1915Born, Bushey
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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,…
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Empire of the SunBritish Prisoner
Oliver TwistDining Hall Master
Agatha Christie's PoirotBurgoyne
Little Lord FauntleroyReverend Muldaur
Quatermass and the PitHowell2005Riot at the RitePatronMovie
2005Oliver TwistDining Hall MasterMovie
1999Janice Beard 45 WPMSean's FatherMovie
1994Monk's HoodAbbot HeribertMovie
1994The Leper of St. GilesAbbot HeribertMovie
1994The Sanctuary SparrowAbbot HeribertMovie
1994One Corpse Too ManyAbbot HeribertMovie
1992A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After ArabiaMaitlandMovie
1988The Importance of Being EarnestGribsbyMovie
1987Empire of the SunBritish PrisonerMovie
1987The Trial of Klaus BarbieFrossardMovie
1984Androcles and the LionCaesarMovie
1982Witness for the ProsecutionDr. HarrisonMovie
1981United KingdomCommissionerMovie
1980Little Lord FauntleroyReverend MuldaurMovie
1980Rabbit Pie DayThe ColonelMovie
1979Churchill and the GeneralsGen. Sir John DillMovie
1977The Black PantherMovie
1976Shout at the DevilAdmiral HoweMovie
1975HennessyHome SecretaryMovie
1975Doctor Who: Pyramids of MarsDr. WarlockMovie
1973Beyond Our MeansDr. CharterisMovie
1973Gawain and the Green KnightPilgrimMovie
1972That's Your Funeral1st Funeral DirectorMovie
1972What Became of Jack and Jill?DicksonMovie
1971Taste of EvilMackinlayMovie
1970Jane EyreJohnMovie
1969Walk a Crooked PathMovie
1969Mosquito SquadronMr. ScottMovie
1969Tower of London: The InnocentArchbishopMovie
1969Frankenstein Must Be DestroyedPrincipalMovie
1969All at SeaMr. GordonMovie
1968The Shoes of the FishermanEnglish Cardinal #1Movie
1967Quatermass and the PitHowellMovie
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