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
George Hamilton (actor) movie for George Pal at MGM, "The Power" (1968). He went into television, supporting Lana Turner in "Harold Robbins' The Survivors" (1969–70). When Turner left the show it morphed into the series "Paris 7000" (1970). He starred in a film, "Togetherness" (1970). Hamilton decided to move into producing to give himself greater control over his career. He produced and played the title role in "Evel Knievel" (1971). Hamilton had the script rewritten by John Milius who later called Hamilton "a wonderful guy, totally underrated. A great con-man, that's what he really is. He always said, 'I'll be remembered as a