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