Peter J. Elliott

Peter John Henry Elliott (14 June 1930 – December 2016) was a British film actor, singer, dancer, stunt performer and television presenter.

Life and career
Elliott had been diving since the age of 12 at the Marshall Street swimming pool when he was approached by Sid Dalton, an Olympic coach. He trained seriously and represented Britain in the Olympic Games of 1948 and 1952, in London, England. He won a bronze medal in high diving at the 1953 Maccabiah Games in Israel.

Elliott later became a pop singer and was a resident ballad singer on ATV's Oh Boy!. He has written a number of successful film scores, two of which have won awards at Cannes Film Festivals.