Bob Peck (1945-1999) was an award-winning British actor with the National Theater and Royal Shakespeare Company, performing in Nicolas Nickleby, Macbeth, and Othello, among other productions. On television, he appeared in many successful series including Z-Cars, Play for Today, and Edge of Darkness, for which he won a British Academy Television Award for best actor and is perhaps best-known. After gaining popularity as a television actor, Peck went on to appear in numerous films and was cast in his biggest film as park gamekeeper Robert Muldoon in Jurassic Park. He died of cancer at his home in London in 1999, survived by his wife and three children. |