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Peter Copley

Peter Copley

Actor · Born 1915-05-20 · Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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Biography

Peter Copley (20 May 1915 – 7 October 2008) was an English television, film and stage actor. Copley was born in Bushey, Hertfordshire, son of the printmakers, John Copley and Ethel Gabain. After changing his mind about joining the Royal Navy, he studied at the Old Vic School and started out as a stage actor in 1932. He made his first film appearance in 1934, going on to play a wide variety of characters from the villainous to the meek and mild. In 1946, he appeared on stage in "Cyrano de Bergerac" at the New Theatre in London. In 1951 he appeared at the Duchess Theatre in London's West End in the comedy play The Happy Family by Michael Clayton Hutton. TV credits include: Thorndyke, Danger Man, The Saint, The Avengers, The Forsyte Saga, The Troubleshooters, The Champions, Department S, Doomwatch, Z-Cars, Fall of Eagles, Survivors, Bless Me, Father (episode "A Legend Comes to Stay"), Father Brown (episode "The Curse of the Golden Cross"), Doctor Who (in the serial "Pyramids of Mars"), Sutherland's Law, Tales of the Unexpected, Miss Marple (episode "Nemesis"), Lovejoy, The Bill, Cadfael, The Diamond Brothers: South by South East and One Foot in the Grave. Copley continued to act w…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Empire of the Sun (1987) — British Prisoner
  2. Oliver Twist (2005) — Dining Hall Master
  3. Doctor Who (1963) — Dr. Warlock
  4. Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) — Burgoyne
  5. Help! (1965) — Jeweller
  6. Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) — Reverend Muldaur
  7. Quatermass and the Pit (1967) — Howell
  8. The Colour of Magic (2008) — Greyhald Spold
  9. Victim (1961) — Paul Mandrake
  10. The Avengers (1961) — Henry Barker
  11. The Saint (1962) — Don Morland
  12. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) — Principal
  13. One Foot in the Grave (1990)
  14. Casualty (1986) — Dan Woods
  15. The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) — English Cardinal #1
  16. The Knack... and How to Get It (1965) — Picture Owner
  17. Jonathan Creek (1997) — Eric
  18. King and Country (1964) — Colonel
  19. Shout at the Devil (1976) — Admiral Howe
  20. Lovejoy (1986) — Harold Richards
  21. Time Without Pity (1957) — Prison Chaplain
  22. Tales of the Unexpected (1979) — Man at Railway Station
  23. The New Avengers (1976) — Prof. Waterlow
  24. The Bill (1984)
  25. The Card (1952) — P. Shillitoe (uncredited)
  26. Wives and Daughters (1999) — Robinson
  27. The Smallest Show on Earth (1957) — Actor in The Mystery of Hell Valley (uncredited)
  28. Cadfael (1994) — Abbot Heribert
  29. Mosquito Squadron (1969) — Mr. Scott
  30. The Third Secret (1964) — Dr Leo Whitset
  31. Foreign Intrigue (1956) — Brown
  32. Survivors (1975) — Dr. Bronson
  33. Witness for the Prosecution (1982) — Dr. Harrison
  34. The Champions (1968) — Antrobus
  35. The Sword and the Rose (1953) — Sir Edwin Caskoden
  36. The Black Panther (1977)
  37. Golden Salamander (1950) — Aribi
  38. Jane Eyre (1970) — John
  39. Sherlock Holmes (1954)
  40. A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1992) — Maitland