Peter Copley

Acting

Народився 20 травня 1915, Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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.

Фільмографія

• 2010The Color of Magic 2in1 — Greyhald Spold
• Колір чаклунства — Greyhald Spold
• 2005Riot at the Rite — Patron
• 2005Олівер Твіст — Dining Hall Master
• The Last Detective — Colonel Colin Ingate
• 1999Janice Beard 45 WPM — Sean's Father
• Дружини і дочки — Robinson
• Jonathan Creek — Eric
• Cadfael — Abbot Heribert
• 1994Monk's Hood — Abbot Heribert
• 1994One Corpse Too Many — Abbot Heribert
• 1994The Leper of St. Giles — Abbot Heribert
• 1994The Sanctuary Sparrow — Abbot Heribert
• 1992A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia — Maitland
• One Foot in the Grave
• Пуаро Аґати Крісті — Burgoyne
• 1988The Importance of Being Earnest — Gribsby
• Never Say Die
• 1987The Trial of Klaus Barbie — Frossard
• 1987Імперія сонця — British Prisoner
• Artists and Models — Savigny
• Casualty — Dan Woods, Hugh Phipps
• King of the Ghetto — Vicar
• Lovejoy — Harold Richards
• Theatre Night — Gribsby
• 1984Androcles and the Lion — Caesar
• The Bill
• The Prisoner of Zenda — Marshal Strakencz
• 1982Witness for the Prosecution — Dr. Harrison
• Into the Labyrinth — Kubla Khan
• The Chinese Detective
• 1981United Kingdom — Commissioner
• 1980Little Lord Fauntleroy — Reverend Muldaur
• 1980Rabbit Pie Day — The Colonel
• 1979Churchill and the Generals — Gen. Sir John Dill
• Tales of the Unexpected — Man at Railway Station
• The Famous Five — Mr Finniston
• Anna Karenina
• 1977The Black Panther
• The Foundation — Dr. Richard Montagu
• Bill Brand — Cedric Maddocks
• 1976Shout at the Devil — Admiral Howe
• The New Avengers — Prof. Waterlow
• 1975Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars — Dr. Warlock
• 1975Hennessy — Home Secretary
• Sky
• Survivors — Dr. Bronson
• Fall of Eagles — Bethmann-Hollweg
• Father Brown — Reverend John Walters
• Armchair 30 — Mr. Justice Hobbin
• 1973Beyond Our Means — Dr. Charteris
• 1973Gawain and the Green Knight — Pilgrim
• The Dragon's Opponent — Dr. Gough
• Arthur of the Britons
• Crown Court — Sir Peter Cutforth, His Honour Judge Edmonds
• 1972That's Your Funeral — 1st Funeral Director
• The Long Chase — Morrison
• 1972What Became of Jack and Jill? — Dickson
• Bless This House — J. G.
• Justice — Wigmore
• 1971Taste of Evil — Mackinlay
• You're Only Young Twice
• Doomwatch — Admiral Sir Richard Tranton
• 1970Jane Eyre — John
• Manhunt — Martin
• 1969All at Sea — Mr. Gordon
• Department S — The Auctioneer
• 1969Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed — Principal
• 1969Immortality Inc — Hull
• Imperial Palace — Emile Cousin
• 1969Mosquito Squadron — Mr. Scott
• Paul Temple
• The Gold Robbers — AC Farr
• 1969Tower of London: The Innocent — Archbishop
• 1969Walk a Crooked Path
• The Champions — Antrobus
• The Expert — Hillard
• 1968The Shoes of the Fisherman — English Cardinal #1
• Callan
• Half Hour Story — Mr. Fergus
• 1967Quatermass and the Pit — Howell
• 1967The Investigation — Counsel for the Prosecution
• 1966Don't Utter a Note — Vicar
• 1966The Devil's Eggshell — The Home Secretary
• The Informer — Richard Edwards
• BBC Play of the Month — The Home Inspector
• 1965Help! — Jeweller
• Knock on Any Door — Cedric Pritchard
• Out of the Unknown — Charles Wilson, Hull, Mackinlay
• 1965Stranger in the Family — Charles Wilson
• 1965The Knack... and How to Get It — Picture Owner
• 1965The Man Who Came to Die — Dr. Clarkeson
• The Troubleshooters — MacLaren
• 1964King and Country — Colonel
• Redcap — Colonel Matherson
• 1964The July Plot — General Friedrich Olbright
• 1964The Third Secret — Dr Leo Whitset
• The Wednesday Play — Gen. Friedrich Olbright, Roger Gibbs
• Theatre 625 — Seytfert, Counsel for the Prosecution, Hector McKellar
• Thorndyke — Dr. John Evelyn Thorndyke
• Доктор Хто — Dr. Warlock
• The Saint — Don Morland
• Z-Cars
• The Avengers — Henry Barker, Sparshott
• 1961Victim — Paul Mandrake
• Maigret — Xavier Marton
• 1959Mystery in the Mine
• No Hiding Place
• 1958Rockets Galore — Scientist
• 1958The Government Inspector — School Superintendent
• 1957Just My Luck — Mr. Gilbert Weaver
• 1957The End Begins — Tom Jarrow
• 1957The Film That Never Was
• 1957The Man Without a Body — Leslie
• 1957The Smallest Show on Earth — Actor in The Mystery of Hell Valley (uncredited)
• 1957Time Without Pity — Prison Chaplain
• 1956Foreign Intrigue — Brown
• 1956Peril for the Guy — Mr. Ritter
• Sherlock Holmes
• 1953Saadia — Leader Mokhazenis
• 1953The Clue of the Missing Ape — His Excellency
• 1953The Sword and the Rose — Sir Edwin Caskoden
• 1952The Card — P. Shillitoe (uncredited)
• 1952The Hour of 13 — Cummings
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Dr. Harrison
• 1950Golden Salamander — Aribi
• 1937Farewell Again — Minor Role
• 1934Tell Me If It Hurts — Waiter