Peter De Greef (17 May 1922 – 29 March 1980) was a British actor who made a number of film appearances in the 1940s and 50s including '' Champagne Charlie'' (1944). He was born as Edward Denaston William De Greeff in 1922 in

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in London, the son of Muriel Ethel ''née'' Breakey (1902–1964) and Edward Maurice De Greef (1894–1975), a chemical merchant.Edward Denaston Marriage Certificate of William De Greeff and Dorothy Irene Milton (1946): Ancestry.com
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he was serving in the

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with the rank of

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. His film roles include RAF airman in ''

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'' (1942) and Lord Petersfield in '' Champagne Charlie'' (1944), while his television roles included First Journalist in the

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television play ''It's an Ill Wind'' (1952). In 1946 aged 23 he married the 35 year-old film actress Dorothy 'Chili' Boucher at

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in London. They separated a few months later and the marriage was finally dissolved in 1955. In 1957 he married Sheila J. Greene at Marylebone Register Office. Park Lane Care Home 2021

Peter De Greef died in Heathermoor Nursing Home in

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in 1980 aged 57 and left £4,783 in his will.England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1995 for Edward Denaston William De Greeff, 1981: Ancestry.com
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:De Greef, Peter 1922 births 1980 deaths Actors from Marylebone British male television actors British male film actors Royal Air Force personnel of World War II Royal Air Force airmen