#Paul temple radio echoes serial
He made his first appearance in a BBC radio serial in 1938 and went on to appear in further radio serials, several novels, four feature films, a BBC television series in the sixties and even a long-running daily comic strip that lasted almost twenty years. and much of the Commonwealth, and his exploits entertained millions of fans around the world. Once upon a time, one of the most popular private detectives of all time was PAUL TEMPLE.īut Temple ruled the U.K. ISBN 9780786434824 – via Google Books.“By Timothy!” Anthony Hulme and Joy Shelton in the 1946 film Send for Paul Temple. Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2008: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. "peter coke, paul temple, DIVERSITY website - radio drama, plays". ^ Peter Coke Shell Gallery, Sheringham and District Preservation Society.^ "Peter Coke: Voice of radio sleuth Paul Temple".^ "Peter Coke - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie".^ a b c d e f Obituary in The Telegraph.^ "Radio star Peter Coke dies at 95" BBC News.Archived 22 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine ^ a b Tribute to Peter Coke, memorial, Lasting Tribute.The Isle of Umbrellas (co-written by Mabel L.Coke died aged 95 at Sharrington Hall on 30 July 2008. Personal life Ĭoke lived with his partner Fred Webb, a theatrical lighting engineer, and they collected shells in France and Italy for many years until Webb died in 2003. Ĭoke later exhibited his works at Partridge Fine Art in the 1990s, and at The Fine Art Society in New Bond Street in 2002, and 2004, and at the Sloane Club in Lower Sloane Street in December 2006.
In April 2006, he opened the Peter Coke Shell Gallery in part of the recently restored fishing sheds on West Cliff at Sheringham in north Norfolk. He had his own personal gallery next to his home at Sharrington Hall in Sharrington, Norfolk, where he worked daily producing pieces. Through his work with antiques, he became interested in shell art, and started to produce his own pieces. Lashwood in Carry on Admiral (US: The Ship Was Loaded, 1957).
Coke continued to take film roles and television parts until the late 1950s, including a minor role as Lt. īetween 19, he wrote eleven plays, including his best known Breath of Spring, which was successful both in the West End and on Broadway. Those programmes which survive have been repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra. He played the role until 1968, when he appeared in Paul Temple and the Alex Affair. He had appeared in an earlier episode (1959) of Paul Temple called The Vandyke Affair as Paul Temple BBC Radio 4 Extra. The first serial he starred in was Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case. In 1954, he became the seventh actor to take the role of Paul Temple in the long-running radio drama series written by Francis Durbridge. Coke portrayed the role of William in the film The Blakes Slept Here released in 1953. His first play, The Isle of Umbrellas (co-written with Mabel L. He returned to theatre in the 1940s and, in 1950, he started writing plays as a sideline. He opened an antiques stall on Portobello Market, later progressing to a shop on New King's Road. He was demobbed in 1944 and found that his time away from the cameras had affected his performance.
ĭuring World War II, he served with the Royal Artillery in Italy and reached the rank of major. Coke made his film debut in the comedy Missing, Believed Married (1937) and later starred in The Return of Carol Deane and Keep Smiling (both 1938). If he goes now, he will be forgotten." He starred in Dodie Smith's 1937 play Bonnet Over the Windmill. He was also reportedly offered a seven-year contract in Hollywood, though declined as he "will be a better actor in a few years, and Hollywood will still want him. Career Ĭoke graduated from RADA aged 24 and was named one of the Daily Mail 's 'Stars of the Future'. He later won a scholarship to study at RADA. Ĭoke returned to England and took acting lessons from an elderly actress. Coke was educated at Stowe School and later lived with his maternal grandmother in Menton, France. His father was a commander in the Royal Navy, who took his family to Kenya to run a linen plantation, however, this venture failed and he began to run a coffee plantation. Peter John Coke was born in Southsea, Hampshire on 3 April 1913. Peter John Coke ( / k ʊ k/ "cook" 3 April 1913 – 30 July 2008) was an English actor, playwright and artist.
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