I am very interested in the Universe - I am specialising in the Universe and all that surrounds it.
I could have been a Judge, but I never had the Latin for the judgin'. I never had it, so I'd had it, as far as being a judge was concerned.
I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal.
Peter's mother passed away in 1988.
Peter's first regular television spot was on Granada Television's Braden Beat with Bernard Braden.
It was while attending Pembroke, Peter first performed and wrote comedy sketches as a member of the prestigious Cambridge Footlights Club (of which Peter Cook became President in 1960).
Peter is still widely regarded as the father of the British satire boom of the 1960s.
Peter won two Special Tony Awards: in 1963, along with his Beyond the Fringe co-stars Alan Bennett, Jonathan Miller and Dudley Moore, "for their brilliance which has shattered all the old concepts of comedy," in a show that was recreated in a television version of the same title, Beyond the Fringe (1964); and in 1974, shared with co-author and co-star Dudley Moore for their show Good Evening.
Peter Cook: (from Beyond the Fringe/Seceret Policeman) If you ever want to hear a boring conversation, why, pop down the mine. There it'll be!
Peter and his third wife Lin lived in separate homes 100 yards apart in Hampstead.
Peter's daughter Daisy Cook, is a noted artist.
Peter ran the "The Establishment Club" in Greek Street, Soho, London from October 1961 - September 1962. The cradle of the 1960s satire boom.
Peter was one of five comedians pictured on a set of UK postage stamps issued 23 April 1998. His caricatured likeness was on the 63p stamp.
Peter was approximately 6' 2" (1.88 m) tall.
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