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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.
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Jamie Graham a privileged English boy...Empire of the Sun 1987
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Young Cedric Errol and his widowed...Little Lord Fauntleroy 1980
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During World War One an English...Shout at the Devil 1976
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Former Irish Republican Army member Niall...Hennessy 1975
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After a bleak childhood Jane Eyre...Jane Eyre 1970
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England World War II Quint Munroe...Mosquito Squadron 1969
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Ukrainian bishop Kiril Lakota a political...The Shoes of the Fisherman 1968
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A mysterious artifact unearthed below a...Quatermass and the Pit 1967
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An obscure Eastern cult that practices...Help! 1965
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A nebbish schoolteacher begs his smooth...The Knack... and How to Get It 1965
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A web of blackmail and murder...Victim 1961
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Millionaire Victor Danemore living on the...Foreign Intrigue 1956
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Tells the story of Mary Tudor...The Sword and the Rose 1953
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