Peter Vere-Jones (21 October 1939 – 26 January 2021) was an English-born-New Zealand actor. He was known for his collaborations with director

Peter Jackson Sir Peter Robert Jackson (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known as the director, writer and producer of the ''Lord of the Rings'' trilogy (2001–2003) and the ''Hobbit'' trilogy ( ...

, appearing in four of his films. He was also known for starring in the New Zealand television series ''

Shortland Street ''Shortland Street'' is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera centring on the fictitious Shortland Street Hospital, first broadcast on TVNZ 2 on 25 May 1992. It is New Zealand's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously ...

''.

Personal life

Vere-Jones was born in

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, England, on 21 October 1939, the son of Isabel (née Wyllie) and Noel Vere-Jones, a biochemist and chemical engineer. The family emigrated to New Zealand in 1949, settling in the Wellington area. Vere-Jones lived with his wife Sue and his two children, Benjamin and Emma. In 1989, he was diagnosed with

bowel cancer Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer, colon cancer, or rectal cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine). Signs and symptoms may include blood in the stool, a change in bowel m ...

, which was documented in a television documentary called ''Crisis: One Man's Fight''. He later made a full recovery. He died in

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on 26 January 2021.

Honours

In the 2002 Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee Honours, Vere-Jones was appointed an

Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have rend ...

, for services to writing and acting.

Filmography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vere-Jones, Peter 1939 births 2021 deaths 21st-century New Zealand male actors People from Paekākāriki New Zealand male film actors New Zealand male television actors People from Cheshire (before 1974) English emigrants to New Zealand