Known For
Acting
Born
May 20, 1915
Died
Oct 07, 2008
Place of Birth
Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Credits
129 titles
Peter Copley
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 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.
Known For
Filmography
The Color of Magic 2in1
Greyhald Spold
The Colour of Magic
Greyhald Spold
Kingdom Of Heaven (Director's Cut)
Old Pilgram
Riot at the Rite
Patron
Oliver Twist
Dining Hall Master
The Last Detective
Colonel Colin Ingate
Wives and Daughters
Robinson
Janice Beard 45 WPM
Sean's Father
Jonathan Creek
Eric
Monk's Hood
Abbot Heribert
The Leper of St. Giles
Abbot Heribert
The Sanctuary Sparrow
Abbot Heribert
Cadfael
Abbot Heribert
One Corpse Too Many
Abbot Heribert
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
Maitland
One Foot in the Grave
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Burgoyne
The Importance of Being Earnest
Gribsby
Empire of the Sun
British Prisoner
Never Say Die
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
Frossard
Casualty
Dan Woods
King of the Ghetto
Vicar
Artists and Models
Savigny
Lovejoy
Harold Richards
Theatre Night
Gribsby
The Prisoner of Zenda
Marshal Strakencz
The Bill
Androcles and the Lion
Caesar
Witness for the Prosecution
Dr. Harrison
United Kingdom
Commissioner
Into the Labyrinth
Kubla Khan
The Chinese Detective
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Reverend Muldaur
Rabbit Pie Day
The Colonel
Churchill and the Generals
Gen. Sir John Dill
Tales of the Unexpected
Man at Railway Station
The Famous Five
Mr Finniston
The Black Panther
Anna Karenina
The Foundation
Dr. Richard Montagu
The New Avengers
Prof. Waterlow
Bill Brand
Cedric Maddocks
Shout at the Devil
Admiral Howe
Hennessy
Home Secretary
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
Dr. Warlock
Survivors
Dr. Bronson
Sky
Father Brown
Reverend John Walters
Fall of Eagles
Bethmann-Hollweg