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FORTY
YEARS AGO THIS MONTH! Where did all that time go? Can you recall what
you were doing back then? I can actually remember what I was doing that
month and year. 'Resting' just like Peter, that as you probably know is
what 'Thespians' sensitivity call the position of 'no work'! Mind you,
the first few months of 83, Peter had been busy... the beginning of the
year, he filmed his appearance in 'Tales of the Unexpected' 'The Vorpal
Blade' (with Anthony Higgins 'Taste the Blood of Dracula' (1970) with
Christopher Lee / Raiders of the Lost Ark as Gobler / and quite a few
Sherlock productions)
PETER appeared in his last TV film for Fox around
March in, 'Helen Keller : The Miracle Continues' with Blythe Danner, Vera
Miles and Jack Warden. Directed by Alan Gibson ( 'Dracula AD 1972' : 'The Satanic
Rites of Dracula' and 'Silent Scream' with Peter for the 'Hammer House of Horror' TV series.) In 'Helen Keller' Peter played Professor Charles Copland.. A NICE Sunday afternoon film
THEN IN JUNE, he appeared on #BBC 'Breakfast Time', promoting 'House of the Long
Shadows' ... which he started filming, the previous August, after
months recovering from his duel with cancer... Then, prep work started on
a concept / character close to Peter's heart, with his friend, #Tyburnfilms
producer, Kevin Francis. A 'little thing' called 'Sherlock Holmes and
the Masks of Death' was finally get ting a push into production! As far back as 1980, this film and the talk of
Peter returning to the role of Holmes had been announced in trade
papers. Production finally started though, on July 21st, 1984. Yes,
there's resting and then there is.. 'resting'. I think, since Peter's wife Helen,
passed in 1971, the last thing on Peter's mind, was resting, bless
him..... - Marcus
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