Peter Vere-Jones obit

Actor Peter Vere-Jones dies aged 82

 

He was not on the list.

New Zealand actor Peter Vere-Jones has died aged 82.

He had been a professional actor since the 1960s and his career included parts in several Peter Jackson films, such as Bad Taste and the second Hobbit film.

He also was a member of the Shortland Street cast.

In the 2002 Queen's Birthday and golden jubilee honours, he was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit.

In 1989, he made a television documentary about his own battle with bowel cancer, called Crisis.

Filmography

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1969      The Alpha Plan Edward Harris    Television series

1970      The Crown in New Zealand           Narrator               Documentary

1971      The Killing of Kane           Kimble Bent        Television film

1972      Rangi's Catch      Mr. Murray        

1972      Pukemanu          Mark Gold           Television series

6 episodes

1974      The Hum              Narrator               Documentary

1977      The Mackenzie Affair      Highlander          Television mini-series

1979      Children of Fire Mountain             James Gregory Television mini-series

1981      Pictures                Walter Burton  

1982      Bad Blood            Mr. Ogier            

1982      Casualties of Peace          Bill          Television film

1983      Nate and Hayes                 Gunboat Captain             

1984      Mortimer's Patch             Lionel Foster      Television series

1 episode

1985      Roche    Jim Donaldson   Television series

1 episode

1985      Dangerous Orphans        Handesman       

1987      Bad Taste            Lord Crumb        Voice

1988      Good Taste Made Bad Taste        Narrator               Documentary

1989      Meet the Feebles             Bletch/Arthur/Various   Voice

1989      Crisis: One Man's Fight   Himself                 Documentary

1990      The Grasscutter                Kepple Television film

1992      Shortland Street               Laurence Buchanan         Television series

1992      Braindead            Undertaker        

1992      Secrets Jock       Television film

1993      Typhon's People               Bank manager   Television film

1995      Fallout Gerald Hensley Television mini-series

1996      Xena: Warrior Princess   King Silvus           Television series

1 episode

1997      Hercules: The Legendary Journeys            Zeus       Television series

1 episode

1997      Duggan                 Arthur Jamieson               Television series

1 episode

1997      The Enid Blyton Secret Series      Uncle Henry       Television series

1 episode

1998      The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson              Captain Blacker                 Television series

3 episodes

1998      The Legend of William Tell           The Master         Television series

1 episode

1999      A Twist in the Tale           Grandad               Television series

1 episode

2000      Dark Knight         Abbot Goodwin                Television series

1 episode

2002      Revelations – The Initial Journey               Buchanan            Television series

2002      Der Liebe entgegen         Anwalt Alan Smith           Television series

1 episode

2005      The Knock           Psychiatrist         Short film

Uncredited

2010      Legend of the Seeker      Carraticus Zorander         Television series

1 episode

2013      The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug      Spider   Voice