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Peter Gordeno (20 June 1939 – 18 October 2008) was a British dancer, recording artist, cabaret singer, choreographer, and occasional actor.
Obituary
in ''The Guardian''
in ''The Independent''
Obituary
in ''The Times'' * 1939 births 2008 deaths People from Yangon British male film actors British male television actors British choreographers Burmese emigrants to England 20th-century British male actors English people of Scottish descent English people of Burmese descent English people of American descent English people of Italian descent 20th-century British male singers {{England-bio-stub
Peter Gordeno (20 June 1939 – 18 October 2008) was a British dancer, recording artist, cabaret singer, choreographer, and occasional actor.
Biography
Born as Peter Godenho inRangoon
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, Burma
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, to an Italian American
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father and Scottish/ Burmese mother, Gordeno was known primarily for his work with composer and arranger John Barry, but also became a household name in the 1970s due to his appearances as a submarine captain and combat pilot ''Peter Carlin'' in the Gerry Anderson
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television programme ''UFO
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''. He appeared in the 1968 London
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stage production of '' Man of La Mancha'', as Anselmo, a muleteer
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. In the show, he was the soloist in the song "Little Bird, Little Bird". He also appeared in the films ''Secrets of a Windmill Girl
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'' (1966), '' The Touchables'' (1968), ''The Urge to Kill'' (1989), and briefly in the very last Carry On
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film (''Carry On Columbus
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'') in 1992, whilst also working on the choreography
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for the film.
Gordeno also hosted the various television broadcasts of the EMI UK & World Disco Dancing & Freestyle Championships between 1979 and 1981, performing personally during the introduction sections.
He died on 18 October 2008, aged 69, in London
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, after suffering from cancer for several years.
His son, also called Peter Gordeno
Peter Gordeno (20 June 1939 – 18 October 2008) was a British dancer, recording artist, cabaret singer, choreographer, and occasional actor.
Biography
Born as Peter Godenho in Rangoon, Burma, to an Italian American father and Scottish/ ...
, is a songwriter and producer, who has toured with Depeche Mode
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Depeche ...
since 1998.
References
External links
*Obituary
in ''The Guardian''
in ''The Independent''
Obituary
in ''The Times'' * 1939 births 2008 deaths People from Yangon British male film actors British male television actors British choreographers Burmese emigrants to England 20th-century British male actors English people of Scottish descent English people of Burmese descent English people of American descent English people of Italian descent 20th-century British male singers {{England-bio-stub