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Peter Copley
Bushey, 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 Eth…
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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.
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2010
The Color of Magic 2in1
Movie Greyhald Spold
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2008
The Colour of Magic
TV show Greyhald Spold
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2005
Kingdom Of Heaven (Director's Cut)
Movie Old Pilgram
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2005
Riot at the Rite
Movie Patron
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2005
Oliver Twist
Movie Dining Hall Master
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2003
The Last Detective
TV show Colonel Colin Ingate
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1999
Wives and Daughters
TV show Robinson
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1999
Janice Beard 45 WPM
Movie Sean's Father
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1997
Jonathan Creek
TV show Eric
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1994
Monk's Hood
Movie Abbot Heribert
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1994
The Leper of St. Giles
Movie Abbot Heribert
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1994
The Sanctuary Sparrow
Movie Abbot Heribert
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1994
Cadfael
TV show Abbot Heribert
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1994
One Corpse Too Many
Movie Abbot Heribert
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1992
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
Movie Maitland
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1990
One Foot in the Grave
TV show
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1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV show Burgoyne
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1988
The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie Gribsby
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1987
Empire of the Sun
Movie British Prisoner
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1987
Never Say Die
TV show
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1987
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
Movie Frossard
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1986
Casualty
TV show Dan Woods
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1986
King of the Ghetto
TV show Vicar
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1986
Artists and Models
TV show Savigny
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1986
Lovejoy
TV show Harold Richards
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1985
Theatre Night
TV show Gribsby
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1984
The Prisoner of Zenda
TV show Marshal Strakencz
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1984
The Bill
TV show
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1984
Androcles and the Lion
Movie Caesar
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1982
Witness for the Prosecution
Movie Dr. Harrison
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1981
United Kingdom
Movie Commissioner
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1981
Into the Labyrinth
TV show Kubla Khan
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1981
The Chinese Detective
TV show
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1980
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Movie Reverend Muldaur
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1980
Rabbit Pie Day
Movie The Colonel
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1979
Churchill and the Generals
Movie Gen. Sir John Dill
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1979
Tales of the Unexpected
TV show Man at Railway Station
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1978
The Famous Five
TV show Mr Finniston
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1977
The Black Panther
Movie
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1977
Anna Karenina
TV show
