peter paul wyngarde (cyril goldbert; 23 august 1927 – 15 january 2018) was an english singer, television and movie actor best known for his role as jason king, a bestselling novelist turned sleuth, in two british television series in the late 1960s and early 1970s: "department s" (1969 - 1970), and "jason king" (1971 - 1972).