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
Perry King one of the signers of the Declaration of independence. King received a degree in drama from Yale University, and also studied at Juilliard. King made his film debut, aged around 23, in the 1972 film "Slaughterhouse-Five". In 1975, he portrayed Hammond Maxwell in the exploitation film "Mandingo". Since the 1970s, he has appeared in dozens of feature films, television series and television movies. He auditioned for the role of Han Solo in "Star Wars", but the role ultimately went to Harrison Ford. However, he played the character in the radio adaptations of "Star Wars" and both its sequels. In 1984,