Paul Copley
Birthday
1944/11/25 (80 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Denby Dale, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Also know as
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Biography
Paul is a long established and much respected British actor and voiceover artist. Born in Denby Dale, West Riding of Yorkshire, on 25th November 1944 he grew up beside a dairy farm. His father, Harold, was involved with local amateur dramatic productions, as were the rest of his family. He went to Penistone Grammar School, then the Northern Counties College of Education in Newcastle upon Tyne, where he received an Associate of the Drama Board (ADB) in Drama. He taught English and Drama in Walth...Read more
Acting
(2021) The Infectious Imagination of Henry Bramble
as Great Uncle Geoffrey
(1978) Mucking Out
as Brian Wilson
(2023) Ticker
as Howard
(1998) Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
as Mathews
(1999) Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
as Matthews
(1999) Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
as Mathews
(2001) Hornblower: Mutiny
as Mathews
(2005) Marian, Again
as Phillip Walsh
(1985) Bird Fancier
as Roy Pearson
(1977) A Christmas Carol
as Fred (Scrooge's Nephew)
(2003) Hornblower: Loyalty
as Matthews
(1982) Ghost in the Water
as Mr. Reed
(1979) Black Jack
as Narrator
(1998) Hornblower: The Even Chance
as Matthews
(1973) Father Dear Father
as Dumbo
(2022) Downton Abbey: A New Era
as Mason
(1993) The Remains of the Day
as Harry Smith
(1980) Death of a Princess
as Steve Jackson
(1983) Ends and Means
as ---
(1978) Destiny
as Paul McShane
(2012) First Encounter: King Lear
as King Lear
(1996) Jude
as Mr. Willis
Dangerous Journey
as Narrator
(1979) Zulu Dawn
as Cpl. Storey
(1978) Some Enchanted Evening
as Peter
(1989) Testimony of a Child
as Gerry
(1998) Written in Blood
as Brian Chappel
(1978) On a Paving Stone Mounted
as ---
(1975) Diane
as Jim
(2003) The Key
as ---
(2003) Hornblower: Duty
as Matthews
(2016) Reg
as ---
(2001) Blow Dry
as Ken
(2025) Downton Abbey 3
as Albert Mason
(2015) The Sound of Music Live!
as Franz
(2007) The Shadow in the North
as Paton
(1985) Silas Marner
as William Dane
(2001) Hornblower: Retribution
as Matthews
(1973) Speech Day
as Woodwork Master
(1975) Alfie Darling
as Bakey
(1977) A Bridge Too Far
as Pvt. Wicks
(2002) The Many Lives of Albert Walker
as Danny Peck
(1991) How's Business
as Jack
(1994) A Pinch of Snuff
as Charlie Heppelwhite
(1986) Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus
as Local Man
(1985) Which Side Are You On?
as Narrator (voice)
(1976) Arnhem: The Story of an Escape
as Finnegan
(1979) Cries from a Watchtower
as Andy
(1983) Doll’s Eye
as Social Worker
(2020) Enola Holmes
as Station Master
(1981) A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
as Tom
(1981) A Room for the Winter
as Robert
(1981) P.Q. 17
as PO Jordan
(2020) Ropeless
as Larry Windsor
(2016) The Nest Egg
as ---
(1978) Travellers
as Young William/Middle William/Sales Rep
(1980) Happy
as Vernon
(1978) The Turkey Who Lives on the Hill
as Bill
(1998) Hornblower
as Matthews
(2006) Torchwood
as Clement McDonald
(1984) The Bill
as ---
(1996) Silent Witness
as ---
(1992) Heartbeat
as Dick Radcliffe
(1996) Dalziel & Pascoe
as ---
(2006) Life on Mars
as Reg Cole
(2004) No Angels
as ---
(1997) The Lakes
as Peter Quinlan
(2001) Waking the Dead
as ---
(2008) Survivors
as Ted
(2001) Messiah
as Ian Fleet
(2008) Inspector George Gently
as ---
(2004) New Tricks
as ---
(1970) Play for Today
as ---
(2003) How Clean Is Your House?
as ---
(1977) Treasure Island
as ---
(1994) Roughnecks
as Ian
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as ---
(2006) The Street
as ---
(1985) The Bright Side
as ---
(2002) Nice Guy Eddie
as ---
(2010) Downton Abbey
as Mr. Mason
(1989) Young Charlie Chaplin
as Chimnery Sweep
(1993) Cracker
as Pathologist
(2001) Waking the Dead
as Clifford Day
(2006) Johnny and the Bomb
as Sgt. Bourke
(1996) This Life
as Jerry Cook
(2013) Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork
as Narrator
(1993) Peak Practice
as Tim Shardlow
(2012) Last Tango in Halifax
as ---
(1979) Minder
as Palmer
(2014) Inside No. 9
as Ernie
(2013) Father Brown
as Mr Feste
(1999) Queer as Folk
as Roy Maloney
(1981) Tenko
as POW
(1977) Secret Army
as Eric Finch
(1993) Harry
as Thomas Thomas
(2007) Kingdom
as Vincent Straker
(2000) Clocking Off
as ---
(1989) Stay Lucky
as ---
(2015) Code of a Killer
as Sidney Jeffreys
(1993) Peak Practice
as DS Patrick Hopkins
(2022) DI Ray
as Terry
(1998) The Worst Witch
as Algernon Rowan-Webb
(1998) The Worst Witch
as Algernon Rowan Webb
(2003) The Royal
as Nesbitt
(2011) Vera
as Malcolm Kenrich
(1986) Casualty
as Frederick Chambers
(1986) Casualty
as Mick McCarthur
(1986) Casualty
as Arthur
(2009) Moving On
as Ronnie
(2005) Dead Man Weds
as Blind Man
(1975) Days of Hope
as Ben Matthews
(2012) White Heat
as Alan (present day)
(2017) Broken
as Joe Kerrigan
(2012) Call the Midwife
as Tommy Smith
(1989) The Paradise Club
as Mousey Pavitt
(2003) Burn It
as Terry Grimshaw
(2015) The Coroner
as John Roxwell
(1992) Heartbeat
as Herbie Lloyd
(2012) Last Tango in Halifax
as Harry
(1992) Heartbeat
as Malcolm Stainsby
(2003) How Clean Is Your House?
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1997) Midsomer Murders
as Frank Dewar
(1970) Play for Today
as Andy
(2018) On the Edge
as Ray