Peter Wyngarde Peter Wyngarde Peter Wyngarde (23 August 1927 – 15 January 2018) was a British actor best known for playing the character Jason King, a bestselling novelist turned sleuth, in two television series: "Department S" (1969–70) and "Jason King" (1971–72). His flamboyant dress sense and stylish performances led to popular success, and he was considered a style icon in Britain and elsewhere in the early 1970s; Mike Myers credited Wyngarde with inspiring the character Austin Powers. Peter Wyngarde's date and place of birth, his birth name, and his parents' nationalities and occupations are all disputed. According to his own account, he
Patsy King Patsy King Patsy King (born in 1929) is a retired Australian character actress of theatre and television and commercial voice over. King trained as a Shakespearean actress with the Melbourne National Theatre, she spent her early days in the United Kingdom. After appearing in a few made for TV movies in the 1960s she subsequently started in television during the 1970s, and appeared in many Australian television series, including: "Power Without Glory"; "Homicide"; "Division 4"; "Hunter"; "Bellbird"; "The Sullivans"; "Chopper Squad"; "Bluey"; "Out of Love"; Good Morning, Mr. Doubleday; "The Long Arm". She was also a hostess of children's television