Peter Jones

Born: 1920-06-12

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.


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The Return of the Pink Panther

as Psychiatrist
Released: 1975-05-21

The famous Pink Panther jewel has once again been stolen and Inspector Clouseau is called in to...

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Chariots of Fire

as uncredited
Released: 1981-05-15

In 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)
Released: 1945-09-09

Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds...

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Danger Within

as Capt. Alfred Piker
Released: 1959-02-17

Drama set in an Italian prisoner of war camp during World War 2, where a group of British...

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Last Holiday

as Travel Agent
Released: 1950-05-15

George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live....

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The Blue Lagoon

as Michael-child
Released: 1949-03-01

In the Victorian period, two British children survive a shipwreck in the South Pacific. After...

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Angels One Five

as Sentry
Released: 1952-03-19

The year is 1940 and Pilot Officer T.B. Baird arrives straight out of flight school to join a...

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The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

as The Book
Released: 1981-02-09

An 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 Chaplain
Released: 1967-12-02

Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind...

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The Browning Version

as Carstairs
Released: 1951-04-06

Andrew Crocker-Harris has been forced from his position as the classics master at an English...

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Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

as Prestwick
Released: 1957-12-01

With their headmistress under lock and key in her majesty's prison, the St Trinian's girls find...

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School for Scoundrels

as Dudley
Released: 1960-03-24

Hapless Henry Palfrey is patronised by his self-important chief clerk at work, ignored by...

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Confessions of a Pop Performer

as Maxy Naus
Released: 1975-01-01

Either you've got it or you haven't - some like randy young Timothy Lea (Robin Askwith), manage...

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Vice Versa

as Chawner
Released: 1948-01-28

Businessman Paul Bultitude is sending his son Dick to a boarding school. While holding a magic...

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I See a Dark Stranger

as Soldier in Pub (uncredited)
Released: 1946-07-04

Determined, independent Bridie Quilty comes of age in 1944 Ireland thinking all Englishmen are...

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The Franchise Affair

as Bernard Chadwick
Released: 1951-02-19

An English country lawyer weighs the case of a schoolgirl who claims she was kidnapped by two women.

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The Sandwich Man

as Escapologist
Released: 1966-07-01

A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.

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24 Hours of a Woman's Life

as Bill
Released: 1952-09-10

A compulsive gambler stumbles towards losing everything when Merle Oberon decides to save him...

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Carry On England

as Brigadier
Released: 1976-10-01

Captain S. Melly takes over as the new Commanding Officer at an experimental mixed sex air...

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Operation Bullshine

as Gunner Perkins
Released: 1959-06-30

During World War II, a Royal Artillery officer is assigned to an anti-aircraft battery that is...

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Seven Nights in Japan

as Capt. Balcon
Released: 1976-08-05

Handsome Prince George arrives on board his ship in Japan. Youthful, immaculate in naval uniform...

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Chance of a Lifetime

as Xenobian
Released: 1950-04-24

The workers in a small plough factory take over the firm, but when a large order falls through,...

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The Magic Box

as Industry Man
Released: 1952-01-01

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As...

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Hot Millions

as Prison Governor
Released: 1968-09-19

A con artist gains employment at an insurance company in order to embezzle money by...

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The Mansion of Madness

as uncredited
Released: 1973-08-10

The inmates of an insane asylum take over the institution, imprison the doctors and staff, and...

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Fanny by Gaslight

as Young Client at 'The Shades' (uncredited)
Released: 1944-05-08

Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her...

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Time, Gentlemen, Please!

as Lionel Batts
Released: 1952-07-01

Because of its high productivity and "almost" 100 per cent employment, the town of Hayhoe,...

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Never Let Go

as Alec Berger
Released: 1960-06-02

John Cummings, an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman, has his unpaid-for car stolen by one of the...

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Forbidden

as Pete
Released: 1949-02-28

Set on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, Jim (Douglass Montgomery), a once promising scientist, sets up...

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Private's Progress

as Arthur Egan
Released: 1956-02-17

Stanley Windrush has to interrupt his university education when he is called up towards the end...

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The Long Memory

as Fisher
Released: 1953-01-23

An innocent man is released from prison after 12 years and tracks down the witnesses who lied...

