Peter Hammond

Biography

Peter Charles Hammond Hill was an English actor and television director. Peter Charles Hammond Hill was born in Victoria, Central London. His father, Charles, was an art restorer and his mother, Ada, a nurse. After attending Harrow School of Art, he started work as a scenic artist at Sheffield Repertory Theatre. Following this, he turned to acting to "earn some cash", where he adopted the stage name of Peter Hammond. He first appeared in a West End production at the age of 17. Hammond made his film début in Waterloo Road (1945) and went on to carve a career playing handsome boy-next-door types throughout the late 1940s and early 1950s, most notably as Peter Hawtrey in The Huggetts Trilogy – Here Come the Huggetts (1948), Vote for Huggett and The Huggetts Abroad (both 1949). [Source: Wikipedia]

Directed

1. Sherlock Holmes (1984) — Director
2. The Avengers (1961) — Director
3. Inspector Morse (1987) — Director
4. The Sign of Four (1987) — Director
5. Tales of the Unexpected (1979) — Director
6. The Master Blackmailer (1992) — Director
7. Rumpole of the Bailey (1975) — Director
8. The Eligible Bachelor (1993) — Director
9. Spring and Port Wine (1970) — Director
10. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994) — Director
11. Out of the Unknown (1965) — Director
12. Screen Two (1985) — Director
13. Armchair Theatre (1956) — Director
14. Theatre 625 (1964) — Director
15. The Wednesday Play (1964) — Director
16. The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986) — Director
17. Wuthering Heights (1978) — Director
18. Out of This World (1962) — Director
19. The Phantom Kid (1977) — Director
20. ITV Playhouse (1967) — Director
21. Shades of Darkness (1983) — Director
22. Follyfoot (1971) — Director
23. The Dark Angel (1987) — Director
24. Sea Song (1974) — Director
25. The Children of Dynmouth (1987) — Director
26. The Death of the Heart (1987) — Director
27. The Three Musketeers (1966) — Director
28. Churchill's People (1974) — Director
29. Cold Comfort Farm (1968) — Director
30. Luke's Kingdom (1976) — Director
31. Shades of Greene (1975) — Director
32. King of the Castle (1977) — Director
33. The Demon Lover (1986) — Director
34. Contract to Kill (1965) — Director
35. Our Mutual Friend (1976) — Director
36. The Little World of Don Camillo (1981) — Director
37. Armchair Cinema (1974) — Director
38. The Protectors (1964) — Director
39. BBC2 Play of the Week (1977) — Director
40. Playhouse (1974) — Director

Also appeared in

1. X: The Unknown (1956) — Lt. Bannerman
2. Morning Departure (1950) — Sub-Lt. Oakley
3. Waterloo Road (1945)
4. Holiday Camp (1947) — Harry Huggett
5. The Crowded Day (1954) — Michael Blayburn
6. Confession (1955) — Alan
7. Here Come the Huggetts (1948) — Peter Hawtrey
8. Spin a Dark Web (1956) — Bill Walker
9. They Knew Mr. Knight (1946) — Douglas Blake
10. Vote for Huggett (1949) — Peter Hawtrey
11. The Huggetts Abroad (1949) — Peter Hawtrey
12. Model for Murder (1959) — George
13. The Buccaneers (1956) — Lt. Edward Beamish
14. Father's Doing Fine (1952) — Roly
15. Fortune in Diamonds (1951) — Hendrik van Thaal
16. Helter Skelter (1949) — Spencer Stone
17. The Adventures of William Tell (1958) — Captain Hofmanstahl
18. Flannelfoot (1953) — Andy Fraser
19. Fools Rush In (1949) — Tommy
20. It's Never Too Late (1956) — Tony
21. Alf's Baby (1953) — Tim Benson
22. The Reluctant Widow (1950) — Eustace Cheviot
23. Come Back Peter (1952) — George Harris
24. Fly Away Peter (1948) — George Harris