Peter Copley

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Peter Copley (born 20 May 1915 in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England) is an actor, best remembered for his appearances on television.

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[edit] Biography

After changing his mind about joining the Royal Navy, Copley 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. Away from acting, Peter Copley was a sharp-witted legal expert and part-time lawyer who successfully handled several court cases in the 1960s.


TV Credits include: Danger Man, The Saint, The Avengers, The Forsyte Saga, The Troubleshooters, The Champions, Department S, Doomwatch, Z Cars, Fall of Eagles, Survivors, Doctor Who (in the serial Pyramids of Mars), Sutherland's Law, Tales of the Unexpected, Miss Marple, Lovejoy, The Bill and One Foot in the Grave.


[edit] Complete film credits

Complete film credits[1]
Year Title Character
1950 The Elusive Pimpernel .
1950 The Golden Salamander Aribi
1952 The Promoter Shillitoe
1952 The Hour of Thirteen Cummings
1953 The Clue of the Missing Ape .
1953 The Sword and the Rose Sir Edwin Caskoden
1953 Saadia Leader Mokhazenis
1956 Foreign Intrigue Brown
1956 Peril for the Guy Ritter
1957 Just My Luck Gilbert Weaver
1957 Time Without Pity Prison Chaplain
1957 The Man without a Body Leslie
1950 The Mystery in the Mine .
1960 Follow That Horse! Garrod
1962 Victim Paul Mandrake
1964 King and Country Colonel
1964 The Third Secret Dr. Leo Whitset
1965 The Knack ... And How to Get It Picture Owner
1965 Help! Jeweller
1967 Quatermass and the Pit Howell
1968 The Shoes of the Fisherman English Cardinal
1969 Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed Principal
1969 Walk a Crooked Path Dr. Oberon
1970 All at Sea Mr. Gordon
1970 Mosquito Squadron .
1971 Jane Eyre John
1972 What Became of Jack and Jill? Dickson
1973 Gawain and the Green Knight Pilgrim
1974 That's Your Funeral 1st Funeral Director
1976 Shout at the Devil Admiral Howe
1980 Little Lord Fauntleroy Muldaur
1982 Witness for the Prosecution Dr. Harrison
1987 Empire of the Sun British Prisoner
1991 A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia Maitland
1994 Second Best Percy
2005 Oliver Twist Dining Hall Master


[edit] Notes and References

  1. ^ B. "Peter Copley", New York Times, 2006-09-25. Retrieved on 2006-09-25.


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