Peter Dyneley (13 April 1921 – 19 August 1977) was an English-Canadian actor. Although he appeared in many smaller roles in both film and television, he is best remembered for supplying the voice of Jeff Tracy for the 1960s "Supermarionation" TV series Thunderbirds and its two film sequels, Thunderbirds Are Go (1966) and Thunderbird 6 (1968), all produced by Gerry Anderson. Uncredited, Dyneley also provided the voice of the countdown that introduces the Thunderbirds title sequence.
Educated at Radley College in Oxfordshire and trained for opera at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
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He spoke fluent French, German and Spanish.
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Though born and mostly employed in England, his early life in Canada gave him such a perfect ear for the North American accent that many of his best remembered roles (such as the voice of Jeff Tracey in the Thunderbirds (1965) TV series) were Americans. He was for many years a member of ITC's stable of character actors, and in one episode of The Saint (1962)--"The Bunco Artists"--he plays a con artist who starts out with an American accent and later reverts to British.
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His wife, Jane Hylton, died of a heart attack on 28 February 1979.
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Although he was British, he performed with an American accent in both Thunderbirds (1965) and The Manster (1959), a very low-budget, Japanese-shot horror film that has achieved a cult reputation.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Manster
1959
Larry Stanford
Deadly Record
1959
Dr. Morrow
African Patrol
1958-1959
TV Series
Landray / Gimble / Robert Gibson
Dial 999
1959
TV Series
Harry Killian
The Flying Doctor
1959
TV Series
Jeff Ferguson
Ivanhoe
1958
TV Series
Baron Mauray
The Whole Truth
1958
Willy Reichel
Female Fiends
1958
Dr. Rene Normand
The Inbetween Age
1958
Mr. Washington
ITV Television Playhouse
1957
TV Series
Arthur Hayes
Assignment Foreign Legion
1957
TV Series
Richard Harding
Adventures of a Jungle Boy
1957
TV Series
Harold Gayland
The New Adventures of Charlie Chan
1957
TV Series
John Robey / Dr. Michael Winstead
Sailor of Fortune
1956
TV Series
Darre
Pursuit of the Graf Spee
1956
Captain, Newton Beach, Prisoner on Graf Spee (uncredited)