Peter Diamond

Peter Diamond was born in 1929 and had more than a 1000 credits, many more than listed below.  Mr. Diamond was trained at RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art).

From Peter's Official Site:

In a career spanning nearly fifty years, stuntman, actor, producer and director Peter Diamond has worked on many of the films and series, and with many of the performers that have defined modern cinema and television.

His early projects included working with the legendary Errol Flynn in The Dark Avenger and on the series Errol Flynn TV Theatre. More recently, as well as constant work on series like Heartbeat, Peter was brought in to train Sir Anthony Hopkins for his role in The Mask of Zorro

Peter taught Harrison Ford how to throw a screen punch for Raiders of the Lost Ark, used a torn pair of trousers to convince Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher to swing across the Death Star chasm in Star Wars, fought on behalf of Robert Duvall on top of a speeding train in The Seven Per Cent Solution, and got his head lopped off by Christopher Lambert in a car park in Highlander.

Mr. Diamond has directed episodes of the TV series' Zorro and Highlander, worked with new Bond villain Robert Carlyle in Looking After Jo-Jo, and has been involved in many episodes of Z-Cars, Dr. Who, Danger Man, The Prisoner, The Avengers, The Saint, and The Return of the Saint, Sherlock Holmes, and many, many more

Three Carry On films, more appearances in the original Star Wars films than the main cast, a Muppet movie, a Tarzan film, Dracula films with the great Christopher Lee, and a turn on a windmill for a Solvite advert

The list of Peter's achievements is endless. So, if you've ever wanted to learn how to use a lightsaber, then try learning from the original Jedi Master; the one who instructed Luke Skywalker.

And Darth Vader. And Obi Wan.

Mr. Diamond passed away on Saturday March 27th, 2004.  He had a severe stroke while driving home from the set of Heartbeat six days earlier.

 

 

Film Actor

As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'~2001 (V) - Himself

Highlander~1986 - Aman Fasil (see Actor Connections - Film)

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi~1983 - Gamorrean Guard/Scout Trooper

Nate and Hayes~1983 - Ben Pease Crew #4
Victor/Victoria~1982 (uncredited) - Man in Bar (see Actor Connections - Film)
Raiders of the Lost Ark~1981 - German Soldier (see Actor Connections - Film)

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back~1980 - Snowtrooper Gunner

Candleshoe~1977 - Hood 

Star Wars~1977 (uncredited) - Stormtrooper/Garouf Lafoe/Tusken Raider/Corporal Prescott - Death Star Trooper
Psychopath, The~1966  - Junk Yard Man

Pleasure Girls, The~1965 - Rat-Face

Crossroads to Crime~1960 - Escort

Dam Busters, The~1954 - Tail Gunner

Film Stunts

The Mask of Zorro~1996

Mad Dogs and Englishmen~1995 (stunts)
Hear My Song~1991 (stunt coordinator)
Treasure Island~1990

Dream Demon~1988

Soursweet~1988

Red Scorpion~1989 (stunt coordinator)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?~1988 (stunt arranger) (see Actor Connections - Film)

The Fruit Machine~1988

Lionheart~1987 (stunt coordinator) (stunts)
Princess Bride, The~1987  (stunt coordinator) (see Actor Connections - Film)

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace~1987 (stunts)  (see Actor Connections - Film)

Lionheart~1987

Three Kinds of Heat~1987

Allan Quartermain and the Lost City of Gold~1987

Highlander~1986

King Solomon's Mines~1985

White Nights~1988

Plenty~1985

The Bounty~1985

Lifeforce~1985 (stunt coordinator)

The Ambassador~1984

Savage Islands~1983

Nate and Hayes~1983  (stunt coordinator)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi~1983 (stunt arranger)
Victor/Victoria~1982 (stunts) (see Actor Connections - Film)

American Werewolf in London, An~1981 (stunts) (see Actor Connections - Film)
Raiders of the Lost Ark~1981  (stunt arranger) (stunts) (uncredited) (see Actor Connections - Film)
The Great Muppet Caper~1981

Superman II~1980

George and Mildred~1980

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu~1980

Superman II~1980 (stunts) (uncredited) (see Actor Connections - Film)

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back~1980 (stunt coordinator)
Fifth Musketeer, The~1979  (sword master)

Legacy, The~1979  (stunt coordinator)
The Thief of Baghdad~1978

The Four Feathers~1977

Star Wars~1977 (stunt coordinator) 
Candleshoe~1977

Are You Being Served?~1977

The Seven Per Cent Solution~1976

One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing~1975

Side by Side~1975

Carry On Dick~1974

The Land that Time Forgot~1974

The Ruling Class~1972

Kidnapped~1971

Countess Dracula~1971

Blood from the Mummy's Tomb~1971

Hands of The Ripper~1971

What Became of Jack and Jill~1971

Taste the Blood of Dracula~1970

The House that Dripped Blood~1970

Cry of the Banshee~1970

The Mind of Mr. Soames~1970

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed~1969

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave~1968

Work is a Four Letter Word~1968

Challenge for Robin Hood, A~1967 (fight coordinator)

