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- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 19, 1935
- Place of Birth
- West Ham, Essex, England, UK
- Died
- June 23, 2004
Peter Birrel
Peter Birrel (né Peter Cohen 19 July 1935 – 23 June 2004) was an English actor who played numerous parts on British television for nearly forty years. Birrel appeared in the Doctor Who story Frontier in Space in 1973, as well as in the documentary I Was a "Doctor Who" Monster. He also appeared in the first series of Alexander the Greatest. His film credits included Freelance (1971), Arch of Triumph (1984), and the television miniseries Freud (1984), War and Remembrance (1988) and Around the World in 80 Days (1989). In 1979 he played a guest-role in George and Mildred as George's brother Charlie Roper in the episode A Military Pickle He married actress Stephanie Cole in 1998. She was widowed by his death from cancer in Bath, aged 68 in 2004.
Filmography
movieSharpe: The Legend
1997 · Don Moreno
movieDavid
1997 · Schama
movieI Was a Doctor Who Monster!
1996
movieSharpe's Company
1994 · Don Moreno
movieStanley
1988 · Louis Behrends
tvLovejoy
1986 · Gunter Sperber
tvC.A.T.S. Eyes
1985
movieArch of Triumph
1984 · Wiesenthal
tvFreud
1984 · Adler
tvBergerac
1981 · Rupert Galliers
tvHammer House of Horror
1980 · Markham
movieThe Great Riviera Bank Robbery
1980 · Senior Detective
movieMary's Wife
1980 · Dora
tvCribb
1980 · Gold
tvThe Gentle Touch
1980
tvMinder
1979 · John Scott
tvWilde Alliance
1978 · Policeman
tvTarget
1977 · Eric Gill
tvThe XYY Man
1976 · Groot
tvAngels
1975
tvDon't Drink the Water
1974 · Waiter
tvPlayhouse
1974 · Dora
movieDoctor Who: Frontier in Space
1973 · Draconian Prince
tvCrown Court
1972
tvThe Adventurer
1972 · L'assistant-réalisateur
tvHolly
1972 · Mike Underwood
tvNew Scotland Yard
1972 · Sidney Preece
tvThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · M. Helder
Alexander the Greatest
tvAlexander the Greatest
1971
tvBudgie
1971 · Barry
movieFreelance
1970 · Jeff
tvThe Main Chance
1969 · Michael Coburn, Joe Farrell
tvITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · George
tvMan in a Suitcase
1967
tvYou Can't Win
1966 · Tom Jacobs
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965 · Brother
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · The Man
tvTop of the Pops
1964 · Self
tvDoctor Who
1963 · Congressman Brook, Draconian Prince
movieWhat a Crazy World
1963 · Freddy
tvThe Saint
1962 · Toni Amato
Studio 4
tvStudio 4
1962 · Carleton Myatt
Studio 4
tvStudio 4
1962 · Carleton Myatt
tvZ-Cars
1962
tvNo Hiding Place
1959
tvArmchair Theatre
1956 · Eddie
tvDixon of Dock Green
1955 · Mick Bowyer