Peter Copley
Acting
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.
Riot at the Rite
Patron
Oliver Twist
Dining Hall Master
Janice Beard 45 WPM
Sean's Father
Monk's Hood
Abbot Heribert
The Leper of St. Giles
Abbot Heribert
The Sanctuary Sparrow
Abbot Heribert
One Corpse Too Many
Abbot Heribert
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
Maitland
The Importance of Being Earnest
Gribsby
Empire of the Sun
British Prisoner
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
Frossard
King of the Ghetto
Vicar
Androcles and the Lion
Caesar
Witness for the Prosecution
Dr. Harrison
United Kingdom
Commissioner
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Reverend Muldaur
Rabbit Pie Day
The Colonel
Churchill and the Generals
Gen. Sir John Dill
The Black Panther
Shout at the Devil
Admiral Howe
Hennessy
Home Secretary
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
Dr. Warlock
Beyond Our Means
Dr. Charteris
Gawain and the Green Knight
Pilgrim
That's Your Funeral
1st Funeral Director
What Became of Jack and Jill?
Dickson
Taste of Evil
Mackinlay
Jane Eyre
John
Walk a Crooked Path
Mosquito Squadron
Mr. Scott
Tower of London: The Innocent
Archbishop
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Principal
Immortality Inc
Hull
All at Sea
Mr. Gordon
The Shoes of the Fisherman
English Cardinal #1
Quatermass and the Pit
Howell
The Investigation
Counsel for the Prosecution
The Devil's Eggshell
The Home Secretary
Don't Utter a Note
Vicar
Stranger in the Family
Charles Wilson
Help!
Jeweller
The Knack... and How to Get It
Picture Owner
The Man Who Came to Die
Dr. Clarkeson
The July Plot
General Friedrich Olbright
King and Country
Colonel
The Third Secret
Dr Leo Whitset
Victim
Paul Mandrake
Mystery in the Mine
Rockets Galore
Scientist
The Government Inspector
School Superintendent
Just My Luck
Mr. Gilbert Weaver
The End Begins
Tom Jarrow
The Man Without a Body
Leslie
The Smallest Show on Earth
Actor in The Mystery of Hell Valley (uncredited)
Time Without Pity
Prison Chaplain
The Film That Never Was
Foreign Intrigue
Brown
Peril for the Guy
Mr. Ritter
Saadia
Leader Mokhazenis
The Clue of the Missing Ape
His Excellency
The Sword and the Rose
Sir Edwin Caskoden
The Hour of 13
Cummings
The Card
P. Shillitoe (uncredited)
Golden Salamander
Aribi
Farewell Again
Minor Role
Tell Me If It Hurts
Waiter