Peter Copley
65 movies · 62 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 20, 1915
- Died
- Oct 7, 2008 (age 93)
- Place of birth
- Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Peter Francis Gabain Copley
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.
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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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Peter Copley: movies and TV shows
Acting (127)
- 2008
- 2005 Riot at the Rite
as Patron
- 2005 Oliver Twist
as Dining Hall Master
- 2003
- 1999
- 1999 Janice Beard 45 WPM
as Sean's Father
- 1997
- 1994 Monk's Hood
as Abbot Heribert
- 1994 The Leper of St. Giles
as Abbot Heribert
- 1994 The Sanctuary Sparrow
as Abbot Heribert
- 1994 One Corpse Too Many
as Abbot Heribert
- 1994
- 1992 A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
as Maitland
- 1990
- 1989
- 1988 The Importance of Being Earnest
as Gribsby
- 1987 Empire of the Sun
as British Prisoner
- 1987
- 1987 The Trial of Klaus Barbie
as Frossard
- 1986
- 1986
- 1986
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
- 1984
- 1984 Androcles and the Lion
as Caesar
- 1982 Witness for the Prosecution
as Dr. Harrison
- 1981 United Kingdom
as Commissioner
- 1981
- 1981
- 1980 Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Reverend Muldaur
- 1980 Rabbit Pie Day
as The Colonel
- 1979 Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. Sir John Dill
- 1979
- 1978
- 1977
- 1977
- 1977
- 1976
- 1976
- 1976 Shout at the Devil
as Admiral Howe
- 1975 Hennessy
as Home Secretary
- 1975 Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
as Dr. Warlock
- 1975
- 1975
- 1974
- 1974
- 1973
- 1973 Beyond Our Means
as Dr. Charteris
- 1973 Gawain and the Green Knight
as Pilgrim
- 1973
- 1972
- 1972 That's Your Funeral
as 1st Funeral Director
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972 What Became of Jack and Jill?
as Dickson
- 1971
- 1971
- 1971 Taste of Evil
as Mackinlay
- 1971
- 1970 Jane Eyre
as John
- 1970
- 1970
- 1969
- 1969
- 1969
- 1969 Mosquito Squadron
as Mr. Scott
- 1969 Tower of London: The Innocent
as Archbishop
- 1969
- 1969 Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
as Principal
- 1969
- 1969 Immortality Inc
as Hull
- 1969 All at Sea
as Mr. Gordon
- 1968 The Shoes of the Fisherman
as English Cardinal #1
- 1968
- 1968
- 1967 Quatermass and the Pit
as Howell
- 1967
- 1967 The Investigation
as Counsel for the Prosecution
- 1967
- 1966
- 1966 The Devil's Eggshell
as The Home Secretary
- 1966 Don't Utter a Note
as Vicar
- 1965
- 1965 Stranger in the Family
as Charles Wilson
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965 Help!
as Jeweller
- 1965
- 1965 The Knack... and How to Get It
as Picture Owner
- 1965 The Man Who Came to Die
as Dr. Clarkeson
- 1964 The July Plot
as General Friedrich Olbright
- 1964 King and Country
as Colonel
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964 The Third Secret
as Dr Leo Whitset
- 1963
- 1962
- 1962
- 1961 Victim
as Paul Mandrake
- 1961
- 1960
- 1959
- 1959
- 1958 Rockets Galore
as Scientist
- 1958 The Government Inspector
as School Superintendent
- 1957 Just My Luck
as Mr. Gilbert Weaver
- 1957 The End Begins
as Tom Jarrow
- 1957 The Man Without a Body
as Leslie
- 1957 The Smallest Show on Earth
as Actor in The Mystery of Hell Valley (uncredited)
- 1957 Time Without Pity
as Prison Chaplain
- 1957
- 1956 Foreign Intrigue
as Brown
- 1956 Peril for the Guy
as Mr. Ritter
- 1954
- 1953 Saadia
as Leader Mokhazenis
- 1953 The Clue of the Missing Ape
as His Excellency
- 1953 The Sword and the Rose
as Sir Edwin Caskoden
- 1952 The Hour of 13
as Cummings
- 1952 The Card
as P. Shillitoe (uncredited)
- 1951
- 1950 Golden Salamander
as Aribi
- 1937 Farewell Again
as Minor Role
- 1934 Tell Me If It Hurts
as Waiter