Peter Denyer(1947-2009)
- Actor
- Writer
Peter Denyer was born on 20th August 1947 in Dartford, Kent, England.
His first professional acting role at the age of 19, credited him as
"3rd Workman" in "The Stirrings in Sheffield on Saturday Night" at The
Playhouse in Sheffield in 1966. He is best remembered as the dim-witted
but likeable "Dennis Dunstable" in the popular London Weekend
Television comedy series
Please Sir! (1968). The series
was based around a ficticious South London comprehensive Fenn Street
school and the antics of the unruly school kids of 5C, their teachers
and parents. The series was first transmitted on 11th November 1968 and
ran for four series consisting of 53 episodes; the series was also made
into a comic strip for the 70s children's magazine "Look In".
Please Sir! (1968) ended in 1972,
but there was a spin-off series called
The Fenn Street Gang (1971)
following the kids of 5C as they left school and looked for work. It
ran for two series but never found the same popularity and was axed in
1973.
Like many of the younger actors in the series, Peter went onto further television success appearing in series such as Dixon of Dock Green (1955), Agony (1979), Dear John.... (1986), Emmerdale Farm (1972), The Bill (1984) and On the Up (1990). He slowly moved away from acting and into writing, directing and producing pantomimes. His showbiz pals include Barbara Windsor, Anita Dobson, Kate O'Mara, Toyah Willcox, Frank Finlay and Robert Powell. Peter remains a bachelor and has been resident in Gloucestershire for nearly 30 years.
Like many of the younger actors in the series, Peter went onto further television success appearing in series such as Dixon of Dock Green (1955), Agony (1979), Dear John.... (1986), Emmerdale Farm (1972), The Bill (1984) and On the Up (1990). He slowly moved away from acting and into writing, directing and producing pantomimes. His showbiz pals include Barbara Windsor, Anita Dobson, Kate O'Mara, Toyah Willcox, Frank Finlay and Robert Powell. Peter remains a bachelor and has been resident in Gloucestershire for nearly 30 years.
