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Peter Cook

Acting · Born November 17, 1937 · Torquay, Devon, England, UK

Peter Edward Cook was an English satirist, writer and comedian. An extremely influential figure in modern British comedy, he is regarded as the leading light of the British satire boom of the 1960s. He has been described by Stephen Fry as "the funniest man who ever drew breath" although Cook's work was also controversial. Cook is closely associated with anti-establishment comedy that emerged in Britain and the USA in the late 1950s.

Movies with Peter Cook

• The Princess Bride (1987) — The Impressive Clergyman
• Supergirl (1984) — Nigel
• Black Beauty (1994) — Lord Wexmire
• Great Balls of Fire! (1989) — First English Reporter
• Without a Clue (1988) — Greenhough
• Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special (1999) — (archive footage)
• A Dandy in Aspic (1968) — Prentiss
• Night of 100 Stars (1982) — Self
• Yellowbeard (1983) — Lord Percy Lambourn
• The Wrong Box (1966) — Morris Finsbury
• One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the Algarve (1993) — Martin Trout
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978) — Sherlock Holmes

TV shows with Peter Cook

• The Secret Policeman's Ball (1976) — Self
• Gone to Seed (1992) — Wesley Willis
• A Life In Pieces (1990) — Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling
• The Best of What's Left of Not Only But Also (1990)