Peter Birrel

Known for ActingBorn 1935-07-19Died 2004-06-23West Ham, Essex, England, UK

Peter Birrel (né Peter Cohen 19 July 1935 – 23 June 2004) was an English actor who played numerous parts on British television for nearly forty years. Birrel appeared in the Doctor Who story Frontier in Space in 1973, as well as in the documentary I Was a "Doctor Who" Monster. He also appeared in the first series of Alexander the Greatest. His film credits included Freelance (1971), Arch of Triumph (1984), and the television miniseries Freud (1984), War and Remembrance (1988) and Around the World in 80 Days (1989). In 1979 he played a guest-role in George and Mildred as George's brother Charlie Roper in the episode A Military Pickle He married actress Stephanie Cole in 1998. She was widowed by his death from cancer in Bath, aged 68 in 2004.Read more

Movies & web series

Alexander the Greatest

I Was a Doctor Who Monster!

The Main Chance

Cribb

Doctor Who

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Lovejoy

Doctor Who: Frontier in Space

Studio 4

The Gentle Touch

The Saint

Z-Cars

Hammer House of Horror

Man in a Suitcase

Minder

Stanley

Budgie

Wilde Alliance

Target

The XYY Man

Playhouse

Sharpe's Company

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

David

Bergerac

Top of the Pops

What a Crazy World

New Scotland Yard

Don't Drink the Water

The Adventurer

C.A.T.S. Eyes

The Great Riviera Bank Robbery

Sharpe: The Legend

Armchair Theatre

Dixon of Dock Green

Crown Court

Arch of Triumph

BBC Play of the Month

Freud

Studio 4

No Hiding Place

Angels

Freelance

Mary's Wife

Holly

You Can't Win