Peter J. Elliott

Peter John Henry Elliott (14 June 1930 – December 2016) was a British film actor, singer, dancer, stunt performer and television presenter.

Life and career Elliott had been diving since the age of 12 at the Marshall Street swimming pool, when he was approached by Sid Dalton, an Olympic coach. He trained seriously and represented Britain in the Olympic Games of 1948 and 1952, in London, England. He won a bronze medal in high diving at the 1953 Maccabiah Games in Israel.

Elliott later became a pop singer and was a resident ballad singer on ATV's Oh Boy!. He wrote a number of successful film scores, two of which won awards at Cannes Film Festivals.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1971 Fun and Games Matthews 1974 Those Naughty Angels Louis Phillips 1976 Snake Dancer Joe Brannigan 1978 Slavers Quiroga 1979 Zulu Dawn Sentry 1979 Game for Vultures Hilton - Rhodesian Patrol 1979 The Demon Mr. Parker 1980 Safari 3000 Stewart Simmons 1981 Burning Rubber Mr. Baumgarten 1987 Going Bananas First Mate / Clown #2 1988 Scavengers McKenzie 1988 It's Murphy's Fault Chief Brant 1989 The Tattoo Chase Mr. Scalari 1989 Wild Zone Professor Garrison 1989 The Tangent Affair Johnny Fish 1990 Barrett Mont 1990 That Englishwoman: An Account of the Life of Emily Hobhouse John Jackson 1996 The Making of the Mahatma Pretoria Jail Superintendent

Television Year Title Role Notes 1967-1968 The Avengers Various Episode: "A Funny Thing Happened..." Episode: "You Have Just Been Murdered" Episode: "Have Guns - Will Haggle" Episode: "All Done with Mirrors" 1968 The Champions Paul Lang (uncredited) Episode: "The Experiment" 1968 The Jazz Age Rollo Episode: "Tip-Toes" 1969 Department S Thorn Episode: "The Treasure of the Costa Del Sol" 1970 Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) Wilks Episode: "When the Spirit Moves You" 1970 Steptoe and Son Episode: "Men of Property" 1993 Tropical Heat Angel Benedict Episode: "Spider's Tale"