Peter Graves, 8th Baron Graves

Known during his acting career as Peter Graves, he specialised in light comedies and musicals, often cast as dapper young men about town.

He also appeared in a number of films by Herbert Wilcox, such as the popular musicals Spring in Park Lane (1948) and Maytime in Mayfair (1949), both vehicles for Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding.

He re-emerged in the 1960s as a popular comic supporting player in several films, including Alfie, The Wrong Box (both 1966), The Jokers, I'll Never Forget What's'isname (both 1967), and The Magic Christian (1969).

[3] In 1993, he appeared as George Tidy in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes feature length episode The Eligible Bachelor.

He married Winifred Ruby Moule (better known as soprano singer Vanessa Lee, who played many leading roles, especially in several Ivor Novello musical comedies) on 28 May 1960.