Dracula: Prince of Darkness~1966 (stunts) (uncredited)
Alfie~1966

Devil's Own, The~1966

The Witches~1966

Rasputin The Mad Monk~1966

Carry On Don't Lose Your Head~1966

The Plague of the Zombies~1966

The Reptile~1966

The Psychopath~1966

The Pleasure Girls~1965

Frankenstein Created Woman~1965

The Brigand of Kandahar~1965

A Study in Terror~1964

Curse of the Mummy's Tomb~1964

Plague of the Zombies~1964

Carry On Cleo~1964

East of Sudan~1964

The Gorgon~1964

The Evil of Franksenstein~1964

Devil Ship Pirates~1964

Secret of Blood Island~1964

Children of the Damned~1964

Gorgon, The~1964 (stunt coordinator)

Devil-Ship Pirates, The~1964 (fight arranger)

Kiss of the Vampire~1964

The Cracksman~1963

Siege of the Saxons~1963

From Russia with Love~1963 (stunts) (uncredited)

The Scarlet Blade~1962

The Small World of Sammy Lee~1962

Terror of the Tongs~1961

The Impersonator~1961

The Young Ones~1961

Crossroad to Crime~1960

Brides of Dracula~1960

It Takes a Thief~1960

The Challenge~1960

The World of Suzie Wong~1960

The Queen's Guards~1960

Never Let Go~1960

John Paul Jones~1959

Dracula/The Horror of Dracula~1958

That Lady~1954

The Dark Avenger~1955

The Dam Busters~1954

Knights of the Round Table~1953 

Master of Ballantrae~1953

Dark Avenger, The~1955 

Ivanhoe~1952

 

Film Second Unit Director

Hear My Song~1991 (second unit director)

 

TV

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy~2004 - Himself

Where the Heart Is~19?? - 

Heartbeat~1992 -  Professor Brigstocke in Saint Columba's Treasure (# 5.13) 11/26/95

Jeeves and Wooster~1990  -  Policeman in Arrested in a Night Club (# 4.21) 6/6/93

Highlander~1992  -  Brigand Leader in Band of Brothers (# 1.13) 2/8/93

Zorro~1990 - Sir Edmond Kendall in 

    Master & Pupil (# 2.2) 9/21/90

    The Legend Begins: Part 1 (# 1.8) 2/17/90

First Olympics: Athens 1896, The~1984 - Man under broken cart

SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back~1980 - Himself

Return of the Saint~1978 - 

Paul Temple~1969 - Teddy Wilson in Catch Your Death (# 3.13) 4/11/71

Z Cars~1962 - Corney Masterson in Honour Among Thieves: Part 1 (#6.97) 2/5/68

Benny Hill Show, The~1967 - Various roles

Avengers, The~1961 - Bernie in Honey for the Prince (# 4.26) 3/26/66

Spies, The~1966 - 

    Mario in If I Can't Win, I Don't Pay (#1.14) 4/9/66

    Chuvaldi in He Isn't On the Market - Not This Year (#1.5) 1/29/66

Softly Softly~1966 - 

    Jock in The Big Tip-Off (#7.19) 2/9/72

   Griffin in To Protect the Innocent (#5.15) 12/18/69

    Stokes in Bird of Passage (#4.3) 9/26/68

   Tommy Rufford in Find the Lady (#2.7) 12/17/66

   Leech in The Key (#1.10) 3/9/66

Dixon of Dock Green~1955 - 

    Alexander Mackay in Case No. 7 ($13.2) 10/7/67

    Brown in The Heister (#12.19) 2/5/66

Doctor Who~1963  -  

    Davis in Ice Warriors, The (# 5.3) 11/11/67

    Sailor in Highlanders, The (# 4.4) 12/17/66

    Morok guard/Morok technician in Space Museum, The (# 2.7) 4/24/65

    Delos in Romans, The (# 2.4) 1/16/1965

Hit and Run~1965 - Albert Farmer

Sucker Bait~1965  - Crew man

Out of the Unknown~1965  -  Crew man in Sucker Bait (#1.7) 11/15/65

Saint, The~1962 - 

    Peyrac in Jeannine (# 3.3) 10/22/64

    Miguel in The Romantic Matron (# 2.18) 1/16/64

Z Cars~1962 - Wallace in A Place of Safety (#3.42) 6/24/64

Ghost Squad~1961  -  Beni in Death of a Sportsman (#2.5) 1/26/63

Sir Francis Drake~1961  - Bosun

Ivanhoe~1958-9 - 

 

TV Stunts

Brief, The~2004 - (stunt coordinator) in So Long, Samantha

Jonathan Creek~1997 - 2003

Rosemary and Thyme~2003

The Royal~2003

Servants~2004  (stunt coordinator)

Sparkling Cyanide~2003

A Good Thief~2002

London's Burning~1988 - 2002

Nice Guy Eddie~2002  (stunt coordinator)

Good Thief, A~2002  (stunt coordinator)

