Peter Glaze
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| Peter Glaze | |
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| Born | 17 September 1924 London |
| Died | 20 February 1983 (aged 58) Dartford, Kent |
Peter Glaze (17 September 1924 – 20 February 1983) was a twentieth-century English comedian born in London. He hosted Crackerjack with Leslie Crowther in the 1960s and with Michael Aspel, Don Maclean, and Bernie Clifton in the 1970s. In Crackerjack sketches, he usually played a pompous or upper-class character. He regularly uttered the expression "D'oh!", long before it became associated with cartoon character Homer Simpson.
Glaze was the son of an actor/manager and started in entertainment at the Windmill Theatre. He was The Crazy Gang's understudy and assisted Roy Hudd in a re-creation of one of the Gang's famous routines for a televised Royal Variety Performance in 1982. He also appeared in Whack-O!; in Thank You Sir, Thank You Madam; as Third Sensorite in the Doctor Who serial The Sensorites; and in The Sweeney episode Big Spender as Joe Spratt. Glaze was also the character supplying the farm animal noises in the Hancock episode of 'The Bowmen'.
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Glaze, Peter |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Comedian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1924-09-17 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1983-02-20 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Dartford, Kent |
