Peter Copley

Peter Copley

Birthday: 1915-05-20

Deathday: 2008-10-07

Place of birth: Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Also known as: Peter Francis Gabain Copley

imdb_id: nm0178741

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.

Played in movies:

Riot at the Rite

Score: 9.0

Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars

Score: 8.9

Victim

Score: 7.5

Empire of the Sun

Score: 7.5

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Score: 7.4

King and Country

Score: 7.1

Jane Eyre

Score: 7.0

The Card

Score: 6.9

Help!

Score: 6.8

The Shoes of the Fisherman

Score: 6.8

Oliver Twist

Score: 6.7

Quatermass and the Pit

Score: 6.6

The Smallest Show on Earth

Score: 6.6

Time Without Pity

Score: 6.6

Peril for the Guy

Score: 6.5

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

Score: 6.4

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia

Score: 6.4

The Sword and the Rose

Score: 6.3

The Third Secret

Score: 6.1

The Government Inspector

Score: 6.0

The Clue of the Missing Ape

Score: 6.0

Rockets Galore

Score: 6.0

Shout at the Devil

Score: 6.0

Tower of London: The Innocent

Score: 6.0

King of the Ghetto

Score: 6.0

Just My Luck

Score: 6.0

The Knack... and How to Get It

Score: 6.0

Golden Salamander

Score: 5.9

The Black Panther

Score: 5.8

Saadia

Score: 5.8

The Hour of 13

Score: 5.7

Foreign Intrigue

Score: 5.7

Mosquito Squadron

Score: 5.4

Farewell Again

Score: 5.0

Janice Beard 45 WPM

Score: 4.8

The Importance of Being Earnest

Score: 4.7

Hennessy

Score: 4.7

What Became of Jack and Jill?

Score: 4.6

Gawain and the Green Knight

Score: 4.6

The Man Without a Body

Score: 3.8

Walk a Crooked Path

Score: 3.5

That's Your Funeral

Score: 2.3

The End Begins

Score: 0.0

All at Sea

Score: 0.0

The Devil's Eggshell

Score: 0.0

Rabbit Pie Day

Score: 0.0

The Film That Never Was

Score: 0.0

United Kingdom

Score: 0.0

Churchill and the Generals

Score: 0.0

Mystery in the Mine

Score: 0.0

Stranger in the Family

Score: 0.0

Beyond Our Means

Score: 0.0

Don't Utter a Note

Score: 0.0

Tell Me If It Hurts

Score: 0.0

The Trial of Klaus Barbie

Score: 0.0

Androcles and the Lion

Score: 0.0

The July Plot

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Expert

Score: 10.0

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Score: 8.6

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Score: 8.2

Survivors

Score: 7.9

Doctor Who

Score: 7.9

The Avengers

Score: 7.7

The Last Detective

Score: 7.7

The Avengers

Score: 7.7

One Foot in the Grave

Score: 7.6

Jonathan Creek

Score: 7.5

Cadfael

Score: 7.4

Lovejoy

Score: 7.4

The Saint

Score: 7.3

The Chinese Detective

Score: 7.2

Callan

Score: 7.0

Z-Cars

Score: 7.0

The New Avengers

Score: 7.0

Maigret

Score: 6.9

Fall of Eagles

Score: 6.9

Sherlock Holmes

Score: 6.9

The Colour of Magic

Score: 6.7

Tales of the Unexpected

Score: 6.7

The Gold Robbers

Score: 6.7

The Bill

Score: 6.6

Father Brown

Score: 6.6

Manhunt

Score: 6.5

Bill Brand

Score: 6.3

Casualty

Score: 6.1

Casualty

Score: 6.1

The Champions

Score: 6.1

The Prisoner of Zenda

Score: 6.0

Justice

Score: 6.0

Anna Karenina

Score: 6.0

Redcap

Score: 6.0

Arthur of the Britons

Score: 6.0

Doomwatch

Score: 6.0

Paul Temple

Score: 5.5

Sky

Score: 5.5

Crown Court

Score: 5.4

Crown Court

Score: 5.4

BBC Play of the Month

Score: 5.0

Softly, Softly

Score: 5.0

Department S

Score: 4.9

The Wednesday Play

Score: 4.5

No Hiding Place

Score: 3.7

The Regiment

Score: 1.0

Theatre Night

Score: 0.0

You're Only Young Twice

Score: 0.0

Thorndyke

Score: 0.0

Never Say Die

Score: 0.0

The Venturers

Score: 0.0