Kim Peacock
Kim Peacock (born March 24, 1901 in Watford , Hertfordshire , † December 26, 1966 in Emsworth , Hampshire ) was a British actor , radio play speaker and screenwriter .
Life
Peacock was the son of football player Charlie Peacock, who played for the Watford Rovers club . His father later became the owner of the local newspaper, the Watford Observer, founded in 1863 .
His acting career began in 1927, possibly in the film My Lord the Chauffeur . In 1936 he had a minor supporting role in the famous science fiction film What Will Coming (Director: William Cameron Menzies ), which was based on a model by HG Wells and in which Raymond Massey , Edward Chapman and Ralph Richardson played the leading roles . In the film Midnight at Madame Tussaud's , which was produced in the same year under the direction of George Pearson , he was not only active as an actor, but also as a screenwriter. There are no records of Peacock appearing in films between 1940 and 1951. From 1952 he appeared again in front of the camera, but this time almost always with the newly emerging medium of television. He worked here until 1966, the year he died. Most recently he played a port director in an episode of the multi-part series The Three Musketeers . Here played under director Peter Hammond , among others Jeremy Brett , who had assumed the role of D'Artagnan.
He was probably better known as a radio play speaker, especially in the role of the London writer and amateur detective Paul Temple . In the series broadcast by the BBC since 1938 by the English author Francis Durbridge , he took over the title role of Howard Marion-Crawford in 1946 . Until 1953 he could be heard in a total of ten multi-parts alongside Marjorie Westbury . Then until the end of the series, Peter Coke spoke the role of the title hero. In the meantime, the remaining radio plays in this series have been repeated by BBC Radio 4 Extra and have also appeared on CD.
Filmography
- 1927: My Lord the Chauffeur - Director: BE Doxat-Pratt
- 1929: The Manxman (The Manxman) - Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- 1929: The Clue of the New Pin - Directed by Arthur Maude
- 1929: The Crooked Billet - Directed by Adrian Brunel
- 1930: A Warm Corner - Director: Victor Saville
- 1935: The Mad Hatters - Director: Ivar Campbell
- 1935: Expert's Opinion - Director: Ivar Campbell
- 1936: What will come (Things to Come) - Director: William Cameron Menzies
- 1936: Grand Finale - Director: Ivar Campbell
- 1936: Midnight at Madame Tussaud's (also screenwriter) - Director: George Pearson
- 1937: Captain's Orders - Director: Ivar Campbell
- 1938: Alerte en Méditerranée - Director: Léo Joannon
- 1939: Hell's Cargo - Director: Harold Huth
- 1952: BBC Sunday-Night Theater - episode: A Hundred Years Old (TV)
- 1953: Flannelfoot - Director: Maclean Rogers
- 1965: The Wednesday Play - episode: The End of Arthur's Marriage (TV) - directed by Ken Loach
- 1965: The Wednesday Play - Episode: 3 Clear Sundays (TV) - Directed by Ken Loach
- 1966: The Three Musketeers - Episode 5: Scandal (TV) - Director: Peter Hammond
Radio Play as Paul Temple
- 1946: Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair
- 1947: Paul Temple and Steve
- 1947: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Temple
- 1947: Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery
- 1948: Paul Temple and the Curzon Case
- 1949: Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery
- 1949: The Night of the Twenty Seventh (Christmas episode)
- 1950: Paul Temple and the Vandyke Affair
- 1951: Paul Temple and the Jonathan Mystery
- 1953: Paul Temple and Steve again
Web links
- Kim Peacock in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Peacock, Kim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor, radio play speaker and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Watford , Hertfordshire , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1966 |
| Place of death | Emsworth , Hampshire , England |