Peter Copley

Known for ActingBorn 1915-05-20Died 2008-10-07Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Long Chase

All at Sea

The July Plot

Churchill and the Generals

The Expert

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Riot at the Rite

The Last Detective

Arthur of the Britons

Survivors

Redcap

One Foot in the Grave

Mystery in the Mine

Jonathan Creek

Doctor Who

Cadfael

The Avengers

Empire of the Sun

Wives and Daughters

The Famous Five

Peril for the Guy

Lovejoy

Bless This House

Half Hour Story

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Victim

The Saint

The Chinese Detective

Justice

The New Avengers

Bill Brand

The Troubleshooters

Z-Cars

Into the Labyrinth

Paul Temple

The Colour of Magic

Theatre 625

Father Brown

The Clue of the Missing Ape

United Kingdom

Oliver Twist

Anna Karenina

Out of the Unknown

King and Country

Sherlock Holmes

Fall of Eagles