Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1915-05-20
Day of Death
2008-10-07
Place of Birth
Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Peter 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.
Filmography (66)
Riot at the Rite
2005
Oliver Twist
2005
Janice Beard 45 WPM
1999
Monk's Hood
1994
The Leper of St. Giles
1994
The Sanctuary Sparrow
1994
One Corpse Too Many
1994
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
1992
The Importance of Being Earnest
1988
Empire of the Sun
1987
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
1987
King of the Ghetto
1986
Androcles and the Lion
1984
Witness for the Prosecution
1982
