Peter Tanner was born on September 13, 1914 in Tilford, Surrey, England as Peter Ralph Eyre Tanner. He is known for his work on Adel verpflichtet (1949), Hamburger Hill (1987) and Charles Dickens Weihnachtsgeschichte (1984). He was married to Daphne Mitchell and Jean Beaver. He died on December 10, 2002 in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England.