Peter Warlock (magician)

Peter Warlock
Born	Alec William Bell (1904-10-30)30 October 1904 England
Died	17 December 1995(1995-12-17) (aged 91)
Nationality	British
Occupation	Magician, publisher
Known for	magic

Peter Warlock (born Alec William Bell; 30 October 1904 – 17 December 1995) was a semi-professional magician and publisher of the British magic magazines "Pentagram" (1946–59) and the "New Pentagram" (1969–89).^[1]

In 1960, he became the honorary president of the Paisley Magic Circle.^[2] Peter Warlock was also asked to accept the Honorary Life Presidency of the Blackpool Magic Club after the death of the initial holder of that position, Edward Victor, which he did.^[3] He was followed in that distinction by Ken Dodd O.B.E.

Inventions[]

• Self Contained Milk Pitcher
• Ringcord
• Out of the Loop
• Giant Size Triple Tubes
• Silk Filter
• Adhesive Glass
• Cream of the Jest
• Atomic Silk
• Ring and Rope Release

Published works[]

• The Best Tricks With Slates (1942)
• Plans for Deception (1942)
• Patterns for Psychics (1947)
• Peter Warlock's Book of Magic (1956)
• Warlock's Way (1966)
• The Magic of Pavel (1981)
• P.T. Selbit: Magical Innovator (with Eric Lewis; 1989)
• Buatier de Kolta: Genius of Illusion (1993)

See also[]

• List of magicians
• Card magic

References[]

Further reading[]

• One Hundred by Warlock by Elizabeth (2005)

External links[]

• See more about Peter Warlock at MagicPedia, the free online Magic encyclopedia
• Peter Warlock bibliography
• 100 by Warlock