Peter Copley

Actor May 20 (died age 93) Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK 1934–2008 (74 year career)

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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

Film

Empire of the Sun

British Prisoner

Film

Oliver Twist

Dining Hall Master

Film

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Reverend Muldaur

Film

Help!

Jeweller

Film

Victim

Paul Mandrake

Film

Quatermass and the Pit

Howell

Film

The Colour of Magic

Greyhald Spold

Film

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

Principal

Filmography

Acting (119)

Movies (64)

Oliver Twist

2005

as Dining Hall Master

Riot at the Rite

as Patron

Janice Beard 45 WPM

as Sean's Father

The Sanctuary Sparrow

1994

as Abbot Heribert

Monk's Hood

1994

as Abbot Heribert

One Corpse Too Many

1994

as Abbot Heribert

The Leper of St. Giles

1994

as Abbot Heribert

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia

1992

as Maitland

6.4

The Importance of Being Earnest

as Gribsby

Empire of the Sun

as British Prisoner

The Trial of Klaus Barbie

1987

as Frossard

King of the Ghetto

1986

as Vicar

6.0

Androcles and the Lion

1984

as Caesar

Witness for the Prosecution

1982

as Dr. Harrison

6.3

United Kingdom

1981

as Commissioner

Rabbit Pie Day

1980

as The Colonel

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1980

as Reverend Muldaur

7.4

Churchill and the Generals

1979

as Gen. Sir John Dill

The Black Panther

Shout at the Devil

as Admiral Howe

Hennessy

as Home Secretary

Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars

1975

as Dr. Warlock

8.9

Gawain and the Green Knight

1973

as Pilgrim

4.6

Beyond Our Means

1973

as Dr. Charteris

What Became of Jack and Jill?

1972

as Dickson

4.3

That's Your Funeral

1972

as 1st Funeral Director

Jane Eyre

as John

All at Sea

as Mr. Gordon

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

as Principal

Mosquito Squadron

as Mr. Scott

Tower of London: The Innocent

as Archbishop

Walk a Crooked Path

The Shoes of the Fisherman

1968

as English Cardinal #1

6.7

Quatermass and the Pit

1967

as Howell

6.6

The Investigation

1967

as Counsel for the Prosecution

The Devil's Eggshell

1966

as The Home Secretary

Don't Utter a Note

1966

as Vicar

Help!

1965

as Jeweller

6.8

The Knack... and How to Get It

1965

as Picture Owner

5.9

Stranger in the Family

1965

as Charles Wilson

The Man Who Came to Die

1965

as Dr. Clarkeson

The Third Secret

as Dr Leo Whitset

King and Country

as Colonel

The July Plot

as General Friedrich Olbright

Victim

1961

as Paul Mandrake

7.5

Mystery in the Mine

1959

The Government Inspector

1958

as School Superintendent

6.0

Rockets Galore

1958

as Scientist

6.0

The Smallest Show on Earth

1957

as Actor in The Mystery of Hell Valley (uncredited)

Time Without Pity

as Prison Chaplain

Just My Luck

as Mr. Gilbert Weaver

6.0

The Man Without a Body

1957

as Leslie

3.8

The End Begins

1957

as Tom Jarrow

The Film That Never Was

Foreign Intrigue

as Brown

Peril for the Guy

as Mr. Ritter

The Sword and the Rose

1953

as Sir Edwin Caskoden

6.3

Saadia

1953

as Leader Mokhazenis

5.8

The Clue of the Missing Ape

as His Excellency

The Hour of 13

as Cummings

The Card

as P. Shillitoe (uncredited)

Golden Salamander

as Aribi

Farewell Again

as Minor Role

Tell Me If It Hurts

as Waiter

Television (55)

The Colour of Magic

as Greyhald Spold

The Colour of Magic

as Greyhald Spold

The Last Detective

as Colonel Colin Ingate

Strange

as Reverend Rutt

Wives and Daughters

as Robinson

Jonathan Creek

as Eric

Cadfael

as Abbot Heribert

One Foot in the Grave

1990

7.6

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Burgoyne

Never Say Die

Casualty

as Dan Woods

Lovejoy

as Harold Richards

King of the Ghetto

as Vicar

Artists and Models

1986

as Savigny

Theatre Night

1985

as Gribsby

The Bill

1984

6.7

The Prisoner of Zenda

1984

as Marshal Strakencz

6.0

The Chinese Detective

1981

7.2

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

as Man at Railway Station

Anna Karenina

The New Avengers

as Prof. Waterlow

Bill Brand

as Cedric Maddocks

Survivors

as Dr. Bronson

Sky

Fall of Eagles

as Bethmann-Hollweg

Father Brown

Crown Court

as Sir Peter Cutforth

5.4

Arthur of the Britons

The Regiment

The Long Chase

as Morrison

Justice

as Wigmore

You're Only Young Twice

1971

Doomwatch

1970

as Admiral Sir Richard Tranton

Manhunt

as Martin

Department S

as The Auctioneer

Paul Temple

The Gold Robbers

as Asst. Commissioner Farr

The Champions

as Antrobus

The Expert

as Hillard

Callan

The Informer

as Richard Edwards

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as The Home Inspector

Out of the Unknown

as Charles Wilson

The Wednesday Play

as Gen. Friedrich Olbright

4.5

Theatre 625

1964

as Seytfert, Counsel for the Prosecution

Redcap

Thorndyke

Doctor Who

as Dr. Warlock

Z-Cars

The Saint

as Don Morland

The Avengers

as Henry Barker

Maigret

as Xavier Marton

No Hiding Place

Sherlock Holmes

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Dr. Harrison

8.6