Peter John Dennis was a Screen Actors Guild Award and Drama-Logue Award winning English film, television, theatre and voice actor.
12 Facts About Peter Dennis
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Peter Dennis was born in Dorking, Surrey, the son of Michael Henry Dennis, a mechanical engineer, and Violet Frances Lockwood, a housewife.
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Peter Dennis was one of four children including two brothers, Michael and David, and a sister, Dorothy.
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Peter Dennis continued his early studies in Portobello Road, London at the North Kensington Secondary School, until the age of 14.
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Peter Dennis spent the next four years training as an accountant and as a surveyor.
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Peter Dennis served as a Sergeant in Nigeria from January 1952 to March 1958, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Royal Army Service Corps.
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Peter Dennis's duties included drill and weapons training, shorthand writing in the service of Lieutenant General Sir Roderick McLeod and General Sir Nigel Poett, Director of Military Operations, and as a Personal Assistant to General Sir Kenneth Exham, General Officer Commanding the Royal West African Frontier Force, Nigerian Military Forces.
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On his 29th birthday, Dennis saw his first play, a production of Look Back in Anger at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre starring Derek Jacobi, and dictated his resignation the following day.
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Peter Dennis went on to perform at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, the Liverpool Repertory Theatre, and in London's West End.
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Peter Dennis began to be a regular presence on British television, appearing in The Avengers among many other shows.
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Peter Dennis often wore bow ties, and many of his roles featured him wearing one.
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Peter Dennis died on 18 April 2009 in Shadow Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.