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Peter Wyngarde
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Actor Born: Marseilles, France Biography:Fans of the Austin Powers movies take note -- your favorite satirical character had a direct source: master spy Jason King as played by Peter Wyngarde. The stage, television, and movie veteran, whose work goes back to the 1940s, has played a multitude of roles in a vast range of works, but has found only one such part that ever took with the public -- that of the foppish author, investigator, and counter spy Jason King, first in the series Department S and then in his own series, Jason King. The glib, rakish King spent two seasons helping to solve mysteries and save the free world while juggling an array of women.
Born Cyril Lewis Goldbert in Marseilles in 1933, Wyngarde had a French mother and an English father who was in the diplomatic service. As the son of a diplomat, Wyngarde spent his childhood moving around the world. The turning point in his early life came in 1941, when he was left in the... Full Biography
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