Peter Denyer

{{Short description|English actor (1947–2009)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Peter Denyer

| birth_name = Peter John Denyer

| birth_date = 20 August 1947

| birth_place = Dartford, Kent, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2009|9|18|1947|8|20}}

| death_place = Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1966–2009

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Peter John Denyer (20 August 1947 – 18 September 2009) was an English actor who played Dennis Dunstable in London Weekend Television's Please Sir!, and its spin-off series The Fenn Street Gang, taking on the role of a teenager when already into his 20s.{{cite news|last=Anthony|first=Hayward|title=Peter Denyer: Actor who played the slow but lovable Dennis in 'Please Sir!|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/peter-denyer-actor-who-played-the-slow-but-lovable-dennis-in-please-sir-1793529.html|accessdate=23 April 2011|newspaper=The Independent|date=26 September 2009}} He also appeared in the film versions of Please Sir! (1971) and Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (1973), and the glam rock film Never Too Young to Rock (1976).{{Cite web | url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0fcc2f7 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013175322/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0fcc2f7 | url-status=dead | archive-date=13 October 2017 | title=Peter Denyer |publisher=British Film Institute |via=www.bfi.org.uk |access-date=26 December 2020}}

Another semi-regular role, again for LWT, was as one half of a gay couple in Agony.

He played the boring, jilted Ralph Dring in Dear John. Noted for his motor-cycle combination and 'mobile discothèque' with one record - Green Door by Shakin' Stevens

He also appeared in Dixon of Dock Green, Moody and Pegg, and the TV soap opera Emmerdale Farm. Later in his career he moved into producing, directing and writing pantomime.

Denyer, who was unmarried, died in September 2009 in Cheltenham, aged 62.