LONDON (AP) -- British actor Bob Peck, who played a game warden in Steven Spielberg's 1993 dinosaur adventure "Jurassic Park," has died of cancer. He was 53.
A television and stage actor in Britain, Peck died in London Sunday after fighting the disease for several years.Peck was born in Leeds in north England on Aug. 23, 1945. He graduated from Leeds College of Art and was an avid amateur actor before going to work on the stage professionally.
During his career, Beck acted for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theater and starred in more than 20 television dramas. He was best known in Britain for his role in the 1985 television series, "Edge of Darkness," about the threat of nuclear pollution.
He made his international debut as game warden Robert Muldoon in the hugely popular dinosaur movie "Jurassic Park."
Actor Sir Ian McKellen, who missed out on an Oscar last month for his starring role in "Gods and Monsters," was once asked from which actor he learned the most. McKellen replied without hesitation, "Bob Peck," according to the Guardian newspaper.
Peck is survived by his wife, Jill, two daughters and a son.