Peter Richardson (British director)
Peter Richardson is an English director, screenwriter, actor, and comedian. Richardson is best known for founding the Comic Strip troupe of performers, which showcased his double act with Nigel Planer and launched the careers of French and Saunders, Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson, and Alexei Sayle. Richardson approached Channelto make a series of short, selfcontained oneoff comedy films with this group, which led to the The Comic Strip Presents..., many of which were written, directed by and featured him in acting roles.
Richardson was born in Newton Abbot, Devon, England and lived in a house near Denbury. His parents ran a childrens summer camp school. The family moved to Dartmoor when Richardson was ten. The family did not have a television, but his father had a cine camera with which they would make films. Richardson credits this as the beginning of his interest in filmmaking. He moved to London when he was seventeen, having decided he wanted to be an actor. At one point he was a lifeguard at a swimming pool.
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