Peter Cook
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Biography
Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 â 9 January 1995) was an English comedian, actor, satirist, playwright and screenwriter. He was the leading figure of the British satire boom of the 1960s, and he was associated with the anti-establishment comedic movement that emerged in the United Kingdom in the late 1950s. Born in Torquay, he was educated at the University of Cambridge. There he became involved with the Footlights Club, of which he later became president. After graduating he created the comedy stage revue Beyond the Fringe, beginning a long-running partnership with Dudley Moore. In 1961, Cook opened the comedy club The Establishment in Soho, Central London. In 1965, Cook and Moore began a television career, beginning with Not Only... But Also. Cookâs deadpan monologues contrasted with Mooreâs buffoonery. They received the 1966 British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance. Following the success of the show, the duo appeared together in the films The Wrong Box (1966) and Bedazzled (1967). Cook and Moore returned to television projects continuing to the late 1970s, including co-presenting Saturday Night Live in the United States. From 1978 until his death in 1995, Cook no longer collaborated with Moore, apart from a few cameo appearances but continued to be a regular performer in British television and film. Referred to as "the father of modern satire" by The Guardian in 2005, Cook was ranked number one in the Comedians' Comedian, a poll of more than 300 comics, comedy writers, producers and directors in the English-speaking world.
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- Track Popularity
- Beyond The Fringe, Pt.1 featuring Dudley Moore
- Beyond The Fringe, Pt.2 featuring Dudley Moore
- Cancer (Live/1973) featuring Dudley Moore
- The Sadder And Wiser Beaver by Peter Cook
- Jump (Live/1973) featuring Dudley Moore
- Gerrymander
- Wex Side Story
- Fallout
- The King Can't Help It
- Mr Grole
- Peter and the Wolfendon
- Low Punch
- The Worst Job He Ever Had (Live/1973) featuring Dudley Moore
- Squatter And The Ant (Live/1973) featuring Dudley Moore
- The Sadder And Wiser Beaver featuring Dudley Moore
- Deutscher Chansons featuring Dudley Moore
- Take A Pew featuring Dudley Moore
- Sitting On The Bench featuring Dudley Moore
- The Worst Job I Ever Had (Live) featuring Dudley Moore
- And The Same To You featuring Dudley Moore
- Portrait From Memory featuring Dudley Moore
- So That's The Way You Like It featuring Dudley Moore
- This Bloke Came Up To Me (Live/1973) featuring Dudley Moore
- Bo Duddley (Live/1973) featuring Dudley Moore
