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Peter West
Acting
12 Aug 1920
† 02 Sept 2003
Addiscombe, Croydon, London, England
Biography
Peter Anthony West (20 August 1920 — 2 September 2003) was an English journalist and occasional actor. As a freelancer, he worked for the BBC in radio and television for forty years in every department, sans Drama. He covered BBC cricket for 35 summers, rugby union for forty winters, 27 Wimbledon tennis tournaments, and various other broadcasting assignments, including the long-running 'Come Dancing'. He was a cricket and rugby union correspondent for The Times and The Daily Telegraph for a numb...
