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:''For the Canadian politician with the same name see Arnold Peters'' Arnold Peters (3 June 1925 – 11 May 2013) was an English actor, who played Jack Woolley in ''The Archers'' radio soap opera for 31 years. ==Biography == Born in Hendon, Middlesex, as Peter Reginald Gadd, but brought up in Northamptonshire, he was educated as a day boy at Wellingborough School.〔(Obituary: Arnold Peters ), telegraph.co.uk, 13 May 2013〕 He joined the Royal Air Force in 1944, but was found to be unfit for military service.〔 and after the war spent five years at the Northampton Repertory Theatre〔("Obituary: Arnold Peters" ), BBC News, 13 May 2013〕 (now the Royal & Derngate). While performing in a pantomime during this period he met Beryl, a dancer, who became his wife.〔Sue Arnold (Obituary: Arnold Peters ), ''The Guardian'', 14 May 2013〕 Peters made many appearances on TV, including a regular role in ''Swizzlewick'' (1964), which also featured Philip Garston-Jones, whom he replaced as Jack Woolley, and Margot Boyd, also known for her work in ''The Archers''.〔 He also appeared in ''London Belongs to Me'' (Thames, 1977), Dennis Potter's ''Pennies from Heaven'' (1978)〔Marcus Williamson ("Arnold Peters: The voice of Jack Woolley in ''The Archers''" ), ''The Independent'', 15 May 2013〕 and an episode of ''Only Fools and Horses'' called "A Royal Flush" (1986). In the 1990s, Peters appeared in television advertisements for Werther's Original Toffees.〔 He was best known for playing businessman and hotelier Jack Woolley in the long running BBC radio series ''The Archers'' from May 1980 until 2011.〔("Arnold Peters, ''Archers'' actor, dies" ), BBC News, 13 May 2013〕 Jack Woolley was not the first role he had performed in ''The Archers'', but was by far the most extended of his three roles in the soap opera; he had first joined the cast in 1953,〔PA ("Archers actor Arnold Peters dies aged 87" ), guardian.co.uk, 13 May 2013〕 the year he became a Midlands member of the BBC repertory company.〔(""Archers actor Arnold Peters dies, aged 87 ), ''Birmingham Mail'', 13 May 2013〕 The role, as farmhand Len Thomas lasted for 13 years, and the actor was soon cast again, as the Reverend David Latimer in 1968; the character died in 1973.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arnold Peters (actor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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