Jason King’s Peter Wyngarde Dies

British Cult TV Actor Passes Away At The Age of 90

♦ Peter Wyngarde, who played the flamboyant Jason King in the show of the same name and its precursor Department S, has just died at the age of 90. It has been reported in a number of places already…

The Guardian had this to say:

The actor Peter Wyngarde has died at the age of 90, his agent has confirmed.

He was best known for his role as the sleuth Jason King in the TV show of the same name, and its forerunner Department S.

A heartthrob in his day, he also enjoyed numerous stage roles and appeared as Klytus in Flash Gordon and as Timanov in Doctor Who: Planet Of Fire.

His agent and manager, Thomas Bowington, said: “He was one of the most unique, original and creative actors that I have ever seen. As a man, there were few things in life he didn’t know.

I sometimes nicknamed him ‘the King’ because he simply knew everything.

“He died at the Chelsea and Westminster hospital [in London], and even then he was saying that you shouldn’t button the upper button on a shirt.

His agent said that the actor did have roles and personal appearances coming up and that he had died in hospital on Monday, having been unwell for a number of months.