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Peter Copley
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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…
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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 well into his nineties. A resident of Bristol, Copley was awarded an Honorary Degree of Master of Arts by the University of the West of England in 2001.
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Peter Copley's Filmography
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Riot at the Rite
as Patron
Oliver Twist
as Dining Hall Master
Janice Beard 45 WPM
as Sean's Father
Monk's Hood
as Abbot Heribert
The Leper of St. Giles
as Abbot Heribert
The Sanctuary Sparrow
as Abbot Heribert
One Corpse Too Many
as Abbot Heribert
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
as Maitland
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Gribsby
Empire of the Sun
as British Prisoner
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
as Frossard
Androcles and the Lion
as Caesar
Witness for the Prosecution
as Dr. Harrison
United Kingdom
as Commissioner
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Reverend Muldaur
Rabbit Pie Day
as The Colonel
Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. Sir John Dill
The Black Panther
Shout at the Devil
as Admiral Howe
Hennessy
as Home Secretary
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
as Dr. Warlock
Beyond Our Means
as Dr. Charteris
Gawain and the Green Knight
as Pilgrim
That's Your Funeral
as 1st Funeral Director
What Became of Jack and Jill?
as Dickson
Taste of Evil
as Mackinlay
Jane Eyre
as John
No Poster
Walk a Crooked Path
Mosquito Squadron
as Mr. Scott
Tower of London: The Innocent
as Archbishop
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
as Principal
Immortality Inc
as Hull
All at Sea
as Mr. Gordon
The Shoes of the Fisherman
as English Cardinal #1
Quatermass and the Pit
as Howell
No Poster
The Investigation
as Counsel for the Prosecution
No Poster
The Devil's Eggshell
as The Home Secretary
No Poster
Don't Utter a Note
as Vicar
Stranger in the Family
as Charles Wilson
Help!
as Jeweller
The Knack... and How to Get It
as Picture Owner
No Poster
The Man Who Came to Die
as Dr. Clarkeson
The July Plot
as General Friedrich Olbright
King and Country
as Colonel
The Third Secret
as Dr Leo Whitset
Victim
as Paul Mandrake
Mystery in the Mine
Rockets Galore
as Scientist
The Government Inspector
as School Superintendent
Just My Luck
as Mr. Gilbert Weaver
No Poster
The End Begins
as Tom Jarrow
The Man Without a Body
as Leslie
The Smallest Show on Earth
as Actor in The Mystery of Hell Valley (uncredited)
Time Without Pity
as Prison Chaplain
No Poster
The Film That Never Was
Foreign Intrigue
as Brown
Peril for the Guy
as Mr. Ritter
Saadia
as Leader Mokhazenis
The Clue of the Missing Ape
as His Excellency
The Sword and the Rose
as Sir Edwin Caskoden
The Hour of 13
as Cummings
The Card
as P. Shillitoe (uncredited)
Golden Salamander
as Aribi
Farewell Again
as Minor Role
Tell Me If It Hurts
as Waiter