Personal Info
Peter Halliday
Acting
Biography
One of the UK's most prolific television actors for 50 years, Peter Halliday was the son of an auctioneer and estate agent. He was schooled in Shropshire. Halliday failed his exam as apprentice auctioneer, worked briefly for Rolls-Royce, then served in the British Army during the Second World War, based in Iraq, Palestine and Egypt, until 1947. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1949. He became a member of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, which later became the Royal Shakespeare Company. He achieved his greatest fame in the BBC's science-fiction television drama A for Andr…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Lassie
as Vicar
Hear the Silence
as Sir Kenneth Calman
Night Flight
as Jenkins
Anybody's Nightmare
as Lord Justice Swinton Thomas
Esther
as Karschena
The Remains of the Day
as Canon Tufnell
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
as Vicar
R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only
as Headmaster
Giro City
as Government Minister
Doctor Who: City of Death
as Soldier
TV Shows
Perfect
as Ted · 2 ep.
Births, Marriages and Deaths
as Vicar · 3 ep.
Our Friends in the North
as Speaker · 1 ep.
Hearts and Minds
as Shotgun · 4 ep.
Lovejoy
as Mr. Reynolds · 1 ep.
Tales Out of School
as Headmaster · 1 ep.
Beasts
as Crisp · 1 ep.
The Sweeney
as Chief Insp. Gordon · 1 ep.
The Hanged Man
as Jean-Claud de Salle · 1 ep.
How Green Was My Valley
as Jack Richards · 2 ep.
