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Peter Cook

Peter Cook
Peter Cook
Born: Nov 17, 1937 in Torquay, Devon, England, UK
Died: Jan 09, 1995 in London, England, UK
Occupation: Actor, Writer,
Active: '60s-'80s
Major Genres: Comedy
Career Highlights: Bedazzled, The Wrong Box, The Secret Policeman's Ball
First Major Screen Credit: Beyond the Fringe (1963)
8 Videos for Peter Cook
Black Beauty (1994) The Princess Bride (1987) The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982)
Great Balls of Fire! (1989) Whoops Apocalypse (1986) Beyond the Fringe (1963)
Without a Clue (1988) Supergirl (1984)
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Biography:

Cambridge-educated Peter Cook was, along with Dudley Moore, David Frost and Jonathan Miller, one of the founders of the irreverent British comedy troupe Beyond the Fringe. When the group came to Broadway (an event celebrated on a near-nightly basis on such TV programs as The Jack Paar Program and The Ed Sullivan Show), Cook shared a Tony award with his fellow Fringers.

Together with longtime collaborator Dudley Moore, Cook split off into a two-man act. The towering Cook and diminutive Moore co-starred in such cheeky British comedies as The Wrong Box (1968) and The Hound of the Baskervilles (1968), usually writing all their own material. The best of their filmic collaborations was Bedazzled, a breezily sacrilegious update of the Faust legend.

While they remained friends, Cook and Moore eventually decided that they'd fare better as singles. Cook continued to write for and appear in such films as Supergirl (1984), The Princess Bride (1986) and Great Balls of Fire (1989), and also co-starred with Mimi Kennedy on the 1981 American TV sitcom The Two of Us.

Peter Cook died of a gastrointestinal hemorrhage at the age of 57. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.