Peter Halliday
Acting
One of the UK's most prolific television actors for 50 years, Peter Halliday was the son of an auctioneer and estate agent. He was schooled in Shropshire. Halliday failed his exam as apprentice auctioneer, worked briefly for Rolls-Royce, then served in the British Army during the Second World War, based in Iraq, Palestine and Egypt, until 1947. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1949. He became a member of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, which later became the Royal Shakespeare Company. He achieved his greatest fame in the BBC's science-fiction television drama A for Andromeda (1961). He also gained further cult status for several appearances in Doctor Who (1963), which included providing monster voices for two serials and appearing under heavy makeup to play the alien Pletrac in Robert Holmes' witty parody of television and its viewers, Carnival of Monsters: Episode One (1973).
Known for
Acting63
movieLassie
2005
Vicar
movieHear the Silence
2003
Sir Kenneth Calman
movieAnybody's Nightmare
2001
Lord Justice Swinton Thomas
movieEsther
1999
Karschena
tvDalziel and Pascoe
1996
Mr Edward Soper
tvHearts and Minds
1995
Shotgun
movieThe Remains of the Day
1993
Canon Tufnell
tvLovejoy
1986
Mr. Reynolds
tvTales Out of School
1983
Headmaster
movieGiro City
1982
Government Minister
tvBeasts
1976
Crisp
movieKeep It Up Downstairs
1976
P.C. Harbottle / Old Harbottle
tvHow Green Was My Valley
1975
Jack Richards
The Hanged Man
1975
Jean-Claud de Salle
tvThe Sweeney
1975
Chief Insp. Gordon
tvChurchill's People
1974
Sir George Carew
movieThe Black Windmill
1974
Customs Officer (uncredited)
movieMadhouse
1974
Psychiatrist
movieThe Swordsman
1974
Rabelais
movieVirgin Witch
1972
Club Manager
movieSunday Bloody Sunday
1971
Rowing Husband
movieClinic Exclusive
1971
Fawcett
tvUFO
1970
Dr. Segal
movieDoctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
1970
Aliens' Voices
movieDoctor Who and the Silurians
1970
Silurian (voices)
tvThe Main Chance
1969
John Smith
movieThe Last Lonely Man
1969
Patrick Wilson
movieDoctor Who: The Invasion
1968
Packer/Cyberman Voice
movieCalamity the Cow
1967
Sgt. Watkins
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Tony Elliot
tvOut of the Unknown
1965
Patrick Wilson
tvTheatre 625
1964
Sir William Mallet
movieDown to Sussex
1964
Narrator (voice)
tvDoctor Who
1963
Soldier / Pletrac / Packer / Aliens (voice) / Silurians (voice)
tvSergeant Cork
1963
Dr. Cato
tvThe Saint
1962
Vargas
tvThe Andromeda Breakthrough
1962
John Fleming
movieCaptain Clegg
1962
Sailor Jack Pott
movieDilemma
1962
Harry Barnes
tvSir Francis Drake
1961
Theobald Burke
tvA for Andromeda
1961
John Fleming
tvThe Avengers
1961
Perrier
movieTiger Bay
1959
Seaman (uncredited)
movieThe Boy with Two Heads
1958
Mr. Page
movieDunkirk
1958
Battery Major
tvArmchair Theatre
1956
Mike Regan
movieThe Anatomist
1956
Adolphus Raby
