
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.

The Expert

The Long Chase

Riot at the Rite

Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars

Hallmark Hall of Fame

名探偵ポワロ

Survivors

Doctor Who

The Avengers

The Last Detective

One Foot in the Grave

太陽の帝国

Victim

Jonathan Creek

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Cadfael

The Saint

Lovejoy

Arthur of the Britons

Wives and Daughters

The Chinese Detective

Maigret

Theatre 625

King and Country

Sherlock Holmes

Jane Eyre

Z-Cars

Callan

The New Avengers

Paul Temple

Out of the Unknown

The Card

Fall of Eagles

ヘルプ!4人はアイドル

アメイジング・ワールド

The Shoes of the Fisherman

オリバー・ツイスト

The Bill

Tales of the Unexpected

The Gold Robbers

Anna Karenina

Quatermass and the Pit

The Smallest Show on Earth

Father Brown

非情の時

Peril for the Guy

Manhunt

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia

Witness for the Prosecution

The Sword and the Rose

フランケンシュタイン 恐怖の生体実験

Bill Brand

The Champions

Casualty

The Third Secret

Just My Luck

King of the Ghetto

Tower of London: The Innocent

Rockets Galore

The Clue of the Missing Ape

The Government Inspector

Doomwatch

Justice

The Prisoner of Zenda

Redcap

Shout at the Devil

The Knack... and How to Get It

Golden Salamander

Saadia

The Hour of 13

Foreign Intrigue

The Black Panther

Sky

Crown Court

Mosquito Squadron

Farewell Again

Department S

BBC Play of the Month

Janice Beard 45 WPM

Hennessy

The Importance of Being Earnest

Gawain and the Green Knight

The Wednesday Play

What Became of Jack and Jill?

The Man Without a Body

No Hiding Place

That's Your Funeral

The July Plot

Androcles and the Lion

The Trial of Klaus Barbie

Tell Me If It Hurts

Beyond Our Means

Stranger in the Family

Mystery in the Mine

Churchill and the Generals

United Kingdom

Rabbit Pie Day

All at Sea

One Corpse Too Many

The Sanctuary Sparrow

The Leper of St. Giles

Monk's Hood

Immortality Inc

Taste of Evil

Theatre Night

The Informer

King of the Ghetto