Peter Vere-Jones ONZM (21 October 1939 – 26 January 2021) was an English-born-New Zealand actor.
[4][5][6] The family emigrated to New Zealand in 1949, settling in the Wellington area.
[4][5] Vere-Jones lived with his wife Sue and his two children, Benjamin and Emma.
In 1989, he was diagnosed with bowel cancer, which was documented in a television documentary called Crisis: One Man's Fight.
[8][9] In the 2002 Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee Honours, Vere-Jones was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to writing and acting.