Peter Bowles (16 October 1936 – 17 March 2022) was an English television and stage actor. He gained prominence for television dramas such as Callan: A Magnum for Schneider and I, Claudius. He is however, best remembered for his roles in sitcoms and television dramadies, including: Rumpole of the Bailey, Only When I Laugh, To the Manor Born, The Bounder, The Irish R.M., Lytton's Diary, Executive Stress and Perfect Scoundrels. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography

• 2021Off the Rails — Vicar
• 2019Great in Britain: The Movie — Julian
• 2018Together
• Murder — Greville Cotterall
• 2016Murder: Lost Weekend — Greville Cotterall
• Victoria — Duke of Wellington
• 2015Peterman — Old Boy
• 2014Lilting — Alan
• 2011Love's Kitchen — Max Templeton
• 2008Ballet Shoes — Sir Donald Houghton
• 2008Freebird — The Chairman
• 2008The Bank Job — Miles Urquhart
• The Sarah Jane Adventures — Lionel Carson
• 2005Colour Me Kubrick — Cyril
• Jericho — Fleming
• 2002One of the Hollywood Ten — Jack Warner
• 2001In Love and War — Melville
• 2000Gangster No. 1 — Executive Producer
• Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
• 1998Little White Lies — Oliver
• 1995The Steal — Lord Childwell
• 1993Passport to Murder — Inspector Bullion
• 1992Running Late — George Grant
• Perfect Scoundrels — Guy Buchanan
• Agatha Christie's Poirot — Sir Roderick Horsfield
• Screen One — George Grant
• 1989Try This One for Size — Igor
• 1988Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun — Lord Jack Carberry
• Executive Stress
• Lytton's Diary — Neville Lytton, Idea, Creator
• ITV Christmas Comedy
• Storyboard — Neville Lytton, Writer
• The Irish R.M. — Major Sinclair Yeates
• The Bounder — Howard Booth
• Vice Versa — Paul Bultitude
• 1980Rumpole's Return — Guthrie Featherstone
• 1980The Masqueraders — Mitchell
• Only When I Laugh — Archie Glover
• Tales of the Unexpected — Major Haddock
• To the Manor Born — Richard DeVere
• Pennies from Heaven — Prosecuting Counsel
• A Roof Over My Head
• 1977For the Love of Benji — Ronald
• 1977Stigma — Peter
• 1977The Disappearance — Jefferies
• The Sunday Drama — Prince Borodski
• I, Claudius — Caractacus
• The Crezz — Ken Green
• Rumpole of the Bailey — Guthrie Featherstone
• Space: 1999 — Balhor
• Survivors — David Grant
• Churchill's People — Thistlewood
• Good Girl — Colin Peale
• Napoleon and Love — Captain Joachim Murat
• Rising Damp — Hilary
• 1973A Thinking Man as Hero — Frank Cordroy
• Chéri — Patron
• 1973Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries: Murder Must Advertise — Major Todd Milligan
• 1973The Legend of Hell House — Hanley
• 1973The Offence — Detective Inspector Cameron
• Thriller — Supt. Lucas
• 1972A Day in the Death of Joe Egg — Freddie
• Crown Court — Gerald Somerville
• 1972Endless Night — Reuben
• 1972Shelley — Byron
• The Protectors — Gregor Kofax
• A Ghost Story for Christmas — Peter
• The Persuaders! — Mitchell
• The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes — Inspector Saunders
• The Ten Commandments — Tommy Radd
• 1970Eyewitness — Victor Grazzini
• Department S — Borowitsch
• Happy Ever After — Tony Bulstrode, Michael
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre — Jack Campbell-Barnes
• 1969Laughter in the Dark — Paul
• 1969Taste of Excitement — Guardi
• 1969The Assassination Bureau — Jealous lover at 'La Belle Amie' (uncredited)
• The Main Chance — Roger Lamb
• W. Somerset Maugham — Robert Crosbie
• 1968The Charge of the Light Brigade — Paymaster Capt. Duberly
• 1967A Magnum for Schneider — Toby Meres
• Callan
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle — Harry Deacon
• The Prisoner — 'A'
• 1966Blow-Up — Ron
• 1966Don't Utter a Note — Sgt. Howlett
• 1966Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World — Paris Singer
• NET Playhouse — Razumikhin
• The Informer — Jack Hart
• 1966The Quarry — Melville
• BBC Play of the Month — Insp. Hounslow
• 1965Dead Man's Chest — Joe
• Out of the Unknown — Policeman
• Public Eye — Croxley
• 1965Some Lapse of Time — Policeman
• 1965Three Hats for Lisa — Pepper
• 1964The Crunch — Captain Buckley
• The Protectors — Dr Fothergill
• Crane — Nikkolai Drax
• 1963The Informers — Peter The Pole (uncredited)
• The Saint — Serge, Maurice Kerr
• Drama 61-67 — Capt. Buckley
• The Avengers — Thyssen, Ezdorf, Neil Anstice
• Danger Man — Gamal
• Edgar Wallace Mysteries — Joe
• No Hiding Place
• Armchair Theatre — Simpson, Pete, Morgan, Dermot Llewelyn, Sgt. Howlett, Toby Meres
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Melville

Appearances as themselves (4)

• 2024To the Manor Born: Britain's Best Loved Comedy — Self /Richard DeVere (archive footage)
• 2015Sean Connery: In His Own Words — Self
• 1985Talking Proper — Self
• I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni — Self