Actor
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 Berge ...

Known For
Acting
2005 -- Riot at the Rite | Patron
2005 -- Oliver Twist | Dining Hall Master
2005 -- Kingdom of Heaven | Old Pilgram (director's cut)
1999 -- Janice Beard 45 WPM | Sean's Father
1992 -- A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia | Maitland
1988 -- The Importance of Being Earnest | Gribsby
1987 -- Empire of the Sun | British Prisoner
1987 -- The Trial of Klaus Barbie | Frossard
1986 -- King of the Ghetto | Vicar
1984 -- Androcles and the Lion | Caesar
1981 -- United Kingdom | Commissioner
1980 -- Little Lord Fauntleroy | Reverend Muldaur
1980 -- Rabbit Pie Day | The Colonel
1979 -- Churchill and the Generals | Gen. Sir John Dill
1977 -- The Black Panther |
1976 -- Shout at the Devil | Admiral Howe
1975 -- Hennessy | Home Secretary
1975 -- Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars | Dr. Warlock
1973 -- Beyond Our Means | Dr. Charteris
1973 -- Gawain and the Green Knight | Pilgrim
1972 -- That's Your Funeral | 1st Funeral Director
1972 -- What Became of Jack and Jill? | Dickson
1970 -- Jane Eyre | John
1969 -- Walk a Crooked Path |
1969 -- Mosquito Squadron | Mr. Scott
1969 -- Tower of London: The Innocent | Archbishop
1969 -- Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed | Principal
1968 -- The Shoes of the Fisherman | English Cardinal
1967 -- Quatermass and the Pit | Howell
1966 -- The Devil's Eggshell | The Home Secretary
1966 -- Don't Utter a Note | Vicar
1965 -- Stranger in the Family | Charles Wilson
1965 -- Help! | Jeweller
1965 -- The Knack... and How to Get It | Picture Owner
1964 -- The July Plot | General Friedrich Olbright
1964 -- King and Country | Colonel
1964 -- The Third Secret | Dr Leo Whitset
1961 -- Victim | Paul Mandrake
1959 -- Mystery in the Mine |
1958 -- Rockets Galore | Scientist
1957 -- Just My Luck | Gilbert Weaver
1957 -- The Man Without a Body | Leslie
1957 -- The Smallest Show on Earth | Actor in The Mystery of Hell Valley (uncredited)
1957 -- Time Without Pity | Prison Chaplain
1957 -- The Film That Never Was |
1956 -- Foreign Intrigue | Brown
1956 -- Peril for the Guy | Mr. Ritter
1953 -- Saadia | Leader Mokhazenis
1953 -- The Clue of the Missing Ape | His Excellency
1953 -- The Sword and the Rose | Sir Edwin Caskoden
1952 -- The Hour of 13 | Cummings
1952 -- The Card | P. Shillitoe (uncredited)
1950 -- Golden Salamander | Aribi
1937 -- Farewell Again | Minor Role
1934 -- Tell Me If It Hurts | Waiter
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