Peter Denyer

For the British electronics engineer, see Peter B. Denyer. For the English footballer, see Peter Denyer (footballer).

Peter Denyer
Born
Peter John Denyer

20 August 1947
Dartford, Kent, England
Died18 September 2009(2009-09-18) (aged 62)
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
OccupationActor
Years active1966–2009

Peter John Denyer (20 August 1947 – 18 September 2009) was an English actor who played Dennis Dunstable in London Weekend Television's Please Sir!, and its spin-off series The Fenn Street Gang, taking on the role of a teenager when already into his 20s.[1] He also appeared in the film versions of Please Sir! (1971) and Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (1973), and the glam rock film Never Too Young to Rock (1976).[2]

Another semi-regular role, again for LWT, was as one half of a gay couple in Agony.

He played the boring, jilted Ralph Dring in Dear John. Noted for his motor-cycle combination and 'mobile discothèque' with one record - Green Door by Shakin' Stevens

He also appeared in Dixon of Dock Green, Moody and Pegg, and the TV soap opera Emmerdale Farm. Later in his career he moved into producing, directing and writing pantomime.[1]

Denyer, who was unmarried, died in September 2009 in Cheltenham, aged 62.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Anthony, Hayward (26 September 2009). "Peter Denyer: Actor who played the slow but lovable Dennis in 'Please Sir!". The Independent. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Peter Denyer". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2020 – via www.bfi.org.uk.