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
Jason Jones (actor) up as a series. He also made cameo appearances in the 2012 film "Pitch Perfect", its 2015 sequel "Pitch Perfect 2", the 2013 film "The Art of the Steal" and the 2015 films "Hot Tub Time Machine 2" and "The Night Before". In 2014, Jones starred in the pilot for the sitcom "Love is Relative" as the character "Nate". He worked with his wife, Samantha Bee, on development of a new show for TBS, "The Detour". TBS ordered the pilot, written by Jason Jones and Samantha Bee in October 2014. The show is based on the real life couple's own