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.
as Greyhald Spold(1 ep)
as Patron
as Dining Hall Master
as Colonel Colin Ingate(1 ep)
as Robinson(3 eps)
as Sean's Father
as Eric(1 ep)
as Abbot Heribert
as Abbot Heribert
as Abbot Heribert
as Abbot Heribert
as Abbot Heribert(4 eps)
as Maitland
as Leonard(1 ep)
as Burgoyne(1 ep)
as Gribsby
as British Prisoner
as Frossard
as Dan Woods(1 ep)
as Hugh Phipps(1 ep)
as Vicar(4 eps)
as Savigny(1 ep)
as Harold Richards(1 ep)
as Gribsby(1 ep)
as Marshal Strakencz(2 eps)
as Caesar
as Dr. Harrison
as Commissioner
as Kubla Khan(1 ep)
as Reverend Muldaur
as The Colonel
as Gen. Sir John Dill
as Man at Railway Station(1 ep)
as Mr Finniston(1 ep)
as Dr. Richard Montagu(26 eps)
as General Moreau (segment "Entrance Fee")(1 ep)
as Prof. Waterlow(1 ep)
as Cedric Maddocks(5 eps)
as Admiral Howe
as Home Secretary
as Dr. Warlock
as Dr. Bronson(1 ep)
as Reverend John Walters(1 ep)
as Bethmann-Hollweg(2 eps)
as Dr. Gough(4 eps)
as Dr. Charteris
as Pilgrim
as Mr. Justice Hobbin(1 ep)
as 1st Funeral Director
as Sir Peter Cutforth(2 eps)
as His Honour Judge Edmonds(3 eps)
as Morrison(5 eps)
as Dickson
as Wigmore(1 ep)
as Mackinlay
as J. G.(1 ep)
as John
as Admiral Sir Richard Tranton(1 ep)
as Martin(1 ep)
as The Auctioneer(1 ep)
as Mr. Scott
as Archbishop
as AC Farr(4 eps)
as Principal
as Emile Cousin(4 eps)
as Hull
as Mr. Gordon
as English Cardinal #1
as Antrobus(1 ep)
as Hillard(1 ep)
as Howell
as Mr. Fergus(1 ep)
as Counsel for the Prosecution
as Richard Edwards(1 ep)
as The Home Secretary
as Vicar
as The Home Inspector(1 ep)
as Charles Wilson
as Charles Wilson(1 ep)
as Hull(1 ep)
as Mackinlay(1 ep)
as Charles Wilson / Hull / Mackinlay(11 eps)
as Cedric Pritchard(1 ep)
as Jeweller
as Compton Forbes(1 ep)
as David MacLaren(1 ep)
as Picture Owner
as Dr. Clarkeson
as General Friedrich Olbright
as Colonel
as Colonel Matherson(1 ep)
as Gen. Friedrich Olbright(1 ep)
as Roger Gibbs(1 ep)
as Dr. John Evelyn Thorndyke(7 eps)
as Seytfert, Counsel for the Prosecution(1 ep)
as Hector McKellar(1 ep)
as Dr Leo Whitset
as Dr. Warlock(2 eps)
as Don Morland(1 ep)
as Paul Mandrake
as Henry Barker(1 ep)
as Sparshott(1 ep)
as Xavier Marton(1 ep)
as Scientist
as School Superintendent
as Mr. Gilbert Weaver
as Tom Jarrow
as Leslie
as Actor in The Mystery of Hell Valley (uncredited)
as Prison Chaplain
as Brown
as Mr. Ritter
as Leader Mokhazenis
as His Excellency
as Sir Edwin Caskoden
as Cummings
as P. Shillitoe (uncredited)
as Dr. Harrison(1 ep)
as Aribi
as Minor Role
as Waiter