Peter Copley

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Peter Copley (born 20 May 1915 in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England) is an actor, best remembered for his appearances on television.

1 Biography
2 Complete film credits
3 Notes and References
4 External link

[edit] Biography

After changing his mind about joining the Royal Navy, Copley 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. Away from acting, Peter Copley was a sharp-witted legal expert and part-time lawyer who successfully handled several court cases in the 1960s.

TV Credits include: Danger Man, The Saint, The Avengers, The Forsyte Saga, The Troubleshooters, The Champions, Department S, Doomwatch, Z Cars, Fall of Eagles, Survivors, Doctor Who (in the serial Pyramids of Mars), Sutherland's Law, Tales of the Unexpected, Miss Marple, Lovejoy, The Bill and One Foot in the Grave.

[edit] Complete film credits

Complete film credits^[1]

Year	Title	Character
1950	The Elusive Pimpernel	.
1950	The Golden Salamander	Aribi
1952	The Promoter	Shillitoe
1952	The Hour of Thirteen	Cummings
1953	The Clue of the Missing Ape	.
1953	The Sword and the Rose	Sir Edwin Caskoden
1953	Saadia	Leader Mokhazenis
1956	Foreign Intrigue	Brown
1956	Peril for the Guy	Ritter
1957	Just My Luck	Gilbert Weaver
1957	Time Without Pity	Prison Chaplain
1957	The Man without a Body	Leslie
1950	The Mystery in the Mine	.
1960	Follow That Horse!	Garrod
1962	Victim	Paul Mandrake
1964	King and Country	Colonel
1964	The Third Secret	Dr. Leo Whitset
1965	The Knack ... And How to Get It	Picture Owner
1965	Help!	Jeweller
1967	Quatermass and the Pit	Howell
1968	The Shoes of the Fisherman	English Cardinal
1969	Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed	Principal
1969	Walk a Crooked Path	Dr. Oberon
1970	All at Sea	Mr. Gordon
1970	Mosquito Squadron	.
1971	Jane Eyre	John
1972	What Became of Jack and Jill?	Dickson
1973	Gawain and the Green Knight	Pilgrim
1974	That's Your Funeral	1st Funeral Director
1976	Shout at the Devil	Admiral Howe
1980	Little Lord Fauntleroy	Muldaur
1982	Witness for the Prosecution	Dr. Harrison
1987	Empire of the Sun	British Prisoner
1991	A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia	Maitland
1994	Second Best	Percy
2005	Oliver Twist	Dining Hall Master