENTRAL - Turning the Inside Out", "Peter Wyndgarde: The Man Behind the Moustache, 20/01/2018, Good Morning Scotland BBC Radio Scotland", "British Actor Peter Wyngarde Dies in London Hospital Aged 90", "East Bristol Auctions | Peter Wyngarde - His Estate & Related Collections - Worldwide Postage & Delivery Available On All Items - see www.eastbristol.co.uk", "Cult TV star Peter Wyngarde's snakeskin jacket sells at auction - BBC News", "Watch and Download "The Siege of Sidney Street" courtesy of Jimbo Berkey", "The Innocents: No 11 best horror film of all time", "Night of the Eagle (Burn, Witch, Burn! All rights reserved. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. . Birth Date: abt 1933 He played the role of the Comte De Guiche in Caedmon Records' complete recording of "Cyrano de Bergerac", starring Ralph Richardson. 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. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. Ballard, author of Empire of the Sun (1987) among others. is 5'9"(1.76m) . 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. Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. He is a member of famous Actor with the age 91 years old group. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Oops, we were unable to send the email. [10], Mike Myers credited Wyngarde with inspiring the character Austin Powers.[62]. | 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. Between 1976 and 1979, DC Thompson - publishers of the Beano comic - ran a story called "Fireball" in its comic, Bullet. One obituary described Wyngarde as playing the role "in the manner of a cat walking on tiptoe, with an air of self-satisfaction", but that increasingly his acting became more mannered and he came to believe his own publicity. To Billen, he averred, It was the lack of imagination of producers. February 24, 2023. He is from France. [6][7][8], Like many actors and other celebrities, Wyngarde changed his name and claimed to be younger than he was. [14] He took the role of Pausanias opposite Richard Burton in the film Alexander the Great (1956), and appeared in the film The Siege of Sidney Street (1960) with Donald Sinden. And if youre a perfectionist producers dont like it, because they are so mediocre. In 1982, a bankruptcy hearing found that he was living on social security. His trophy for "best dressed personality of 1970" reached the highest selling price with a winning bid of 2,200. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. It was a clue perhaps to the secret he hid from his fans. Although some have claimed that he was interviewed by the News of the World and the Birmingham based Sunday Mercury following the incident, this is incorrect. London Electoral Roll, 1948, Camden, Hampstead area. 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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. [4], Wyngarde's film work was not extensive, but gained attention. [17] However, during a subsequent visit to Singapore in 1972 he denied having previously been there. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. [4], By the late 1960s, Wyngarde was guest starring in television series of the time, many of which were shown internationally, including The Avengers, The Saint, The Baron, The Champions and I Spy. As a boy during World War II, he was interned by the Japanese in the Lunghua Civil Assembly Centre in China. Failed to delete memorial. A system error has occurred. He had an active fan club from the mid-1950s to 1985. His flamboyant dress sense and stylish performances led to success, and he was considered a style icon in Britain and elsewhere in the early 1970s. [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]. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. He followed this appearance as the lead in the occult thriller Night of the Eagle (US title: Burn Witch Burn, 1962), his only film appearance in a lead role. Immigration records from his arrival in the UK in 1945 indicate he was 18 years old at the time, with a birth year of 1927, and Wyngarde was first listed on the UK electoral roll in 1948 which also confirms 1927 as his year of birth, as only those aged 21 and over were included on the electoral roll at that time. 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. Cravats, frilly shirts, velvet, leather - you name it, he wore it. 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. His appearance in The Avengers (1966), inducting Diana Rigg into the Hellfire Club, is well remembered. It was produced by ITC Entertainment and had a single season of 26 one-hour episodes that aired from 1971 to 1972. ). [75] The album is a collection of spoken-word musical arrangements produced by Vic Smith and Hubert Thomas Valverde. The Jason King star, whose medallion-man dress sense ruled the . 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. In April 1943, he was interned in the Lunghua civilian internment camp. His first role on the London stage, however, was with the Nottingham Repertory Company at the Embassy Theatre as Cassio in Othello. I am amazed I am still here", but that he stopped drinking in the early 1980s. King is Knightsbridge to McGill's Notting Hill, even though Peter Wyngarde had been born in Marseilles. From there, he moved to the world famous Old Vic in Bristol, where he not only took the lead role in such classics as Cyrano de Bergerac and Taming of the Shrew, but also tried his hand at directing, most notably with Long Day's Journey Into Night.In 1956, Peter was invited over to the United States to take a screen test for the part of Pausanius in Robert Rosen's epic feature film, Alexander the Great opposite Richard Burton and Fredric March, but after almost a year's work on location in Spain, he watched in horror as his role was cut almost out of existence. [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. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? 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. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Peter Wyngarde I found on Findagrave.com. He has died in. It went online in 2000 and maintains a regularly updated blog. However, it's believed his original name was. View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro. "[62] In 1970, he was described as "Britain's best-dressed male personality", and the following year it was reported that more babies were christened Jason that year than ever before. In 2007, Donald Spotos biography of Alan Bates, Otherwise Engaged, noted that Bates and Wyngarde had been partners for a decade from 1956. [106], His agent and manager reported that Wyngarde was admitted to the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London in October 2017 with an unspecified illness. Failed to remove flower. It was then back to the stage for a nine-month's tour of South Africa in Deathtrap.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.Having been cast as the somewhat unsavoury character of Sir Robert Knights in the stylish, yet overtly violent British thriller, Tank Malling in 1989 Peter, who scarcely ever agrees to be interviewed, consented to appear on SKY TV's Jameson Show, plus a hearing on Channel 4s Right To Reply and the BBC's daytime magazine, Pebble Mill. 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. Mother: By 1971 it was reported that more babies [had been] christened Jason during the last 12 months than ever before. [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. Wyngarde played King in the manner of a cat walking on tiptoe, with an air of self-satisfaction. Add to your scrapbook. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. 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. The actor was best known for his role as sleuth Jason King in Department S and its spin-off. Birth Date: 1 Jan 1897 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. The last time, when he had begun to be successful, he cut me dead in St James's Park. O'Donoghue was found by police when close to death, and was sentenced to 15 months, after also being found guilty. His director, Cyril Frankel, said: "It got to a point where he wouldn't accept direction. 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. The hero bore more than a passing resemblance to none other than Peter Wyngarde. What a legend . [52] In one interview in the 1970s, Wyngarde says that he was interned as an unaccompanied 5-year-old due to an administrative error,[53] but this appears to be age fabrication since records show that he was interned from age 15 to just before his 18th birthday. He did not speak to any newspapers in the wake of this incident. 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. [54] He appeared with Alec Guinness in Hamlet in London in 1951, and with Siobhn McKenna in Saint Joan in 1954. His character, Jason King, a novelist turned sleuth, was reputedly based on the author Ian Fleming. Spent his childhood in a number of different countries. 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. Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu was declared the winner of Nigeria's presidential election early Wednesday, amid calls from the opposition for a rerun in Africa's largest democracy. Confined in these desperately brutal conditions for four years, Peter struggled to prevent his family and friends from dying at the hands of the cruel and barbaric soldiers who governed the camp, and on one occasion while running errands between accommodation huts, he was discovered and punished by having both his feet broken with a rifle butt, and then put into solitary confinement for two weeks. Calibari in 1995, he was dropped from mainstream acting roles and his career, but that had. 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