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Acting

Peter Cook

Career: Active from 1962 to 2001, busiest in 1990 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 22
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Peter Cook Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.1, average 5.4
Family Dynamics
2.7, average 4.8
Pathos
3.3, average 5.3
Melancholy
3.0, average 4.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Absurdist Humor 4
Political Satire 3
Social Commentary 3
Sharp Dialogue 3
Slapstick Comedy 2
British Comedy 2
Iconic Duo 2
Cult Classic 2
Meta-Comedy 2
Political Commentary 2
British Sitcom 2
Absurdist British Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

56

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title

Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser

as Mad Hatter (archive footage) (uncredited)

2000s

2 titles · average score 53

Great Comedy Moments

as Working-Class Man / Peter Cook (archive footage)

Bedazzled

53

Original Story

1990s

11 titles · average score 74

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

72

as (archive footage)

Peter Cook Talks Golf Balls

as Alec Dunroonie/Dr. Dieter Liedbetter/Major Titherly Glibble/Bill Rossi

Black Beauty

71

as Lord Wexmire

One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the Algarve

80

as Martin Trout

Clive Anderson Talks Back: Peter Cook

as Norman House / Sir James Beauchamp / Alan Latchley / Eric Daley

Gone to Seed

TV show · as Wesley Willis

Roger Mellie: The Man on the Telly

as Roger Mellie

The Craig Ferguson Story

as Fergus Ferguson

A Life In Pieces

TV show · as Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling

A Life in Pieces

as Arthur Streeb-Greebling

The Best of What's Left of Not Only But Also

TV show · Creator

1980s

19 titles · average score 67

Mr Jolly Lives Next Door

87

as Mr Jolly

Without a Clue

65

as Greenhough

Jake's Journey

as King Arthur

The Princess Bride

84

as The Impressive Clergyman

Whoops Apocalypse

59

as Sir Mortimer Chris (Prime Minister)

KLM: Diplomatix

81

as Narrator

Supergirl

35

as Nigel

Yellowbeard

38

as Lord Percy Lambourn

Blackadder

80

TV show · as Richard III

The Comic Strip Presents...

76

TV show · as Mr. Jolly

TV show · as Robert Brentwood

Peter Cook & Co.

as Various Characters

1970s

11 titles · average score 53

Derek and Clive Get the Horn

64

as Clive

The Secret Policeman's Ball

66

as Various Roles

Friday Night, Saturday Morning

TV show

The Hound of the Baskervilles

22

as Sherlock Holmes

The South Bank Show

63

TV show

The Mermaid Frolics

as E. L. Wisty

Find the Lady

40

as Lewenhak

Mill Hill

as Peter Trilby

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie

53

as Dominic

Where Do I Sit?

TV show

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

65

as Michael Rimmer

1960s

11 titles · average score 68

The Bed Sitting Room

62

as Inspector

Monte Carlo or Bust!

61

as Maj. Digby Dawlish

A Dandy in Aspic

65

as Prentiss

Goodbye Again

TV show · as Various

Bedazzled

70

as George Spiggot

A Series of Bird's

TV show

The Wrong Box

77

as Morris Finsbury

Alice in Wonderland

65

as Mad Hatter

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV show · as Peter Trilby

Not Only... But Also

81

TV show · Writer

Beyond the Fringe

as Various Characters

1950s

1 title · average score 58

Bachelor of Hearts

58

as Pedestrian in Street (uncredited)