Peter Goodwright
{{Short description|English comedian (1936–2020)}}
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Peter Goodwright (12 May 1936{{cite book|title=International Film and TV Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dZxmAAAAMAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Screen International, King Publications Limited|page=484}} – 2 November 2020) was an English comedic impressionist. He appeared on the ITV impressions show Who Do You Do? in the 1970s.{{cite book|last=Lewisohn|first=Mark|title=Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy|publisher=BBC Books|year=1998|page=816|isbn=978-0-563-36977-6}} Goodwright was born in Haslington, Cheshire.
Career
Goodwright has been referred to as "the godfather of impressionists".{{cite book|author=John Stirling|title=Never Work with Children Or Animals|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y4g_xkunzDMC&pg=PA58|date=12 May 2011|publisher=Mereo Books, mereobook, mereobooks|isbn=978-0-9565102-9-7|pages=58}} On radio in the 1950s, he appeared in The Clitheroe Kid and the last episode of Hancock's Half Hour; where he impersonated Tony Hancock as he specialised in impersonating radio performers. As well as Who Do You Do?, he made several television appearances, including on Jokers Wild. He was a panel member on the BBC Radio 2 comedy game The Impressionists and appeared on the Royal Variety Performance in 1987. He worked with Harry Enfield in the spoof documentary biopic Norbert Smith: A Life in 1989, and also appeared on stage in farces by Ray Cooney.[https://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/9597/peter-goodwright-dies Bruce Dessau, "Comedian/Impressionist Peter Goodwright Dies", Beyond the Joke, 3 November 2020]. Retrieved 3 November 2020
His death, aged 84, was reported in November 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2020/11/03/47232/peter_goodwright_dies_at_84|title=Peter Goodwright dies at 84|website=chortle.co.uk|date=3 November 2020|access-date=17 January 2021}}
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- {{IMDb name|id= 0329577|name=Peter Goodwright}}
- {{Discogs artist|Peter Goodwright}}
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Category:English impressionists (entertainers)
Category:Comedians from Cheshire
Category:People from Haslington
Category:English male comedians
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