Peter Jones
Peter Geoffrey Francis Jones (12 June 1920 - 10 April 2000) was a distinguished British actor and radio personality known for his distinctive voice and narration. He gained recognition for his role as The Book in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," providing the voice of the eponymous guidebook in both the radio series and subsequent adaptations. Jones's soothing and authoritative voice lent a unique charm to the character, guiding audiences through the whimsical and absurd universe created by Douglas Adams. His contributions to the series as the voice of The Book became iconic and memorable for fans of the series.
The Return of the Pink Panther
as PsychiatristThe famous Pink Panther jewel has once again been stolen and Inspector Clouseau is called in to...
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Chariots of Fire
as uncreditedIn the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young...
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Dead of Night
as Fred, Barman (Segment "Golfing Story") (Uncredited)Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds...
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The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
as The BookAn Earth Man and his alien friend escape an exploding Earth, and set forth on an odd adventure...
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Carry On Doctor
as ChaplainFrancis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind...
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Private's Progress
as Arthur EganStanley Windrush has to interrupt his university education when he is called up towards the end...
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Last Holiday
as Travel AgentGeorge Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live....
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Danger Within
as Capt. Alfred PikerDrama set in an Italian prisoner of war camp during World War 2, where a group of British...
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School for Scoundrels
as DudleyHapless Henry Palfrey is patronised by his self-important chief clerk at work, ignored by...
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The Browning Version
as CarstairsAndrew Crocker-Harris has been forced from his position as the classics master at an English...
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The Mansion of Madness
as uncreditedThe inmates of an insane asylum take over the institution, imprison the doctors and staff, and...
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Carry On England
as BrigadierCaptain S. Melly takes over as the new Commanding Officer at an experimental mixed sex air...
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Hot Millions
as Prison GovernorA con artist gains employment at an insurance company in order to embezzle money by...
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For Better, for Worse
as The Car DealerIn postwar London a young graduate and his girlfriend decide to marry. Her well-to-do parents...
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Angels One Five
as SentryThe year is 1940 and Pilot Officer T.B. Baird arrives straight out of flight school to join a...
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Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
as PrestwickWith their headmistress under lock and key in her majesty's prison, the St Trinian's girls find...
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Never Let Go
as Alec BergerJohn Cummings, an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman, has his unpaid-for car stolen by one of the...
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Fanny by Gaslight
as Young Client at 'The Shades' (uncredited)Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her...
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Confessions of a Pop Performer
as Maxy NausEither you've got it or you haven't - some like randy young Timothy Lea (Robin Askwith), manage...
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The Blue Lagoon
as Michael-childIn the Victorian period, two British children survive a shipwreck in the South Pacific. After...
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The Magic Box
as Industry ManNow old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As...
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The Long Memory
as FisherAn innocent man is released from prison after 12 years and tracks down the witnesses who lied...
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Chance of a Lifetime
as XenobianThe workers in a small plough factory take over the firm, but when a large order falls through,...
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I See a Dark Stranger
as Soldier in Pub (uncredited)Proud Irishwoman Bridie Quilty journeys to Dublin while World War II rages across Europe. During...
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Miss Robin Hood
as Cyril LidstoneIn this delightful fantasy adventure, a mild-mannered writer of adventure stories for girls...
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Home to Danger
as Lips LeonardA young woman becomes a murder target after inheriting her estranged father's estate.
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Vice Versa
as ChawnerBusinessman Paul Bultitude is sending his son Dick to a boarding school. While holding a magic...
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Cairo Road
as Ship LieutenantIn colonial Egypt, a British police officer sets out on a daring hunt for drug smuggling gangs...
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Seven Nights in Japan
as Capt. BalconHandsome Prince George arrives on board his ship in Japan. Youthful, immaculate in naval uniform...
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Romanoff and Juliet
as OttoPolitical satire has Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet story updated for the cold war era, with...
