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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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as Sean's Father
as Abbot Heribert
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as Admiral Howe
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as Jeweller
as Picture Owner
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as General Friedrich Olbright
as Colonel
as Dr Leo Whitset
as Paul Mandrake
as Scientist
as School Superintendent
as Mr. Gilbert Weaver
as Tom Jarrow
as Leslie
as Actor in The Mystery of Hell Valley (uncredited)
as Prison Chaplain
as Brown
as Mr. Ritter
as Leader Mokhazenis
as His Excellency
as Sir Edwin Caskoden
as Cummings
as P. Shillitoe (uncredited)
as Aribi
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