Paul Copley

ActorWriter Nov 25 (age 81) Denby Dale, West Yorkshire, England, UK 1965–2025 (60 year career)

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Biography

Paul is a long established and much respected British actor and voiceover artist. Born in Denby Dale, West Riding of Yorkshire, on 25th November 1944 he grew up beside a dairy farm. His father, Harold, was involved with local amateur dramatic productions, as were the rest of his family. He went to Penistone Grammar School, then the Northern Counties College of Education in Newcastle upon Tyne, where he received an Associate of the Drama Board (ADB) in Drama. He taught English and Drama in Walth…

Known For

Film

Enola Holmes

Station Master

Film

The Remains of the Day

Harry Smith

Film

A Bridge Too Far

Pvt. Wicks

Film

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Mason

Film

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Albert Mason

Film

Jude

Mr. Willis

Film

Hornblower: The Even Chance

Matthews

Film

Blow Dry

Ken

Filmography

Acting (128)

Movies (61)

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

2025

as Albert Mason

7.1

Big Winners

2025

as Arthur Thistle

Ticker

2023

as Howard

Downton Abbey: A New Era

2022

as Mason

7.2

The Infectious Imagination of Henry Bramble

2021

as Great Uncle Geoffrey

Enola Holmes

as Station Master

Ropeless

as Larry Windsor

The Nest Egg

Reg

as Man 2

The Sound of Music Live!

2015

as Franz

7.8

First Encounter: King Lear

2012

as King Lear

The Shadow in the North

2007

as Paton

6.5

When Kim & Aggie Went To Hospital

2006

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Marian, Again

as Phillip Walsh

Hornblower: Duty

as Matthews

Hornblower: Loyalty

as Matthews

The Key

The Many Lives of Albert Walker

2002

as Danny Peck

Hornblower: Mutiny

as Mathews

Blow Dry

as Ken

Hornblower: Retribution

2001

as Matthews

7.3

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

1999

as Mathews

7.2

Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil

1999

as Matthews

7.2

Hornblower: The Even Chance

as Matthews

Written in Blood

as Brian Chappel

Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant

as Mathews

Jude

as Mr. Willis

A Pinch of Snuff

as Charlie Heppelwhite

The Remains of the Day

1993

as Harry Smith

7.4

How's Business

1991

as Jack

Testimony of a Child

1989

as Gerry

Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus

1986

as Local Man

Silas Marner

1985

as William Dane

5.6

Bird Fancier

1985

as Roy Pearson

Which Side Are You On?

as Narrator (voice)

Ends and Means

Doll’s Eye

as Social Worker

Ghost in the Water

as Mr. Reed

A Room for the Winter

1981

as Robert

1.0

P.Q. 17

1981

as PO Jordan

A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado

1981

as Tom

Death of a Princess

1980

as Steve Jackson

7.8

Happy

1980

as Vernon

Zulu Dawn

as Cpl. Storey

Black Jack

as Narrator

Cries from a Watchtower

1979

as Andy

The Turkey Who Lives on the Hill

1978

as Bill

Some Enchanted Evening

1978

as Peter

Mucking Out

1978

as Brian Wilson

Destiny

1978

as Paul McShane

On a Paving Stone Mounted

1978

Travellers

1978

as Young William/Middle William/Sales Rep

A Bridge Too Far

1977

as Pvt. Wicks

7.2

A Christmas Carol

1977

as Fred (Scrooge's Nephew)

6.6

Arnhem: The Story of an Escape

1976

as Finnegan

4.0

The Chester Mystery Plays

Alfie Darling

as Bakey

Diane

as Jim

Father Dear Father

as Dumbo

Speech Day

as Woodwork Master

Dangerous Journey

as Narrator

Television (67)

Rose Ayling-Ellis: Old Hands, New Tricks

2025

as Narrator (voice)

DI Ray

as Terry Hunter

On the Edge

as Ray

Broken

as Joe Kerrigan

The Coroner

as John Roxwell

Code of a Killer

as Sidney Jeffreys

Inside No. 9

as Ernie

Father Brown

as Mr Feste

Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork

2013

as Narrator

Call the Midwife

2012

as Tommy Smith

7.5

Last Tango in Halifax

2012

as Harry

7.0

Last Tango in Halifax

2012

7.0

White Heat

2012

as Alan (present day)

Vera

as Malcolm Kenrich

Downton Abbey

as Mr. Mason

Moving On

as Ronnie

Inspector George Gently

Survivors

as Ted

Kingdom

as Vincent Straker

Torchwood

as Clement McDonald

Life on Mars

as Reg Cole

The Street

Johnny and the Bomb

as Sgt. Bourke

Dead Man Weds

as Blind Man

Shameless

as Norman Owens

New Tricks

as Pat the Rat

No Angels

The Afternoon Play

as Dave

How Clean Is Your House?

2003

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Burn It

as Terry Grimshaw

The Royal

as Nesbitt

Born and Bred

as Hubert Gough

Nice Guy Eddie

Waking the Dead

Messiah

as Ian Fleet

Queer as Folk

as Roy Maloney

Hornblower

as Matthews

The Worst Witch

as Algernon Rowan-Webb

Midsomer Murders

as Frank Dewar

The Lakes

as Peter Quinlan

Silent Witness

Dalziel & Pascoe

This Life

as Jerry Cook

Roughnecks

as Ian

Peak Practice

as Tim Shardlow

Cracker

as Pathologist

Harry

as Thomas Thomas

Heartbeat

as Dick Radcliffe

The Paradise Club

as Mousey Pavitt

Stay Lucky

Young Charlie Chaplin

1989

as Chimnery Sweep

Casualty

1986

as Frederick Chambers

The Bright Side

The Bill

The Gathering Seed

as Bob Henshaw

West End Tales

1981

as Herbert

Tenko

as POW

Minder

as Palmer

Strangers

as Des White

BBC2 Play of the Week

as Finnegan

Secret Army

as Eric Finch

Treasure Island

Days of Hope

as Ben Matthews

Playhouse

as Jim

Churchill's People

as Viventius

Play for Today

BBC Play of the Month

1965

5.0

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Pillion

1979

Writer