Saiyuuki
2004-08-14 10:45:38 UTC
Taken from http://www.monkeyheaven.com/
Peter Woodthorpe, the actor who so famously dubbed the English voice
of Pigsy in the cult Japanese TV show Monkey, very popular in the UK,
Australia and New Zealand, passed away on Thursday 12 August 2004,
less than a month after finishing work on the 13 unseen Monkey
episodes.
Here's the news as I received it from Fabulous Films on Friday 13th
August 2004:
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This morning I was called by Peter Woodthorpes agent Rosie who let me
know Peter passed away last night (12th August) aged 72. Peter had not
been too well for a while and he had bravely fought on to complete the
dubbing of the lost 13 episodes of Monkey, where he so famously was
the voice of Pigsy. Peter had the last session ever on this project,
which was less than a month ago. I was fortunate enough to have to
drive him back to his Oxfordshire home that day. He was an extremely
funny and extremely friendly chap who had had quite an illustrious
career on stage, screen, televison and radio. I asked Peter if he was
enjoying living in the country and enjoying his retirement. He said he
was but he didn't do much nowadays. He said he spent most of the time
reading.
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Peter Woodthorpe, the actor who so famously dubbed the English voice
of Pigsy in the cult Japanese TV show Monkey, very popular in the UK,
Australia and New Zealand, passed away on Thursday 12 August 2004,
less than a month after finishing work on the 13 unseen Monkey
episodes.
Here's the news as I received it from Fabulous Films on Friday 13th
August 2004:
---
This morning I was called by Peter Woodthorpes agent Rosie who let me
know Peter passed away last night (12th August) aged 72. Peter had not
been too well for a while and he had bravely fought on to complete the
dubbing of the lost 13 episodes of Monkey, where he so famously was
the voice of Pigsy. Peter had the last session ever on this project,
which was less than a month ago. I was fortunate enough to have to
drive him back to his Oxfordshire home that day. He was an extremely
funny and extremely friendly chap who had had quite an illustrious
career on stage, screen, televison and radio. I asked Peter if he was
enjoying living in the country and enjoying his retirement. He said he
was but he didn't do much nowadays. He said he spent most of the time
reading.
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