Evil Under the Sun~2001

Gentlemen's Relish~2001   (stunt coordinator)
Stretch, The~2001  (stunt coordinator)

Vice, The~1999 (mini)   (stunt coordinator)

Cider With Rosie~1998

Highlander~1992 - 1998

Out of Hours~1998 (mini)  (stunt coordinator)

Looking After Jo Jo~1998  (stunt coordinator)

Taking Care of Jo Jo~1998 

Vanishing Man, The~1998

Hamish MacBeth~1995 - 1997

Ruby Ring, The~1997  (stunt coordinator)

Where The Heart Is~1997

Dr. Who~1963 - 1996

Thief Takers~1996

Hamish MacBeth~1995 - 

How to Be a Little S*d~1995

Mad Dogs and Englishmen~1995

Kavanagh, QC~1994

Minder~1979 - 1994

Pie In The Sky~1994

Zorro~1990 - 1993

Love Stories~1991

Heartbeat~1992

Voice of the Heart~1990

One Foot in the Grave~1990 - 

Monster Maker~1989

London's Burning~1988  (stunts)

William Tell~1988 (pilot)

Tales of the Unexpected~1979 - 1988

Hazard of Hearts, A~1987   (stunt coordinator)

Space~1985

The Bill~1984

The First Olympics: Athens 1896~1984

Last Days of Pompeii~1984

Master of Ballantrae, The~1984  (stunt supervisor) (see Actor Connections - TV)

Moonfleet~1984 (mini series)

Play For Today~1970 - 1984

Scarlet Pimpernel, The~1982  (action arranger)

Dick Turpin~1979 - 1981

The Smuggler~1981

Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective~1980

Good Companions~1980

Hammer House of Horror~1980

Dick Turpin~1979 - 

A Man Called Intrepid~1979

Minder~1979

Return of the Saint~1978 - 1979

The Sweeney~1975 - 1979

The Man in the Iron Mask~1978

Secret Army~1975 - 1978

Four Feathers, The~1977   (stunt coordinator)

Kidnapped~1977

Making of Star Wars, The~1977 - (stunt coordinator)

Poldark~1975 - 1977

Dixon of Dock Green~1955 - 1976

Carry On Laughing: The Prisoner of Spenda~1975

South Riding~1974

Lord Peter Wimsey~1972 - 1974

The Flaxton Boys~1969 - 1973

Follyfoot~1971 - 1973

Pollyanna~1973

Sir Yellow~1973

U.F.O~1970 - 1973

Woodstock~1973

Arthur of the Britons~1972 - 1973

The Brothers~1972 - 1976

The Long Chase~1972

Last of the Mohicans~1971

The Black Tulip~1970

Softly, Softly~1966 - 1970

Paul Temple~1969

The Benny Hill Show~1967 - 1969

Flight of the Heron~1968

Treasure Island~1968

Oh Brother~1968

Prisoner, The~1967 - 1968 

Virgin of the Secret Service~1968

Vendetta~1966 - 1968

Saint, The~1962 - 1969

No Hiding Place~1959 - 1967

Danger Man~1960/61 - 1964/1967

Emergency Ward Ten~1957 - 1967

The Further Adventures of the Musketeers~1967

The Spies~1966

Softly, Softly~1966 - 

Three Musketeers, The~1966 (mini)  (fight arranger)

Crane~1963 - 1965

Hit and Run~1965

Out of the Unknown~1965

Sucker Bait~1965

Danger Man~1964 - 

Dr. Finlay's Casebook~1964

Espionage~1963/4

Doctor Who~1963  (stunts) (1960s)

Moonstrike~1963

Maigret~1960 - 1963

TWTWTW~1962 - 1963

Ghost Squad~1961 - 1963

Z-Cars~1962 - (stunts)

Richard the Lionheart~1961 - 1962

Sir Francis Drake~1961 - 1962

Ask Mr. Pastry~1961

Avengers, The~1961 - 1969

Pathfinders~1960 - 1961

Dial 999~1958/9

Four Just Men~1959

Robin Hood~1955 - 1959

St. Ives~1959

The Invisible Man~1958 - 1959

Assignment: Foreign Legion~1957 - 1959

Errol Flynn TV Theatre~1957

The Gay Cavalier~1957

Sword of Freedom~1957

The Buccaneers~1956 (pilot)

The Scarlet Pimpernel~1955 - 1956

The Gordon Honour~1956

The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d~1956

Cabin in the Clearing~1954

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Presents: Four Farewells In Venice~1954

The Fox (Pilot - ITC)

So You Think You Can Drive

Young Lochinvar (pilot)

 

TV Second Unit Director

Zorro~1990 (second unit director)

Commercials

Solvite

 

Theatre

Jack and the Beanstalk~1973/4 - Cow (City Varieties / Leeds, UK)

 

My background consists of as a Theatre fight Director at the British National Theatre's - Stratford and Shakespeare

Theatre Fight Director

Romeo And Juliet~1953 - Act 1 Fight Arranger (Sadler's Wells, UK)

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