I was very shy as a kid for which i blame my parents, my mum was very outgoing as in always going out for weeks at a time as she was a performer in a touring variety show. My inferiority wasn't helped that i was christened Richard but she later switched it to Peter after my stillborn older brother. After serving in and surviving WWII, i toyed with the idea of being a drummer but decided to pursue a career in the theater but i wasn't getting anywhere particularly quickly so i decided to make my mark by calling up BBC producer Roy Speer and pretended to be star radio host Kenneth Horne to get the company’s attention.
Lucky for me it actually worked and Speers gave me an audition where i met up-and-coming comics Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan who was pitching a radio comedy called The Goon Show and we were given the job which launched us into the beginnings of stardom.
I met actress Anne Howe and within a year we were married and i thought we would settle down and cruise into a happy life but we didn’t, mainly because i was an idiot and wanted more than a radio show and began to pursue a film career, starring in titles like The Ladykillers with Alec Guinness but i still wanted more and turned my gaze to Hollywood and was offered the role of an Indian doctor in the romantic comedy The Millionairess with Sophia Loren.
I was shy and insecure in many ways but it didn't stop me having a full-blown affair with Sophia but the role did get me the offer for Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther after Peter Ustinov backed out of the part, so my life was back on a high note so of course i had to go mess it up again.
Most people said i was a nightmare on set, refusing to wear purple as that's the color of death so i had refused to be on screen with anyone wearing the colour.
Dr. Strangelove was my career highlight and Britt Ekland my personal one although marrying her 10 days after meeting her was a bit of a mistake, as was the amyl nitrite poppers which gave me eight cardiac arrests in three hours and as it happens having eight heart attacks is extremely bad for your health and i was told to take things easy.
My next film was Casino Royale but i got fired after an argument with Orson Welles which gave me a chance to focus on destroying my marriage even more by agreeing to star in a flim with Britt and then after a fight demanded the Director fire her, he refused and she served me with divorce papers.
Just as i thought i had hit rock bottom, i found there was still further to go as i married 23-year-old model Miranda Quarry then fell into a chaotic affair with Liza Minnelli which saw me reading through another set of divorce papers.
I married another 23 year old, actress Lynne Frederick and this time we stayed married for the rest of my life which turned out to be not that long as i died while eating lunch at my hotel after my weakened heart said stuff this and just stopped working.
I met actress Anne Howe and within a year we were married and i thought we would settle down and cruise into a happy life but we didn’t, mainly because i was an idiot and wanted more than a radio show and began to pursue a film career, starring in titles like The Ladykillers with Alec Guinness but i still wanted more and turned my gaze to Hollywood and was offered the role of an Indian doctor in the romantic comedy The Millionairess with Sophia Loren.
I was shy and insecure in many ways but it didn't stop me having a full-blown affair with Sophia but the role did get me the offer for Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther after Peter Ustinov backed out of the part, so my life was back on a high note so of course i had to go mess it up again.
Most people said i was a nightmare on set, refusing to wear purple as that's the color of death so i had refused to be on screen with anyone wearing the colour.
Dr. Strangelove was my career highlight and Britt Ekland my personal one although marrying her 10 days after meeting her was a bit of a mistake, as was the amyl nitrite poppers which gave me eight cardiac arrests in three hours and as it happens having eight heart attacks is extremely bad for your health and i was told to take things easy.
My next film was Casino Royale but i got fired after an argument with Orson Welles which gave me a chance to focus on destroying my marriage even more by agreeing to star in a flim with Britt and then after a fight demanded the Director fire her, he refused and she served me with divorce papers.
Just as i thought i had hit rock bottom, i found there was still further to go as i married 23-year-old model Miranda Quarry then fell into a chaotic affair with Liza Minnelli which saw me reading through another set of divorce papers.
I married another 23 year old, actress Lynne Frederick and this time we stayed married for the rest of my life which turned out to be not that long as i died while eating lunch at my hotel after my weakened heart said stuff this and just stopped working.
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