Peter Copley
- Profesie
- Actorie
- Data nașterii
- 20 mai 1915
- Locul nașterii
- Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Data decesului
- 7 octombrie 2008
Biografie
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.
Filme cu Peter Copley
- Imperiul Soarelui 1987 · ★ 7.5
- Oliver Twist 2005 · ★ 6.8
- Help! 1965 · ★ 6.9
- Little Lord Fauntleroy 1980 · ★ 7.3
- Quatermass and the Pit 1967 · ★ 6.7
- Victim 1961 · ★ 7.5
- Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed 1969 · ★ 6.3
- The Shoes of the Fisherman 1968 · ★ 6.8
- The Knack... and How to Get It 1965 · ★ 6.0
- King and Country 1964 · ★ 7.1
- Shout at the Devil 1976 · ★ 6.0
- Time Without Pity 1957 · ★ 6.5
- The Card 1952 · ★ 7.0
- The Smallest Show on Earth 1957 · ★ 6.7
- Mosquito Squadron 1969 · ★ 5.6
- The Third Secret 1964 · ★ 6.2
- Foreign Intrigue 1956 · ★ 5.8
- Witness for the Prosecution 1982 · ★ 6.6
- The Sword and the Rose 1953 · ★ 6.4
- The Black Panther 1977 · ★ 5.8
- Jane Eyre 1970 · ★ 6.8
- Golden Salamander 1950 · ★ 6.2
- A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia 1992 · ★ 6.3
- Hennessy 1975 · ★ 5.2
- Just My Luck 1957 · ★ 6.1
- Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars 1975 · ★ 8.5
- What Became of Jack and Jill? 1972 · ★ 4.8
- The Man Without a Body 1957 · ★ 4.2
- Rockets Galore 1958 · ★ 6.4
- The Importance of Being Earnest 1988 · ★ 5.4
- Gawain and the Green Knight 1973 · ★ 5.0
- The Hour of 13 1952 · ★ 6.1
- Saadia 1953 · ★ 6.0
- Janice Beard 45 WPM 1999 · ★ 5.2
- Walk a Crooked Path 1969 · ★ 3.8
- That's Your Funeral 1972 · ★ 4.2
- Peril for the Guy 1956 · ★ 7.7
- The Clue of the Missing Ape 1953 · ★ 7.3
- Riot at the Rite 2005 · ★ 8.0
- Tower of London: The Innocent 1969 · ★ 6.5