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 Career in Hollywood Island", "The Andy Griffith Show", and "The Partridge Family" to name a few, and while the character of E.Klass may be fictitious, his accounts detailed in the book are all based on true fact, making this book a rare inside look at television production of that era. My So-Called Career in Hollywood, published in 2005, was in fact written by Hollywood actor/screenwriter Timothy Williams.Published in October 2005. My So-Called Career in Hollywood My So-Called Career in Hollywood is a darkly comedic "roman à clé" autobiography of an ill-fated TV writer named E. Klass, who tried - unsuccessfully - to sell