Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 19, 1935
Died
Jun 23, 2004
Place of Birth
West Ham, Essex, England, UK
Credits
48 titles
Peter Birrel
Biography
Peter Birrel (né Peter Cohen 19 July 1935 – 23 June 2004) was an English actor who played numerous parts on British television for nearly forty years. Birrel appeared in the Doctor Who story Frontier in Space in 1973, as well as in the documentary I Was a "Doctor Who" Monster. He also appeared in the first series of Alexander the Greatest. His film credits included Freelance (1971), Arch of Triumph (1984), and the television miniseries Freud (1984), War and Remembrance (1988) and Around the World in 80 Days (1989). In 1979 he played a guest-role in George and Mildred as George's brother Charlie Roper in the episode A Military Pickle He married actress Stephanie Cole in 1998. She was widowed by his death from cancer in Bath, aged 68 in 2004.
Known For
Filmography
Sharpe: The Legend
Don Moreno
David
Schama
I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
Sharpe's Company
Don Moreno
Stanley
Louis Behrends
Lovejoy
Gunter Sperber
C.A.T.S. Eyes
Arch of Triumph
Wiesenthal
Freud
Adler
Bergerac
Rupert Galliers
Hammer House of Horror
Markham
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
Senior Detective
Mary's Wife
Dora
Cribb
Gold
The Gentle Touch
Minder
John Scott
Wilde Alliance
Policeman
Target
Eric Gill
The XYY Man
Groot
Angels
Don't Drink the Water
Waiter
Playhouse
Dora
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
Draconian Prince
Crown Court
The Adventurer
L'assistant-réalisateur
Holly
Mike Underwood
New Scotland Yard
Sidney Preece
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
M. Helder
Alexander the Greatest
Budgie
Barry
Freelance
Jeff
The Main Chance
Michael Coburn
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
George
Man in a Suitcase
You Can't Win
Tom Jacobs
BBC Play of the Month
Brother
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Man
Top of the Pops
Self
Doctor Who
Congressman Brook
What a Crazy World
Freddy
The Saint
Toni Amato
Studio 4
Carleton Myatt
Studio 4
Carleton Myatt
Steptoe and Son
Agent
Z-Cars
No Hiding Place
Armchair Theatre
Eddie
Dixon of Dock Green
Mick Bowyer