Empire of the Sun1987
As British Prisoner
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Peter Copley
Born
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. TV credits include: Thorndyke, Danger Man, The Saint, The Avengers, The Forsyte Saga, The Troubleshooters, The Champions, Department S, Doomwatch, Z-Cars, Fall of Eagles, Survivors, Bless Me, Father (episode "A Legend Comes to Stay"), Father Brown (episode "The Curse of the Golden Cross"), Doctor Who (in the serial "Pyramids of Mars"), Sutherland's Law, Tales of the Unexpected, Miss Marple (episode "Nemesis"), Lovejoy, The Bill, Cadfael, The Diamond Brothers: South by South East and One Foot in the Grave. Copley continued to act well into his nineties. A resident of Bristol, Copley was awarded an Honorary Degree of Master of Arts by the University of the West of England in 2001.
Filmography (67)
Oliver Twist2005
As Dining Hall Master
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Little Lord Fauntleroy1980
As Reverend Muldaur
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Shout at the Devil1976
As Admiral Howe
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed1969
As Principal
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Help!1965
As Jeweller
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Witness for the Prosecution1982
As Dr. Harrison
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Sword and the Rose1953
As Sir Edwin Caskoden
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Quatermass and the Pit1967
As Howell
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Color of Magic 2in12010
As Greyhald Spold
The Shoes of the Fisherman1968
As English Cardinal #1
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Mosquito Squadron1969
As Mr. Scott
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Golden Salamander1950
As Aribi
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Time Without Pity1957
As Prison Chaplain
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Knack... and How to Get It1965
As Picture Owner
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Foreign Intrigue1956
As Brown
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Hennessy1975
As Home Secretary
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Importance of Being Earnest1988
As Gribsby
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Jane Eyre1970
As John
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars1975
As Dr. Warlock
TMDb 8.6 / 10
King and Country1964
As Colonel
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Riot at the Rite2005
As Patron
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Card1952
As P. Shillitoe (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia1992
As Maitland
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Gawain and the Green Knight1973
As Pilgrim
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Victim1961
As Paul Mandrake
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Janice Beard 45 WPM1999
As Sean's Father
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Man Without a Body1957
As Leslie
TMDb 4.2 / 10
That's Your Funeral1972
As 1st Funeral Director
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Immortality Inc1969
As Hull
The Third Secret1964
As Dr Leo Whitset
TMDb 6.2 / 10
One Corpse Too Many1994
As Abbot Heribert
The Hour of 131952
As Cummings
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Trial of Klaus Barbie1987
As Frossard
United Kingdom1981
As Commissioner
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Churchill and the Generals1979
As Gen. Sir John Dill
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Smallest Show on Earth1957
As Actor in The Mystery of Hell Valley (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Black Panther1977
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Just My Luck1957
As Mr. Gilbert Weaver
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Androcles and the Lion1984
As Caesar
Rockets Galore1958
As Scientist
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Taste of Evil1971
As Mackinlay
What Became of Jack and Jill?1972
As Dickson
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Leper of St. Giles1994
As Abbot Heribert
Farewell Again1937
As Minor Role
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Monk's Hood1994
As Abbot Heribert
Rabbit Pie Day1980
As The Colonel
The July Plot1964
As General Friedrich Olbright
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Tower of London: The Innocent1969
As Archbishop
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Walk a Crooked Path
Walk a Crooked Path1969
TMDb 3.8 / 10
Don't Utter a Note
Don't Utter a Note1966
As Vicar
Stranger in the Family1965
As Charles Wilson
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Saadia1953
As Leader Mokhazenis
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Peril for the Guy1956
As Mr. Ritter
TMDb 7.7 / 10
The Clue of the Missing Ape1953
As His Excellency
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Film That Never Was
The Film That Never Was1957
Beyond Our Means1973
As Dr. Charteris
The Devil's Eggshell
The Devil's Eggshell1966
As The Home Secretary
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Sanctuary Sparrow1994
As Abbot Heribert
The Man Who Came to Die
The Man Who Came to Die1965
As Dr. Clarkeson
All at Sea1969
As Mr. Gordon
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Kingdom Of Heaven (Director's Cut)2005
As Old Pilgram
The Investigation
The Investigation1967
As Counsel for the Prosecution
Mystery in the Mine1959
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Government Inspector1958
As School Superintendent
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Tell Me If It Hurts1934
As Waiter
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The End Begins
The End Begins1957
As Tom Jarrow
Filmography and biography: TMDb