Peter Hammond

Who was Peter Hammond?

Peter Charles Hammond Hill was an English actor and television director.

Peter Charles Hammond Hill was born in Victoria, Central London. His father, Charles, was an art restorer and his mother, Ada, a nurse. After attending Harrow School of Art, he started work as a scenic artist at Sheffield Repertory Theatre. Following this he turned to acting in order to "earn some cash", where he changed his name to Peter Hammond. He appeared in West End productions at the age of 17.

He made his film début in Waterloo Road in 1945 and went onto carve a career playing handsome boy next door types throughout the late forties and early fifties most notably as Peter Hawtrey in The Huggetts Trilogy - Here Come the Huggetts, Vote for Huggett and The Huggetts Abroad.

Other films include Holiday Camp, Helter Skelter, Morning Departure, The Adventurers and X the Unknown.

In 1950 Peter Hammond was reunited with his Huggetts co-star Petula Clark and played her love interest in Ealing's Dance Hall. He gave Clark her first screen kiss in this film.

Prominent television roles include Hofmanstahl in The Adventures of William Tell and Lt. Edward Beamish in The Buccaneers.