Peter-Spotting
Tusken Raider, Immortal, Zombie...
The many guises of Peter
Diamond....
Towards the later years
of his career, Peter Diamond found his involvement in the original
"Star Wars" trilogy,
"Highlander", "Raiders Of The Lost Ark", "Dr
Who" and "The Princess
Bride" and a whole bunch
of Hammer films leading him to conventions, events and and festivals
around the world, where he
would talk about his work and meet the many attendees, and he was
both delighted and amazed to
find characters he'd portrayed on screen reappearing as
collectible action figures,
statues and maquettes, trading cards and more.
So here's a bit of frivolity
we think he might have enjoyed. It's our very own non-commercial
PETER-SPOTTING card
game!
You see, Peter actually took
on all kinds of in-camera roles during his career. He originally
trained at RADA before
moving into stunt work, and was able to call upon his acting skills for
a
number of fully-fledged dramatic performances
as well as all those action cameos. The IMDB
currently credits him with
71 screen and television appearances. But we know there are
more.
In fact, PETER-SPOTTING
has become something of a family hobby over the years. He's forever
popping up on DVD and
blu-ray releases, or tv repeats. Often, his face arrives on screen as
a precursor to a fight
scene, or a spectacular denouement. He also doubled for many star
names, and sure enough, he'll
be there, all made up, in the thick of the action. He can be a
bugger to spot sometimes as
he flits through frame, but that makes finding him all
the more fun.
As this site develops
we'll highlight his appearances as a performer or stunt double, and
we'll add a new trump card
to this section, so you can look out for him too, and tick off
your collection. Oh, and stay
tuned for one-or-two "chase" cards joining the deck, in due
course!...
