Peter Cartwright (actor)
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| Born | 30 August 1935 Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa |
Peter Cartwright (born August 30, 1935) is an actor who has made hundreds of appearances in television, film and on radio and has worked extensively in the theatre, both in the provinces and London's West End.
Cartwright was born in Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa educated at St. Andrew's College (Grahamstown, South Africa). He went to Britain in 1959 and studied at RADA. He now lives in London.
He is best known in South Africa for a series of television commercials where he was the face of Charles Glass the legendary founder of South African Breweries and the brewmaster who brewed Castle Lager.
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[edit] Selected TV credits
Rumpole of the Bailey, Yes Prime Minister, Casualty, Shackleton, Longitude, Vicar of Dibley.
He is currently a semi-regular in the British soap Emmerdale playing George Postlethwaite the fictional bishop of Skipdale.
[edit] Selected film credits
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix he played a wizard, Elphias Doge, part of the Order of the Phoenix, escorting Harry to Grimmauld Place.
Other films include Wimbledon, Cry Freedom, Gandhi and The Fourth Protocol.
[edit] Stage credits
Sleuth (Fortune Theatre, West End), Habeas Corpus, Don Carlos (Royal Exchange, Manchester),
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