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 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
Credits
Empire of the Sun (1987)
as British Prisoner
Oliver Twist (2005)
as Dining Hall Master
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
as Reverend Muldaur
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
as Howell
Help! (1965)
as Jeweller
Jane Eyre (1970)
as John
Shout at the Devil (1976)
as Admiral Howe
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
as Principal
Hennessy (1975)
as Home Secretary
The Knack... and How to Get It (1965)
as Picture Owner
Riot at the Rite (2005)
as Patron
Witness for the Prosecution (1982)
as Dr. Harrison
The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
as English Cardinal #1
Victim (1961)
as Paul Mandrake
The Card (1952)
as P. Shillitoe (uncredited)
The Third Secret (1964)
as Dr Leo Whitset
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1992)
as Maitland
Mosquito Squadron (1969)
as Mr. Scott
Foreign Intrigue (1956)
as Brown
The Sword and the Rose (1953)
as Sir Edwin Caskoden
King and Country (1964)
as Colonel
Time Without Pity (1957)
as Prison Chaplain
The Importance of Being Earnest (1988)
as Gribsby
Saadia (1953)
as Leader Mokhazenis
The Black Panther (1977)
Actor
The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
as Actor in The Mystery of Hell Valley (uncredited)
Churchill and the Generals (1979)
as Gen. Sir John Dill
Janice Beard 45 WPM (1999)
as Sean's Father
The Sanctuary Sparrow (1994)
as Abbot Heribert
Farewell Again (1937)
as Minor Role
Just My Luck (1957)
as Mr. Gilbert Weaver
Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)
as Pilgrim
One Corpse Too Many (1994)
as Abbot Heribert
Rockets Galore (1958)
as Scientist
Monk's Hood (1994)
as Abbot Heribert
What Became of Jack and Jill? (1972)
as Dickson
Golden Salamander (1950)
as Aribi
Rabbit Pie Day (1980)
as The Colonel
United Kingdom (1981)
as Commissioner
That's Your Funeral (1972)
as 1st Funeral Director
The Trial of Klaus Barbie (1987)
as Frossard
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars (1975)
as Dr. Warlock
King of the Ghetto (1986)
as Vicar
The Leper of St. Giles (1994)
as Abbot Heribert
Immortality Inc (1969)
as Hull
The End Begins (1957)
as Tom Jarrow
The Investigation (1967)
as Counsel for the Prosecution
Walk a Crooked Path (1969)
Actor
The Man Who Came to Die (1965)
as Dr. Clarkeson
The Hour of 13 (1952)
as Cummings
Taste of Evil (1971)
as Mackinlay
The Government Inspector (1958)
as School Superintendent
Androcles and the Lion (1984)
as Caesar
The Clue of the Missing Ape (1953)
as His Excellency
The July Plot (1964)
as General Friedrich Olbright
The Film That Never Was (1957)
Actor
The Devil's Eggshell (1966)
as The Home Secretary
Peril for the Guy (1956)
as Mr. Ritter
Stranger in the Family (1965)
as Charles Wilson
Don't Utter a Note (1966)
as Vicar
The Man Without a Body (1957)
as Leslie
All at Sea (1969)
as Mr. Gordon
Tower of London: The Innocent (1969)
as Archbishop
Beyond Our Means (1973)
as Dr. Charteris
Tell Me If It Hurts (1934)
as Waiter
Mystery in the Mine (1959)
Actor