Is Peter Wyngarde still a gay icon?

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I'm gay, but I don't know!

Only one of the greatest British actors. Loved by men and women everywhere.


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Peter Wyngarde
Peter Wyngarde was born in Marseille, France, of a
French Mother and English Father. His Father was in
the diplomatic service and thus the family moved from
one country to another. While his Father was away on
business in India in 1941 Peter was left to look after
the family who were at that time resident in Shanghai.
The Japanese captured the city and the family were
to spend the next four years incarcerated there, with
Peter receiving evil treatment at the hands of the cruel and
sadistic guards for trying to help other inmates just to
stay alive. It took two years for him to physically recover
after liberation. By this time he had taken to writing
and appearing in improvised plays. He completed his
schooling in Europe and then studied law, against his
personal wishes, and then a sensible job in advertising.
This didn’t last long as the call of the stage was too great
and, passing his first audition, continued with several
roles with The Bristol Old Vic – Othello, Cyrano De
Bergerac, The Taming Of The Shrew and Long Day’s
Journey Into Night amongst them.
He then got a part in the Hollywood blockbuster
Alexander The Great, but became disillusioned when he
saw the brief end result on the screen of a year’s
endeavours. At this point he made a professional
acquaintance and then befriended Lawrence Olivier and
Vivien Leigh. Stage roles continued to be Peter’s first
love and stock in trade, although he did appear in
dozens of tv play and tv series roles in the late 50s
and throughout the 60s. The Avengers, The Prisoner,
The Saint and, of course, the role he is best remembered
for, Jason King in Department S and in the spin-off
from that show, made to cater for his huge popularity,
Jason King. In the late 60s and early 70s Peter was the
biggest name on tv and a huge international hit. Following
the euphoria of the 60s and his amazing success for
several years, Peter continued on stage and screen in
various roles, notably as Butley on the stage, in the
movie Flash Gordon, in Doctor Who on tv, in Hammer’s
House Of Horrors and in Sherlock Holmes opposite
Jeremy Brett. Peter is a busy, popular and much
-respected actor and, for one generation at least,
the grooviest chick-pulling bloke on the telly.
( * See also star interviews section * )

that would make him a gay icon.

Wyngarde had tremendous panache. I'm not gay, but if I was I would definitely choose Peter Wyngarde as my role model.