Cast
Peter Copley
Acting
Cast
Peter Copley
Known for
Acting
Born
1915-05-20
From
Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Died
2008-10-07
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. 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.
Empire of the Sun
as British Prisoner
Oliver Twist
as Dining Hall Master
Victim
as Paul Mandrake
Jane Eyre
as John
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Reverend Muldaur
Help!
as Jeweller
Hennessy
as Home Secretary
King and Country
as Colonel
Witness for the Prosecution
as Dr. Harrison
That's Your Funeral
as 1st Funeral Director
Quatermass and the Pit
as Howell
Shout at the Devil
as Admiral Howe
The Shoes of the Fisherman
as English Cardinal #1
Saadia
as Leader Mokhazenis
The Knack... and How to Get It
as Picture Owner
The Sword and the Rose
as Sir Edwin Caskoden
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
as Principal
Mosquito Squadron
as Mr. Scott
The Card
as P. Shillitoe (uncredited)
The Third Secret
as Dr Leo Whitset
Time Without Pity
as Prison Chaplain
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
as Dr. Warlock
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
as Maitland
Rockets Galore
as Scientist
Riot at the Rite
as Patron
The Hour of 13
as Cummings
The Sanctuary Sparrow
as Abbot Heribert
Gawain and the Green Knight
as Pilgrim
Foreign Intrigue
as Brown
Golden Salamander
as Aribi
Just My Luck
as Mr. Gilbert Weaver
Farewell Again
as Minor Role
Androcles and the Lion
as Caesar
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
as Frossard
Don't Utter a Note
as Vicar
The Clue of the Missing Ape
as His Excellency
The Devil's Eggshell
as The Home Secretary
The Smallest Show on Earth
as Actor in The Mystery of Hell Valley (uncredited)
Janice Beard 45 WPM
as Sean's Father
Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. Sir John Dill
Stranger in the Family
as Charles Wilson
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Gribsby
Rabbit Pie Day
as The Colonel
The Government Inspector
as School Superintendent
Peril for the Guy
as Mr. Ritter
The Investigation
as Counsel for the Prosecution
The Black Panther
The Man Without a Body
as Leslie
The Film That Never Was
The Leper of St. Giles
as Abbot Heribert
King of the Ghetto
as Vicar
The Man Who Came to Die
as Dr. Clarkeson
One Corpse Too Many
as Abbot Heribert
Monk's Hood
as Abbot Heribert
All at Sea
as Mr. Gordon
United Kingdom
as Commissioner
The July Plot
as General Friedrich Olbright
Mystery in the Mine
Beyond Our Means
as Dr. Charteris
Walk a Crooked Path
Immortality Inc
as Hull
What Became of Jack and Jill?
as Dickson
Tower of London: The Innocent
as Archbishop
The End Begins
as Tom Jarrow
Tell Me If It Hurts
as Waiter
Taste of Evil
as Mackinlay