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
My So-Called Life of the average American girl is ahead of its time". On Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating, the show has a score of 92 out of 100 based on 19 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". It is currently the 35th highest rated television series on the website. "My So-Called Life" was named the second Best School Show of All Time by AOL TV. It was number 33 on "Entertainment Weekly"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "New Classics TV" list of shows from 1983 to 2008, and in 2012 number 9 in its "25 Best Cult TV Shows from the Past 25 Years". In 2007, it was