Acting credits
102
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Peter Copley
Acting
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Movies: 57Series: 45
TMDB ID: 28482
IMDb ID: nm0178741
Known for: Acting
Born: May 20, 1915
Died: October 7, 2008
Age: 93
Place of birth: Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1934 - 2008
Years active: 75
Average TMDB rating: 6.82
Wikidata: Q1459583
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Peter Copley.
9.0
Riot at the Rite
as Patron
2005 Movie
6.7
Oliver Twist
as Dining Hall Master
2005 Movie
4.8
Janice Beard 45 WPM
as Sean's Father
1999 Movie
Monk's Hood
as Abbot Heribert
1994 Movie
The Leper of St. Giles
as Abbot Heribert
1994 Movie
The Sanctuary Sparrow
as Abbot Heribert
1994 Movie
One Corpse Too Many
as Abbot Heribert
1994 Movie
6.4
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
as Maitland
1992 Movie
4.7
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Gribsby
1988 Movie
7.5
Empire of the Sun
as British Prisoner
1987 Movie
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
as Frossard
1987 Movie
6.0
King of the Ghetto
as Vicar
1986 Movie
Androcles and the Lion
as Caesar
1984 Movie
6.4
Witness for the Prosecution
as Dr. Harrison
1982 Movie
United Kingdom
as Commissioner
1981 Movie
7.4
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Reverend Muldaur
1980 Movie
Rabbit Pie Day
as The Colonel
1980 Movie
Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. Sir John Dill
1979 Movie
5.6
The Black Panther
1977 Movie
6.0
Shout at the Devil
as Admiral Howe
1976 Movie
4.7
Hennessy
as Home Secretary
1975 Movie
8.8
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
as Dr. Warlock
1975 Movie
Beyond Our Means
as Dr. Charteris
1973 Movie
4.6
Gawain and the Green Knight
as Pilgrim
1973 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Peter Copley.
6.8
The Colour of Magic
as Greyhald Spold • 1 eps
2008 Series
7.7
The Last Detective
as Colonel Colin Ingate • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.5
Jonathan Creek
as Eric • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.4
Cadfael
as Abbot Heribert • 4 eps
1994 Series
7.6
One Foot in the Grave
1 eps
1990 Series
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Burgoyne • 1 eps
1989 Series
6.2
Casualty
as Dan Woods • 1 eps
1986 Series
7.3
Lovejoy
as Harold Richards • 1 eps
1986 Series
6.0
The Prisoner of Zenda
as Marshal Strakencz • 2 eps
1984 Series
6.7
The Bill
1 eps
1984 Series
7.2
The Chinese Detective
1 eps
1981 Series
6.7
Tales of the Unexpected
as Man at Railway Station • 1 eps
1979 Series
6.7
Anna Karenina
2 eps
1977 Series
7.0
The New Avengers
as Prof. Waterlow • 1 eps
1976 Series
6.3
Bill Brand
as Cedric Maddocks • 5 eps
1976 Series
8.0
Survivors
as Dr. Bronson • 1 eps
1975 Series
5.5
Sky
1 eps
1975 Series
6.6
Father Brown
1 eps
1974 Series
6.9
Fall of Eagles
as Bethmann-Hollweg • 2 eps
1974 Series
7.3
Arthur of the Britons
1 eps
1972 Series
5.4
Crown Court
as Sir Peter Cutforth • 2 eps
1972 Series
10.0
The Long Chase
as Morrison • 5 eps
1972 Series
6.0
Justice
as Wigmore • 1 eps
1971 Series
6.0
Doomwatch
as Admiral Sir Richard Tranton • 1 eps
1970 Series