Born in
Hendon,
Middlesex, but brought up in
Northamptonshire, he was educated as a day boy at
Wellingborough School. He joined the
Royal Air Force in 1944, but was found to be unfit for military service, (now the
Royal & Derngate). While performing in a pantomime during this period he met Beryl, a dancer, who became his wife. Peters made many appearances on TV, including a regular role in
Swizzlewick (1964), which also featured Philip Garston-Jones, whom he replaced as Jack Woolley, and
Margot Boyd, also known for her work in
The Archers. and an episode of
Only Fools and Horses called "A Royal Flush" (1986). In the 1990s, Peters appeared in television advertisements for
Werther's Original Toffees. Jack Woolley was not the first role he had performed in
The Archers but was by far the most extended of his three roles in the soap opera; he had first joined the cast in 1953, the year he became a Midlands member of the BBC repertory company. The role, as farmhand Len Thomas. lasted for 13 years, and the actor was soon cast again, as the Reverend David Latimer, in 1968; the character died in 1973. ==Personal life==