Peter Birrel
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieSharpe: The Legend
1997
Don Moreno
movieDavid
1997
Schama
movieSharpe's Company
1994
Don Moreno
movieStanley
1988
Louis Behrends
tvLovejoy
1986
Gunter Sperber
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
tvCribb
1980
Gold
tvMinder
1979
John Scott
tvWilde Alliance
1978
Policeman
tvTarget
1977
Eric Gill
tvThe XYY Man
1976
Groot
tvPlayhouse
1974
Dora
movieDoctor Who: Frontier in Space
1973
Draconian Prince
tvThe Adventurer
1972
L'assistant-réalisateur
tvHolly
1972
Mike Underwood
tvNew Scotland Yard
1972
Sidney Preece
tvThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
M. Helder
tvBudgie
1971
Barry
tvThe Main Chance
1969
Michael Coburn / Joe Farrell
tvYou Can't Win
1966
Tom Jacobs
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Brother
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
The Man
tvDoctor Who
1963
Congressman Brook / Draconian Prince
tvThe Saint
1962
Toni Amato
Studio 4
1962
Carleton Myatt
Studio 4
1962
Carleton Myatt
tvDixon of Dock Green
1955
Mick Bowyer