Born in York in 1949. while working at Kennings in York as a painter he
was approached to work on a Musical Feature film The New Fangled
Wandering Minstrel Show directed by famed Hollywood director Buddy
Bregman. Peter was hired as a painter but frequently supplied props for
the shoot.one of the props supplied was a donkey that he borrowed from
a local farmer. Peter would often make Olivia Newton John cups of tea
between takes. Peter was offered the chance to work at Pinewood Studios
but declined as he had a young family at the time so he remained in
York and now runs a successful car company