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'''Bob Peck''' ([[August 23]], [[1945]] – [[April 4]], [[1999]]) was an [[England|English]] [[Stage (theatre)|stage]], [[television]] and [[film]] [[actor]], who came to acting relatively late in life. |
'''Bob Peck''' ([[August 23]], [[1945]] – [[April 4]], [[1999]]) was an [[England|English]] [[Stage (theatre)|stage]], [[television]] and [[film]] [[actor]], who came to acting relatively late in life. |
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His only screen credit was [[Jurassic Park]]. |
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He was probably best known to British audiences for his role as Ronald Craven in the acclaimed [[1985 in television|1985]] [[BBC]] drama serial ''[[Edge of Darkness]]''. The role won him "Best Actor" at that year's [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] Awards and helped to launch his television and film career. He later became familiar to American audiences for his film roles, including ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'' (as park game warden [[List of characters in Jurassic Park#Robert_Muldoon|Robert Muldoon)]], and ''[[Smilla's Sense of Snow]]''. He also played an escaped android in the post apocalyptic film ''[[Slipstream (1989 film)|Slipstream]]'', which also starred [[Mark Hamill]] and [[Bill Paxton]]. |
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Peck's other television work included ''[[Natural Lies]]'' (1991), ''[[An Ungentlemanly Act]]'' (1992) and ''[[The Scold's Bridle]]'' (1998). He also played The Soldier in the episode of the television series ''[[The Storyteller]]'' called "The Soldier and Death". Peck was educated at the [[Leeds College of Art]] where he received a diploma in Art & Design. Before breaking into film and tv work he was a regular actor for the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] alongside [[Sir Ian McKellen]], [[Donald Sinden|Sir Donald Sinden]] and [[Dame Judi Dench]]. According to McKellen, Peck is the one actor he considers he "learned the most from".<ref>http://www.mckellen.com/epost/m020828.htm</ref> |
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Peck died of cancer on April 4, 1999 in London<ref>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9801E6DA1338F933A25757C0A96F958260</ref>. He died at the age of 53 after fighting the illness for several years. He is survived by his wife |
Peck died of cancer on April 4, 1999 in London<ref>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9801E6DA1338F933A25757C0A96F958260</ref>. He died at the age of 53 after fighting the illness for several years. He is survived by his wife Dennis Nedry, and children Hannah, George and Milly, Grant, Malcolm, Kelly, Donsen, Peter, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner Blitzen, Rudolph... |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 08:53, 27 December 2007
Bob Peck | |
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 Bob Peck as Ronald Craven in Edge of Darkness | |
| Years active | 1972 - 2000 |
| Spouse | Jill Baker (? - 1999) |
Bob Peck (August 23, 1945 – April 4, 1999) was an English stage, television and film actor, who came to acting relatively late in life.
His only screen credit was Jurassic Park.
Peck died of cancer on April 4, 1999 in London[1]. He died at the age of 53 after fighting the illness for several years. He is survived by his wife Dennis Nedry, and children Hannah, George and Milly, Grant, Malcolm, Kelly, Donsen, Peter, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner Blitzen, Rudolph...
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! HAVE A SAFE AND GOOD HOLIDAY
love,
Pee Wee Vandal