Peter Stanford

Actor, Extra, Model, Singer, Other Musician,… more

London, United Kingdom
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Shortly after his voice broke Peter took a day off school to record The Hippopotamus Song ("Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud") for BBC Schools' programme Watch. The song was subsequently released on BBC Records and Tapes, and remains his best-selling album. He is no longer the muscled young man of those days, and is now cast as fat middle-aged men with beards and Presence, most famously as King Henry VIII at Hampton Court. He has recently played doctors on stage, film, opera and straight-to-dvd horror. His dancing days may be behind him, but he can still hold a tune in the lower Bass register (E - E), and has been singing his beloved Tudor choral pieces for decades.
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Physical Attributes

Height:
182 cm / 6ft 0in
Weight:
over 120 kg / 264 lbs
Ethnicity:
White / Caucasian
Chest:
over 119 cm / 47 in
Skin color:
White
Waist:
128 cm / 50 in
Eye color:
Blue
Hair color:
Auburn
Hair length:
Short
Hair type:
Wavy

Credits & experience

2014
  • Phanom : English cricketer in blazer
  • Shamitabh : American prisoner
  • The Room : David the tenant
  • An Isolated Incident : Man in pub
  • Arrivals : Englishman on bench
  • We Get What We Want : Gynaecologist
  • Dara O'Briain's School of Hard Sums : Arsenal supporter
  • Hi-Lo Joe : Former tutor
  • South of the River : TV producer
  • The Dress : Man
  • Man in the Mirror : Dr Robertson-Justice
  • The Masters : Dr Nightingale
  • Mustard : Headmaster
  • Turning Point : Teacher
  • Three One Six : Demon/security guard
2013
  • He Who Dares 2 : Parliamentary Correspondent
  • Kill Day : Cabinet Minister
  • Five Minutes in Trudy's Boudoir : Dr Stephen Curtis, Particle Physicist
  • Robbie Williams at the London Palladium for the BBC : Fat pop star
  • Ortega and his Enemies : Magistrate
  • Halcyon Heights : "Hippocratic Harry", doctor at rehab. group.
  • Final Shot : Gambler
  • Gatwick Gangsters : Professor Carter (atom bomb specialist)
  • Measure for Measure : Angelo
  • Hamlet : Claudius
  • Amar, Akbar and Tony : Chekov fan
  • Hammerhead - rap video for Foreign Beggars : "Monty" - Leader of the Hunt
  • Superbob : Ministry of Defence employee
  • The Secrets of Chatsworth (PBS) : Gambler, chef, party guest
  • The Search (film) : GP
2012
  • Twelfth Night : Sir Toby Belch
  • The Last Goon Show of All : BBC Announcer (Andrew Timothy)
  • Acante et Cephise, by Rameau : Doctor
2011
  • 28 Stations Later : Doctor, later Zombie Doctor
  • Die drei Pintos : Head Chef
  • Gruntlers : Various poetry and prose readings
  • Shakespeare, by Elchin (British premiere) : Senior Doctor (lead role)
  • First Goon Show for BBC : BBC 1950s announcer
2010
  • TEOREMAT (Barbican, in Polish) : Starszy Mezcyna
  • Genoveva : Head Gardner
2009
  • Macbeth (opera by Bloch) : Bass servant
  • Hampton Court Palace : King Henry VIII
2004
  • For the Public Good, English National Opera : Site-Specific operatic celebration of London Coliseum
2002
  • Benvenuto Cellini : Cassandro
2001
  • Kullervo, British premiere : Chorus
1996
  • The Ballad of Baby Doe, British Premiere : Papa McCourt and other roles
1983
  • Gawain and the Green Knight (opera) : Bishop Baldwin

Acting

Acting experience

Previous paid speaking roles

Languages
  • English
Accents
  • UK English
Peter started out as a fit young man, but these days tends to be cast as fat middle-aged men with beards.

Most famous as King Henry VIII at Hampton Court, he has recently played seedy doctors in film, plays, tv programmes, an opera and a straight to dvd horror.

Extras

Extras experience

Previous speaking roles

Modelling

Modeling experience

Part-time model - paid commercial work

King Henry VIII

Nude modelling for Spencer Tunick

Music

Vocal ability

Backing vocals

Vocal range

Bass

Singing styles
  • Classical
  • Opera
Favourite genres
  • Jazz
  • Classical
Peter missed a day's school to sing the role of a hippopotamus for the BBC. The track was later released - Songs From Watch - on BBC records and tapes, and this remains his best-selling album.

For the next thirty years he has sung bass in many genres. From the British premiere of the Finnish opera Kullervo to do-wop, via a capella, madrigals and choral music of all types.

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Languages
  • English
Accents
  • UK English

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