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.
★7.5
MOVIE1987
Empire of the Sun
as British Prisoner
★6.2
MOVIE1950
Golden Salamander
as Aribi
★6.8
MOVIE2005
Oliver Twist
as Dining Hall Master
MOVIE1969
Immortality Inc
as Hull
★7.3
MOVIE1980
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Reverend Muldaur
★6.5
MOVIE1957
Time Without Pity
as Prison Chaplain
★6.7
MOVIE1967
Quatermass and the Pit
as Howell
★5.2
MOVIE1999
Janice Beard 45 WPM
as Sean's Father
★7.0
MOVIE1970
Jane Eyre
as John
★7.1
MOVIE1964
King and Country
as Colonel
★6.8
MOVIE1968
The Shoes of the Fisherman
as English Cardinal #1
★6.4
MOVIE1953
The Sword and the Rose
as Sir Edwin Caskoden
★6.2
MOVIE1964
The Third Secret
as Dr Leo Whitset
★6.5
MOVIE1982
Witness for the Prosecution
as Dr. Harrison
★5.8
MOVIE1956
Foreign Intrigue
as Brown
★6.0
MOVIE1976
Shout at the Devil
as Admiral Howe
★6.0
MOVIE1965
The Knack... and How to Get It
as Picture Owner
MOVIE1994
One Corpse Too Many
as Abbot Heribert
MOVIE1994
The Sanctuary Sparrow
as Abbot Heribert
★4.3
MOVIE1972
That's Your Funeral
as 1st Funeral Director
★6.3
MOVIE1969
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
as Principal
★6.9
MOVIE1965
Help!
as Jeweller
★5.1
MOVIE1975
Hennessy
as Home Secretary
MOVIE1994
Monk's Hood
as Abbot Heribert
MOVIE1971
Taste of Evil
as Mackinlay
★5.6
MOVIE1969
Mosquito Squadron
as Mr. Scott
★5.8
MOVIE1977
The Black Panther
MOVIE1965
The Man Who Came to Die
as Dr. Clarkeson
★8.0
MOVIE2005
Riot at the Rite
as Patron
★7.4
MOVIE1961
Victim
as Paul Mandrake
★7.0
MOVIE1981
United Kingdom
as Commissioner
★6.4
MOVIE1992
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
as Maitland
MOVIE1984
Androcles and the Lion
as Caesar
★6.0
MOVIE1953
Saadia
as Leader Mokhazenis
★8.0
MOVIE1986
King of the Ghetto
as Vicar
★7.0
MOVIE1952
The Card
as P. Shillitoe (uncredited)
★4.2
MOVIE1957
The Man Without a Body
as Leslie
★6.0
MOVIE1958
The Government Inspector
as School Superintendent
★5.0
MOVIE1973
Gawain and the Green Knight
as Pilgrim
★5.4
MOVIE1988
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Gribsby
★9.0
MOVIE1979
Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. Sir John Dill
★3.8
MOVIE1969
Walk a Crooked Path
★6.7
MOVIE1957
The Smallest Show on Earth
as Actor in The Mystery of Hell Valley (uncredited)
MOVIE1994
The Leper of St. Giles
as Abbot Heribert
★6.5
MOVIE1937
Farewell Again
as Minor Role
MOVIE1967
The Investigation
as Counsel for the Prosecution
★6.1
MOVIE1952
The Hour of 13
as Cummings
MOVIE1987
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
as Frossard
★7.0
MOVIE1966
The Devil's Eggshell
as The Home Secretary
MOVIE1966
Don't Utter a Note
as Vicar
★4.8
MOVIE1972
What Became of Jack and Jill?
as Dickson
MOVIE1980
Rabbit Pie Day
as The Colonel
★7.3
MOVIE1953
The Clue of the Missing Ape
as His Excellency
★7.0
MOVIE1965
Stranger in the Family
as Charles Wilson
MOVIE1973
Beyond Our Means
as Dr. Charteris
★8.6
MOVIE1975
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
as Dr. Warlock
★6.4
MOVIE1958
Rockets Galore
as Scientist
MOVIE1957
The End Begins
as Tom Jarrow
★10.0
MOVIE1964
The July Plot
as General Friedrich Olbright
MOVIE1957
The Film That Never Was
★6.1
MOVIE1957
Just My Luck
as Mr. Gilbert Weaver
★6.5
MOVIE1969
Tower of London: The Innocent
as Archbishop
★8.0
MOVIE1959
Mystery in the Mine
★7.7
MOVIE1956
Peril for the Guy
as Mr. Ritter
★7.0
MOVIE1934
Tell Me If It Hurts
as Waiter
★10.0
MOVIE1969
All at Sea
as Mr. Gordon