Peter Copley

Birthday:
05/20/1915
Place of birth:
Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK:
Biography:
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.

Credits

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

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