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Press for Time

as Robin Willobey (photographer)
Released: 1966-01-01

Norman is quite happy selling newspapers outside Westminster station but his Grandfather (the...

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The Yellow Balloon

as Spiv
Released: 1953-02-10

A young boy is blackmailed by a crook who saw him unwittingly cause his friend's death.

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Just Like a Woman

as Saul Alexander
Released: 1967-02-26

Lewis and Scilla's rocky marriage finally breaks apart – a situation made worse by the fact that...

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Romanoff and Juliet

as Otto
Released: 1961-06-08

Political satire has Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet story updated for the cold war era, with...

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A Day to Remember

as Percy Goodall
Released: 1953-11-10

Based on The Hand and the Flower, a novel by Jerrard Tickell, A Day to Remember stars Stanley...

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Cairo Road

as Ship Lieutenant
Released: 1950-06-21

In colonial Egypt, a British police officer sets out on a daring hunt for drug smuggling gangs...

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Albert R.N.

as Schoolie
Released: 1953-11-23

The British inmates of a POW camp think they have an informer among them after several escape...

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Milk

as Harry
Released: 1999-01-01

Forty-five-year-old Adrian has been living with his mother Lucy and running their Wiltshire...

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Smashing Time

as Dominic
Released: 1967-12-20

Two young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money...

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Miss Robin Hood

as Cyril Lidstone
Released: 1952-11-12

In this delightful fantasy adventure, a mild-mannered writer of adventure stories for girls...

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John and Julie

as Jeremy
Released: 1955-07-26

The adventures of two children who runaway to London to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.

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Adventures in Space and Time

as Narrator
Released: 1999-11-13

A documentary on the history of Doctor Who (1963) featuring new interviews with cast and crew,...

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Tender Loving Care

as Mr Davies
Released: 1993-10-03

Night nurse Elaine Dobbs may be overworked and underpaid, but she has created a very special...

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Father Came Too!

as Charles II
Released: 1964-02-11

When Dexter Munro and his new wife Juliet get married, they decide to escape Juliet's meddling...

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The Good Beginning

as Furrier
Released: 1953-10-05

After their honeymoon, Johnny Lipton and his wife Kit move into their small apartment. Kit runs...

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For Better, for Worse

as The Car Dealer
Released: 1954-06-20

In postwar London a young graduate and his girlfriend decide to marry. Her well-to-do parents...

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Nearly a Nasty Accident

as Flight Lt. Winters
Released: 1961-05-01

The RAF Group Captain has a hard job to restrain the aircraft-man from tinkering with everything...

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The Children Of Dynmouth

as Mr. Dass
Released: 1987-04-24

The plot follows Timothy Gedge, a socially inept yet intrusive teenage boy as he wanders around...

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On Such a Night

as Second Gentleman
Released: 1956-02-01

An American tourist on a day trip to Sussex from London inadvertently finds himself at...

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Home to Danger

as Lips Leonard
Released: 1951-08-01

A young woman becomes a murder target after inheriting her estranged father's estate.

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Midsomer Murders

as Bunny Dawlish
First aired: 1997-03-23

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...

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Minder

as Henry
First aired: 1979-10-29

This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and...

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Rumpole of the Bailey

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-12-17

Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer...

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The Upper Hand

as Mr. Baker
First aired: 1990-05-01

The Upper Hand is a British television sitcom, produced by Central Independent Television and...

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The Avengers

as Doyle
First aired: 1961-01-07

The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr....

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The Agatha Christie Hour

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-09-07

This ten episode program was based on ten short stories written by Agatha Christie but with...

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The Goodies

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-11-08

A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and...

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The Goodies

as Minister for Sports
First aired: 1970-11-08

A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and...

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-01-05

Don't Panic! The story of Arthur Dent, an average Englishman who life was spared by his friend,...

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From a Bird's Eye View

as Clive Beauchamp
First aired: 1970-09-18

From a Bird's Eye View is a 1970 ATV and ITC Entertainment co-produced sitcom. In the United...

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Whoops Apocalypse

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-03-14

Whoops Apocalypse is a six-part 1982 British sitcom by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick, made...

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The Rag Trade

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-09-11

Follows the humorous struggles of workers in a London clothing factory.

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Q...

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-03-24

Q... was a surreal television comedy sketch show from Spike Milligan which ran from 1969 to 1982...

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