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Peter Copley
Actor · Crew· 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.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
34 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Riot at the Rite | Patron | Film |
| 2005 | Oliver Twist | Dining Hall Master | Film |
| 1992 | A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia | Maitland | Film |
| 1984 | Androcles and the Lion | Caesar | Film |
| 1982 | Witness for the Prosecution | Dr. Harrison | Film |
| 1977 | The Foundation | Dr. Richard Montagu | TV |
| 1977 | The Black Panther | Film | |
| 1976 | Shout at the Devil | Admiral Howe | Film |
| 1975 | Hennessy | Home Secretary | Film |
| 1973 | The Dragon's Opponent | Dr. Gough | TV |
| 1972 | What Became of Jack and Jill? | Dickson | Film |
| 1972 | That's Your Funeral | 1st Funeral Director | Film |
| 1970 | Jane Eyre | John | Film |
| 1969 | Imperial Palace | Emile Cousin | TV |
| 1969 | Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed | Principal | Film |
| 1969 | Mosquito Squadron | Mr. Scott | Film |
| 1968 | The Shoes of the Fisherman | English Cardinal #1 | Film |
| 1967 | Quatermass and the Pit | Howell | Film |
| 1965 | Help! | Jeweller | Film |
| 1965 | The Knack... and How to Get It | Picture Owner | Film |
| 1964 | King and Country | Colonel | Film |
| 1964 | Thorndyke | Dr. John Evelyn Thorndyke | TV |
| 1964 | The Third Secret | Dr Leo Whitset | Film |
| 1961 | Victim | Paul Mandrake | Film |
| 1958 | Rockets Galore | Scientist | Film |
| 1957 | The Man Without a Body | Leslie | Film |
| 1957 | Just My Luck | Mr. Gilbert Weaver | Film |
| 1957 | The Smallest Show on Earth | Actor in The Mystery of Hell Valley (uncredited) | Film |
| 1957 | Time Without Pity | Prison Chaplain | Film |
| 1956 | Foreign Intrigue | Brown | Film |
| 1953 | The Sword and the Rose | Sir Edwin Caskoden | Film |
| 1953 | Saadia | Leader Mokhazenis | Film |
| 1952 | The Card | P. Shillitoe (uncredited) | Film |
| 1950 | Golden Salamander | Aribi | Film |
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