Peter Asher

Peter Asher (born 22 June 1944) is an English guitarist, singer, manager and record producer. He came to prominence in the 1960s as a member of the pop music vocal duo Peter and Gordon before going on to a successful career as a manager and record producer, helping to foster the recording careers of James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt among others.

As of 2018, he tours alongside Jeremy Clyde in Peter and Jeremy, who perform hits from both of their respective catalogues. In 2019, Asher published a book The Beatles from A to Zed about his personal reminiscences about the band.

Asher was born at the Central Middlesex Hospital to Richard and Margaret Asher, née Eliot. His father was a consultant in blood and mental diseases at the Central Middlesex Hospital as well as being a broadcaster and the author of notable medical articles. Asher's mother was a professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. One of her pupils there was George Martin. Asher is the brother of Clare Asher, a radio actress and school inspector, and Jane Asher, an English actress and author.

When he was eight years old he began working as a child actor and appeared in the film The Planter's Wife and the stage play Isn't Life Wonderful. At the age of nine Asher played the central juvenile part in the 1953 film version of Isn't Life Wonderful! alongside stars Cecil Parker and Donald Wolfit. In 1955 he played the youngest brother, Johnny, in Escapade, based on Roger MacDougall's play. The film starred John Mills and Alastair Sim. He also appeared in one episode of the ITV series The Adventures of Robin Hood alongside his sister Jane.

In 1956 Asher appeared as a 12-year-old in The Talking Head, one of the short films in the series of Colonel March of Scotland Yard, starring Boris Karloff.

Biography summary from English Wikipedia, photograph via Wikimedia Commons.