Peter Copley
Birthday
1915/05/20
Day of death
2008/10/07 (93 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Also know 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 Berge...Read more
Acting
(2005) Riot at the Rite
as Patron
(1964) The July Plot
as General Friedrich Olbright
(1967) Quatermass and the Pit
as Howell
(1965) The Knack... and How to Get It
as Picture Owner
(1957) Just My Luck
as Gilbert Weaver
(1984) Androcles and the Lion
as Caesar
(1953) The Sword and the Rose
as Sir Edwin Caskoden
(1969) Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
as Principal
(1972) What Became of Jack and Jill?
as Dickson
(1964) King and Country
as Colonel
(1950) Golden Salamander
as Aribi
(1957) The Smallest Show on Earth
as Actor in The Mystery of Hell Valley (uncredited)
(1987) The Trial of Klaus Barbie
as Frossard
(1987) Empire of the Sun
as British Prisoner
(1986) King of the Ghetto
as Vicar
(1934) Tell Me If It Hurts
as Waiter
(1966) Don't Utter a Note
as Vicar
(1973) Beyond Our Means
as Dr. Charteris
(1992) A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
as Maitland
(1965) Stranger in the Family
as Charles Wilson
(1969) Tower of London: The Innocent
as Archbishop
(1969) Walk a Crooked Path
as ---
(1959) Mystery in the Mine
as ---
(1953) Saadia
as Leader Mokhazenis
(1937) Farewell Again
as Minor Role
(1975) Hennessy
as Home Secretary
(2005) Oliver Twist
as Dining Hall Master
(1975) Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
as Dr. Warlock
(1952) The Card
as P. Shillitoe (uncredited)
(1976) Shout at the Devil
as Admiral Howe
(1969) Mosquito Squadron
as Mr. Scott
(2005) Kingdom of Heaven
as Old Pilgram (director's cut)
(1999) Janice Beard 45 WPM
as Sean's Father
(1957) The Man Without a Body
as Leslie
(1979) Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. Sir John Dill
(1973) Gawain and the Green Knight
as Pilgrim
(1981) United Kingdom
as Commissioner
(1956) Foreign Intrigue
as Brown
(1968) The Shoes of the Fisherman
as English Cardinal
(1964) The Third Secret
as Dr Leo Whitset
(1977) The Black Panther
as ---
(1980) Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Reverend Muldaur
(1965) Help!
as Jeweller
(1952) The Hour of 13
as Cummings
(1970) Jane Eyre
as John
(1958) Rockets Galore
as Scientist
(1957) Time Without Pity
as Prison Chaplain
(1961) Victim
as Paul Mandrake
(1957) The Film That Never Was
as ---
(1988) The Importance of Being Earnest
as Gribsby
(1956) Peril for the Guy
as Mr. Ritter
(1972) That's Your Funeral
as 1st Funeral Director
(1953) The Clue of the Missing Ape
as His Excellency
(1980) Rabbit Pie Day
as The Colonel
(1966) The Devil's Eggshell
as The Home Secretary
(1969) Department S
as The Auctioneer
(1966) Softly, Softly
as ---
(1963) Doctor Who
as Dr. Warlock
(1997) Jonathan Creek
as Eric
(1984) The Bill
as ---
(1962) Z-Cars
as ---
(1979) Tales of the Unexpected
as Man at Railway Station
(1961) The Avengers
as ---
(1981) The Chinese Detective
as ---
(1975) Survivors
as Dr. Bronson
(1967) Callan
as ---
(1990) One Foot In the Grave
as ---
(1986) Lovejoy
as Harold Richards
(1970) Doomwatch
as Admiral Sir Richard Tranton
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Dr. Harrison
(1968) The Champions
as Antrobus
(1954) Sherlock Holmes
as ---
(1975) The Venturers
as ---
(1972) Arthur of the Britons
as ---
(1964) The Wednesday Play
as ---
(1976) The New Avengers
as Prof. Waterlow
(1964) Redcap
as ---
(1989) Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Burgoyne
(1959) No Hiding Place
as ---
(1975) Sky
as ---
(1974) Fall of Eagles
as Bethmann-Hollweg
(1968) The Expert
as Hillard
(1987) Never Say Die
as ---
(1964) Thorndyke
as ---
(2003) The Last Detective
as Colonel Colin Ingate
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as The Home Secretary
(1960) Maigret
as Xavier Marton
(1977) Anna Karenina
as ---
(1971) You're Only Young Twice
as ---
(1974) Father Brown
as ---
(1969) Paul Temple
as ---
(1972) The Regiment
as ---
(1962) The Saint
as Don Morland
(2008) The Colour of Magic
as Greyhald Spold
(1972) Crown Court
as Sir Peter Cutforth
(1971) Justice
as Wigmore
(1986) Casualty
as Dan Woods
(1969) The Gold Robbers
as Asst. Commissioner Farr
(1986) Casualty
as Hugh Phipps
(1970) Manhunt
as Martin
(1976) Bill Brand
as Cedric Maddocks
(1994) Cadfael
as Abbot Heribert
(1972) Crown Court
as His Honour Judge Edmonds
(1961) The Avengers
as Sparshott
(1984) The Prisoner of Zenda
as Marshal Strakencz