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Gained fame with the "Beyond The Fringe" comedy group before he and sometime-partner Dudley Moore turned to TV and films. Publisher of England's long-running satirical magazine "Private Eye," Peter Cook did not achieve the same star status as Moore in the U.S., in part because he went into semi-retirement at an early age and was far more selective in his work. But Cook, who died in 1995, was known for his irreverent, ribald humor, which he demonstrated not just as a performer, but as a writer and playwright as well....
Full Bio , Awards & Milestones

Filmography

Black Beauty - ( Losr Wexmire / 1994 / Released / )
Off His Rockers - ( Story By(- story development) / 1992 / Released / )
Getting It Right - ( Mr Adrian / 1989 / Released / Astral Films Ltd )
Great Balls of Fire - ( 1st English Reporter / 1989 / Released / Orion Pictures )
Kokoda Crescent - ( Screenplay / 1989 / Released / Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide )
Whoops Apocalypse - ( Sir Mortimer Chris / 1988 / Released / )
Without A Clue - ( Greenbough / 1988 / Released / VTI )
Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door - ( Mr Jolly / 1987 / Released / )
The Princess Bride - ( Impressive Clergyman / 1987 / Released / )
Supergirl - ( Nigel / 1984 / Released / Columbia-EMI-Warner )
Yellowbeard - ( Screenplay / 1983 / Released / )
Yellowbeard - ( Lord Lambourn / 1983 / Released / )
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball - ( of Secret Policeman / 1981 / Released / )
Beaubourg - ( / 1980 / Released / )
Derek and Clive Get the Horn - ( / 1980 / Released / )
Derek and Clive Get the Horn - ( Executive Producer / 1980 / Released / )
The Secret Policeman's Ball - ( Screenplay / 1979 / Released / Amnesty International )
The Secret Policeman's Ball - ( / 1979 / Released / Amnesty International )
The Hound of the Baskervilles - ( Screenplay / 1978 / Released / )
The Hound of the Baskervilles - ( Sherlock Holmes / 1978 / Released / )
Pleasure at Her Majesty's - ( / 1976 / Released / Graef, Roger )
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie - ( Dominic / 1972 / Released / Longford Productions Pty Ltd )
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer - ( Screenplay / 1970 / Released / )
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer - ( Michael Rimmer / 1970 / Released / )
Monte Carlo or Bust! - ( Major Dawlish / 1969 / Released / )
A Dandy in Aspic - ( Prentiss / 1968 / Released / )
Bedazzled - ( Screenplay / 1967 / Released / )
Bedazzled - ( George Spiggot / 1967 / Released / )
Bedazzled - ( From Story / 1967 / Released / )
The Bed Sitting Room - ( Inspector / 1967 / Released / )
The Wrong Box - ( Morris Finsbury / 1966 / Released / Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group )
TV Credits
The United States of Poetry ( 1996 / Released ): Actor
Clive James' Postcards ( 1995 / Released ): Actor
Dudley Moore ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball ( 1990 / Released ): Actor
Ready, Steady, Go! ( 1989 / Released ): Actor
Comic Relief II ( 1987 / Released ): Actor
Supergirl: The Making of the Movie ( 1985 / Released ): Actor
The Two of Us ( 1981 / Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)

Gained fame with the "Beyond The Fringe" comedy group before he and sometime-partner Dudley Moore turned to TV and films. Publisher of England's long-running satirical magazine "Private Eye," Peter Cook did not achieve the same star status as Moore in the U.S., in part because he went into semi-retirement at an early age and was far more selective in his work. But Cook, who died in 1995, was known for his irreverent, ribald humor, which he demonstrated not just as a performer, but as a writer and playwright as well. Cook was already performing his political and social humor while a student at Cambridge. He first performed "Beyond the Fringe" with Moore at the Edinburgh Festival in 1959, and in 1961 they premiered in London, followed by the U.S. in 1962 and an Australian tour. An unhinged satirical comedy, the duo revived it many times during the next three decades, including "Good Evening" on Broadway in 1973, and for occasional TV appearances. Cook also was a comic playwright during the early 60s, with "Pieces of Eight" (1961) his first play produced in London, and much work performed at The Establishment Theatre Co., a "satirical nightclub" he owned in London beginning in 1962. TV was a logical extension of the stage work. Cook and Moore teamed for the 60s BBC series "Not Only...But Also" and "Pete 'n Dud," through which they achieved their celebrity. Most of Cook's other TV appearances were on variety shows, although he did play proper British butler Robert Brentwood in the one-season CBS series "The Two of Us" (1981-1982). Cook began in feature films in 1966 alongside Moore in "The Wronged Box". They played the greedy nephews of Sir Ralph Richardson who would love to do him in. They teamed again (and co-wrote) "Bedazzled" (1967), directed by Stanley Donen as a twist on the Faust legend. Cook did less well, sans Moore, in the unrealized thriller "A Dandy in Aspic" (1968). He played Sherlock Holmes in "The Hound in the Baskervilles" (1978), but in the 80s, while Moore was having several years as a huge box office attraction, Cook was, by choice, appearing infrequently. He co-wrote and appeared with Moore in the 1981 concert film (a benefit for Amnesty International) "The Secret Policeman's Other Ball," co-wrote and co-starred in the disastrous "Yellowbeard" (1983; and Marty Feldman's final film), and could be glimpsed in "Supergirl" (1984), as the Impressive Clergyman in "The Princess Bride" (1987), and the "don't tell me your troubles" publisher of Sherlock Holmes books in "Without a Clue" (1988). Cook's last screen appearance was in "Black Beauty" (1994); his final TV appearance in the U.S. aired after his death -- he performed on the PBS special "The United States of Poetry" (1996).

Profession(s):
Actor, producer, screenwriter, nightclub owner, magazine editorial director
Sometimes Credited As:
Peter Edward Cook
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Family
step-daughter:Nina (daughter of Lin Chong; born brain damaged)
wife:Judy Huxtable (married on February 14, 1973)
wife:Lin Chong (married in 1989)
wife:Wendy Snowden (married in 1963; divorced in 1971; mother of Cook's two daughters)

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Education
University of Cambridge England modern languages
Awards (Back to top)
Grammy Best Spoken Word Recording "Good Evening" 1974
Special Tony "Good Evening 1973" 1974
Special Tony "Beyond the Fringe" 1963
New York Drama Critics Circle Special Citation "Beyond the Fringe" 1962 - 1963

Milestones (Back to top)
1996 Last original appearance on U.S. TV: "The United States of Poetry" (PBS)
1994 Appeared in final film, "Black Beauty"
1987 Was featured in "The Princess Bride"
1981 Co-wrote concert film "The Secret Policeman's Other Ball"
1978 Played Sherlock Holmes in "The Hound of the Baskervilles"
1967 Screenwriting debut, "Bedazzled"
1966 Screen acting debut in "The Wrong Box"
1964 - 1966 Starred in BBC series "Not Only...But Also"
1962 Moved "Beyond the Fringe" to Broadway
1962 Opened The Establishment Theatre, a nightclub
1961 Premiered "Beyond the Fringe" in London
1959 First performed "Beyond the Fringe" at Edinburgh Festival
1959 Had first play produced, "Pieces of Eight"
Starred on CBS series "The Two of Us"

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