Personal Info
Peter Francis Gabain Copley
Peter Copley
Acting
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 i…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Oliver Twist
as Dining Hall Master
Riot at the Rite
as Patron
Janice Beard 45 WPM
as Sean's Father
The Leper of St. Giles
as Abbot Heribert
The Sanctuary Sparrow
as Abbot Heribert
Monk's Hood
as Abbot Heribert
One Corpse Too Many
as Abbot Heribert
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
as Maitland
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Gribsby
Empire of the Sun
as British Prisoner
TV Shows
The Colour of Magic
as Greyhald Spold · 1 ep.
The Last Detective
as Colonel Colin Ingate · 1 ep.
Wives and Daughters
as Robinson · 3 ep.
Jonathan Creek
as Eric · 1 ep.
Cadfael
as Abbot Heribert · 4 ep.
One Foot in the Grave
1 ep.
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Burgoyne · 1 ep.
Never Say Die
6 ep.
Casualty
as Hugh Phipps · 1 ep.
Lovejoy
as Harold Richards · 1 ep.
