Peter Copley
Acting

Peter Copley

Born 20 May 1915 · Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Died 7 October 2008

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.

Known for

Empire of the Sun
Oliver Twist
Doctor Who
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Help!
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Quatermass and the Pit
Victim
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
The Shoes of the Fisherman
The Knack... and How to Get It
King and Country
Riot at the Rite
Oliver Twist
Janice Beard 45 WPM
One Corpse Too Many
The Sanctuary Sparrow
The Leper of St. Giles
Monk's Hood
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
Empire of the Sun
Androcles and the Lion
Witness for the Prosecution
United Kingdom
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Rabbit Pie Day
Churchill and the Generals
The Black Panther
Shout at the Devil
Hennessy
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
Beyond Our Means
Gawain and the Green Knight
What Became of Jack and Jill?
That's Your Funeral
Taste of Evil
Jane Eyre
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Tower of London: The Innocent
Mosquito Squadron
All at Sea
Immortality Inc
The Shoes of the Fisherman
Quatermass and the Pit
The Knack... and How to Get It
Stranger in the Family
Help!
The July Plot
King and Country
The Third Secret
Victim
Mystery in the Mine
Rockets Galore
The Government Inspector
Just My Luck
The Man Without a Body
Time Without Pity
Foreign Intrigue
Peril for the Guy
The Sword and the Rose
Saadia
The Clue of the Missing Ape
The Hour of 13
Golden Salamander
Farewell Again
Tell Me If It Hurts
Peter Copley · Midrow