Peter Copley
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1915-05-20 (93 years old)
Deathday
2008-10-07
Place of Birth
Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Also known As
Peter Francis Gabain Copley
Peter Copley
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 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 Clay...
Acting
2005
as Patron
1964
as General Friedrich Olbright
1967
as Howell
1965
as Picture Owner
1957
as Gilbert Weaver
1984
as Caesar
1953
as Sir Edwin Caskoden
1969
as Principal
1972
as Dickson
1964
as Colonel
1950
as Aribi
1957
as Actor in The Mystery of Hell Valley (uncredited)
1987
as Frossard
1987
as British Prisoner
1986
as Vicar
1934
as Waiter
1966
as Vicar
1973
as Dr. Charteris
1992
as Maitland
1965
as Charles Wilson
1969
as Archbishop
1953
as Leader Mokhazenis
1937
as Minor Role
1975
as Home Secretary
2005
as Dining Hall Master
1975
as Dr. Warlock
1952
as P. Shillitoe (uncredited)
1976
as Admiral Howe
1969
as Mr. Scott
1999
as Sean's Father
1957
as Leslie
1979
as Gen. Sir John Dill
1973
as Pilgrim
1981
as Commissioner
1956
as Brown
1968
as English Cardinal #1
1964
as Dr Leo Whitset
1980
as Reverend Muldaur
1965
as Jeweller
1952
as Cummings
1970
as John
1958
as Scientist
1957
as Prison Chaplain
1961
as Paul Mandrake
1988
as Gribsby
1956
as Mr. Ritter
1972
as 1st Funeral Director
1953
as His Excellency
1980
as The Colonel
1966
as The Home Secretary
1969
as Mr. Gordon
1958
as School Superintendent
1957
as Tom Jarrow
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