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CodeDS/UK/16411
NameCook; Peter Edward (1937-1995); English actor, satirist, writer, comedian
Dates1937-1995
GenderMale
BiographyPeter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 – 9 January 1995) was an English actor, satirist, writer and comedian.

An extremely influential figure in modern British comedy, he is regarded as the leading light of the British satire boom of the 1960s. Cook was closely associated with anti-establishment comedy that emerged in Britain and the United States in the late 1950s.

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