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Albert R.N.
as SchoolieThe British inmates of a POW camp think they have an informer among them after several escape...
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A Day to Remember
as Percy GoodallA group of men from a London pub are going on a darts team outing to Boulogne. Various members...
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Operation Bullshine
as Gunner PerkinsDuring World War II, a Royal Artillery officer is assigned to an anti-aircraft battery that is...
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Press for Time
as Robin Willobey (photographer)Norman is quite happy selling newspapers outside Westminster station but his Grandfather (the...
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Smashing Time
as DominicTwo young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money...
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The Franchise Affair
as Bernard ChadwickAn English country lawyer weighs the case of a schoolgirl who claims she was kidnapped by two women.
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The Yellow Balloon
as SpivA young boy is blackmailed by a crook who saw him unwittingly cause his friend's death.
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Time, Gentlemen, Please!
as Lionel BattsBecause of its high productivity and "almost" 100 per cent employment, the town of Hayhoe,...
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The Sandwich Man
as EscapologistA man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.
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Forbidden
as PeteSet on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, Jim (Douglass Montgomery), a once promising scientist, sets up...
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Just Like a Woman
as Saul AlexanderLewis and Scilla's rocky marriage finally breaks apart – a situation made worse by the fact that...
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Innocents in Paris
as LangtonRomantic comedy about a group of Britons flying to Paris for the weekend.
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John and Julie
as JeremyThe adventures of two children who runaway to London to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.
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Father Came Too!
as Charles IIWhen Dexter Munro and his new wife Juliet get married, they decide to escape Juliet's meddling...
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The Good Beginning
as FurrierAfter their honeymoon, Johnny Lipton and his wife Kit move into their small apartment. Kit runs...
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24 Hours of a Woman's Life
as BillA compulsive gambler stumbles towards losing everything when Merle Oberon decides to save him...
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The Children Of Dynmouth
as Mr. DassThe plot follows Timothy Gedge, a socially inept yet intrusive teenage boy as he wanders around...
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Nearly a Nasty Accident
as Flight Lt. WintersThe RAF Group Captain has a hard job to restrain the aircraft-man from tinkering with everything...
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Adventures in Space and Time
as NarratorA documentary on the history of Doctor Who (1963) featuring new interviews with cast and crew,...
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On Such a Night
as Second GentlemanAn American tourist on a day trip to Sussex from London inadvertently finds himself at...
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Milk
as HarryForty-five-year-old Adrian has been living with his mother Lucy and running their Wiltshire...
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Tender Loving Care
as Mr DaviesNight nurse Elaine Dobbs may be overworked and underpaid, but she has created a very special...
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Midsomer Murders
as Bunny DawlishThe peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...
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The Goodies
as uncreditedA British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and...
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The Goodies
as Minister for SportsA British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and...
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Minder
as HenryThis comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and...
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The Avengers
as DoyleThe Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr....
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Rumpole of the Bailey
as uncreditedRumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer...
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Q...
as uncreditedQ... was a surreal television comedy sketch show from Spike Milligan which ran from 1969 to 1982...
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One-Upmanship
as uncreditedA quintessentially British comedy-of-manners. Based at the fictional Yeovil College of...
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as The BookDon't Panic! The story of Arthur Dent, an average Englishman who life was spared by his friend,...
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The Upper Hand
as Mr. BakerThe Upper Hand is a British television sitcom, produced by Central Independent Television and...
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The Agatha Christie Hour
as uncreditedThis ten episode program was based on ten short stories written by Agatha Christie but with...
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From a Bird's Eye View
as Clive BeauchampFrom a Bird's Eye View is a 1970 ATV and ITC Entertainment co-produced sitcom. In the United...
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The Rag Trade
as uncreditedFollows the humorous struggles of workers in a London clothing factory.
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Whoops Apocalypse
as uncreditedWhoops Apocalypse is a six-part 1982 British sitcom by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick, made...
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