Gordon Peters

Gordon Peter Wilkinson, known professionally as Gordon Peters (born 29 November 1926 in Durham), is a retired British television actor.

Gordon Peters
Born
Gordon Peter Wilkinson

(1926-11-29) 29 November 1926
Durham, England

Peters starred in a BBC TV comedy series in 1973 called The Gordon Peters Show. It was a situation comedy in which he played a character with his own name. The series was cancelled after one season.

As a child, Peters sang in the choir of Durham Cathedral. He later enrolled at Durham Commercial College to learn bookkeeping. He worked as a junior clerk before volunteering for the Royal Navy.

Peters has had many roles in other television shows over the years, including Oh Brother!, two episodes of Hi-de-Hi!, four episodes of Dad's Army, two episodes of Are You Being Served?, one episode of Grace & Favour (also called Are You Being Served? Again! in the United States). He played Victor and Margaret Meldrews' family friend Ronnie in three episodes of the long-running BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave during the 1990s,[1] five episodes of Never the Twain. Moreover he featured in one episode of Little Britain, as a booking clerk in an episode of the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances and in one episode of HBO's Tales from the Crypt.

He voiced and narrated some of the Mr. Men in the 1995-97 series of Mr. Men and Little Miss.

References

  1. Webber 2006


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