Peter Wyngarde

Acting

Peter Wyngarde

Born 1927-08-23 · Singapore City, Singapore

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).

Acting credits

Flash Gordon poster
6.3

A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.

Flash Gordon

1980

Alexander the Great poster
6.1

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.

Alexander the Great

1956

The Innocents poster
7.5

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.

The Innocents

1961

South poster
1.0

A made-for-television play about an exiled Polish Army lieutenant faced with his darkest secret.

South

1959

Life After Flash poster
5.6

A look at the roller coaster life of Sam J. Jones since his role as Flash Gordon, his struggles and successes, and the aftermath of when he went up against one of the most powerful producers in Hollywood.

Life After Flash

2017

Night Conspirators poster
NR

An old man is rescued from Iceland. Why would you need rescuing from Iceland - unless you're Adolf Hitler...

Night Conspirators

1962

Night of the Eagle poster
6.7

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 of the Eagle

1962

No artwork available
NR

Tension increases among French settlers in Algeria. A secret ultranationalist group decides to take action against a doctor who treats Muslim patients.

The Crossfire

1967

The Queen Special poster
NR

Promotional special for the band's albums "The Game" and "Flash Gordon," featuring concert sequences, music videos, and celebrity cameos.

The Queen Special

1980

The Further Adventures of Gallegher poster
NR

The young copyboy helps the town’s first female newspaper reporter, who is writing a series on confidence men. The swindlers are caught up in a sting, but they catch on and the reporter and Gallegher have to subdue them in order to escape and write their article.

The Further Adventures of Gallegher

1965

The Dybbuk poster
NR

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.

The Dybbuk

1952

Tank Malling poster
3.8

Tank is an investigative reporter and jailbird, framed on scant evidence supplied by the London mob. Helen is the sensuous call-girl who offers Tank ammunition and retribution. But, retaliation is swift and brutal, in the guise of Sir Robert Knights and his equally lethal lawyer, Dunboyne. A series of hideous murders follow as the devil protects his own. Only Malling and Helen can halt the onslaught. But, for how long, and at what price?

Tank Malling

1989

How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective poster
NR

The evolution of Holmes on screen, from silent movies to new TV versions, with contributions from Sherlock's past and present.

How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective

2014

Himmel, Scheich und Wolkenbruch poster
4.7

In the sheikhdom of Ad Achma, the question of succession to the throne is still completely open. Until the day when Father Oberholzer wins a cruise to the sunny sheikhdom in a competition.

Himmel, Scheich und Wolkenbruch

1976

Lucy in London poster
6.5

Lucy goes to hip London to experience all the current fads.

Lucy in London

1966

The Yob poster
NR

An illegal psychic teleportation experiment goes horribly wrong, and pretentious promo director Patrick gets his genes mixed with those of a football hooligan. Slowly, he begins to change - taking on some undeniably yobbish tendencies.

The Yob

1988

The Vivien Leigh Archive at the V&A poster
9.0

A glimpse into the life of Vivien Leigh, told through a selection from the thousands of personal letters, documents, diaries and photographs held by The Victoria and Albert Museum, which acquired Vivien's archive in 2013.

The Vivien Leigh Archive at the V&A

2016

Doctor Who: Planet of Fire poster
6.0

A strange signal from Earth draws the TARDIS to the island of Lanzarote, where Turlough rescues a young American girl, Peri, from drowning. Among her possessions is an artefact bearing an alien symbol - the same triangular mark that Turlough has branded into his arm. The mystery deepens when Kamelion falls under the control of a powerful mind, and the TARDIS travels to the volcanic world of Sarn. As Turlough is forced to face his past, the Fifth Doctor must stop his oldest enemy from harnessing the revitalising powers of Numismaton gas...

Doctor Who: Planet of Fire

1984

The Siege of Sidney Street poster
4.5

A police inspector (Donald Sinden) tracks down Russian anarchist Peter the Painter (Peter Wyngarde) and his gang in circa-1911 London.

The Siege of Sidney Street

1960

No artwork available
NR

A dramatised account of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, performed and broadcast live on Scottish Television on 29th November 1967 to mark STV's tenth anniversary.

Queen of Scots

1967

A Midsummer Night's Dream poster
7.0

Theseus, Duke of Athens, is going to marry Hyppolyta, Queen of the Amazons. Demetrius is engaged with Hermia, but Hermia loves Lysander. Helena loves Demetrius. Oberon and Titania, of the kingdom of fairies have a slight quarrel about whether or not the boy Titania is raising will join Titania's band or Oberon's, so Oberon tries to get him from her by using some magic. But they're not alone in that forest. Lysander and Hermina have there a rendezvous, Helena and Demetrius are there, too as well as some actors, who are practicing a play for the ongoing wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta. Due to some misunderstandings by Puck, the whole thing becomes a little bit confused...

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1964

Dick Barton Strikes Back poster
6.2

Special Agent Dick Barton uncovers a ring of international psychopathic criminals with plans to dominate the world using a terrifying weapon of mass destruction.

Dick Barton Strikes Back

1949

A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter poster
8.0

An aging and self-obsessed actor finds himself in a situation bordering on farce when he is besieged by the demands of his estranged wife, women who want to seduce him, and a crazed playwright.

A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter

1964

And the Wall Came Tumbling Down poster
5.3

Workmen digging in a building discover the remains of a 300 year-old devil cult.

And the Wall Came Tumbling Down

1984