Peter Glaze Death
Peter passed away on February 20, 1983 at the age of 58 in Dartford, England, UK.
When did Peter Glaze die?
February 20, 1983How old was Peter Glaze when died?
58Where did Peter Glaze die? What was the location of death?
Dartford, England, UK
Peter Glaze Birthday and Date of Death
Peter Glaze was born on September 17, 1924 and died on February 20, 1983. Peter was 58 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: September 17, 1924
Date of Death: February 20, 1983
Age at Death: 58
Peter Glaze - Biography
William George Peter Glaze (17 September 1917 – 20 February 1983) was an English comedian born in London. He hosted Crackerjack with Leslie Crowther and Eamonn Andrews 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, who would always get exasperated with his partner Don Maclean during the course of the sketch. Maclean would then give an alliterative reply, such as "Don't get your knickers in a knot" or "Don't get your tights in a twist", the combination of which ("Don't get your knickers in a twist") has passed into popular vernacular.
He regularly uttered the expression "D'oh!", originated by James Finlayson in Laurel and Hardy films, long before it became associated with cartoon character Homer Simpson. He was also on the panel of the long running radio panel game Twenty Questions along with Joy Adamson, Anona Winn and Norman Hackforth.
Glaze was the son of an actor-manager and started in entertainment at the Windmill Theatre. He was The Crazy Gang's understudy and appeared in the 1981 musical Underneath the Arches, alongside Roy Hudd and Christopher Timothy as Flanagan and Allen; he assisted Hudd in a recreation of one of the Gang's famous routines for a televised Royal Variety Performance in 1982.
He also appeared in Whack-O! (1958); as the villainous City Administrator in the Doctor Who serial The Sensorites (1964); and in The Sweeney episode "Big Spender" (1975) as Joe Spratt. Glaze also played the actor supplying the farm animal noises in the Hancock episode "The Bowmans" (1961).
