
Acting
Peter John Coke was born in Southsea, Hampshire on 3 April 1913. His father was a commander in the Royal Navy, who took his family to Kenya to run a linen plantation; however, this venture failed and he began to run a coffee plantation. Coke was educated at Stowe School and later lived with his maternal grandmother in Menton, France.

Up the Creek
as Cmdr. Price

Carry On Admiral
as Lieutenant Lashwood

John and Julie
as The Captain

The Broken Horseshoe
as Det. Insp. George Bellamy

The Blakes Slept Here
as William

On Closer Inspection

I Met a Murderer
as A Horseman
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared

Cheer Boys Cheer
as John Ironside

A Gentleman's Gentleman
as Tony