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Acting

Peter Copley

Career: Active from 1934 to 2008, with a break from 1935 to 1952, busiest in 1994 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 11
top three billing

Average score: 65/100

Highest rated: Victim
85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 61 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Peter Copley Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.0, average 5.4
Cringe Humor
1.3, average 2.2
Pop Culture
1.3, average 2.2
Coming of Age
2.2, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 3
Melancholy 2
Bleak 2
Historical Drama 2
Herbalist Detective 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

125

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title · average score 70

The Color of Magic 2in1

70

as Greyhald Spold

2000s

4 titles · average score 72

The Colour of Magic

73

TV show · as Greyhald Spold

Oliver Twist

64

as Dining Hall Master

Riot at the Rite

75

as Patron

The Last Detective

78

TV show · as Colonel Colin Ingate

1990s

10 titles · average score 67

Wives and Daughters

77

TV show · as Robinson

Janice Beard 45 WPM

56

as Sean's Father

Jonathan Creek

77

TV show · as Eric

Cadfael

78

TV show · as Abbot Heribert

Monk's Hood

as Abbot Heribert

One Corpse Too Many

as Abbot Heribert

The Sanctuary Sparrow

as Abbot Heribert

The Leper of St. Giles

as Abbot Heribert

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia

63

as Maitland

One Foot in the Grave

52

TV show

1980s

19 titles · average score 68

Agatha Christie's Poirot

84

TV show · as Burgoyne

Empire of the Sun

73

as British Prisoner

Casualty

62

TV show · as Hugh Phipps / Dan Woods

Lovejoy

50

TV show · as Harold Richards

Theatre Night

TV show · as Gribsby

The Bill

77

TV show

Androcles and the Lion

as Caesar

The Prisoner of Zenda

TV show · as Marshal Strakencz

Witness for the Prosecution

64

as Dr. Harrison

The Chinese Detective

TV show

Into the Labyrinth

71

TV show · as Kubla Khan

Little Lord Fauntleroy

75

as Reverend Muldaur

1970s

31 titles · average score 66

Tales of the Unexpected

72

TV show · as Man at Railway Station

The Famous Five

74

TV show · as Mr Finniston

TV show · as Dr. Richard Montagu

The New Avengers

72

TV show · as Prof. Waterlow

Survivors

79

TV show · as Dr. Bronson

Fall of Eagles

75

TV show · as Bethmann-Hollweg

Father Brown

71

TV show · as Reverend John Walters

Crown Court

65

TV show · as His Honour Judge Edmonds / Sir Peter Cutforth

What Became of Jack and Jill?

51

as Dickson

Bless This House

72

TV show · as J. G.

Justice

TV show · as Wigmore

Doomwatch

68

TV show · as Admiral Sir Richard Tranton

1960s

40 titles · average score 70

The Champions

70

TV show · as Antrobus

Callan

76

TV show

Quatermass and the Pit

69

as Howell

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as The Home Inspector

King and Country

82

as Colonel

The Wednesday Play

TV show · as Roger Gibbs / Gen. Friedrich Olbright

Doctor Who

76

TV show · as Dr. Warlock

The Saint

74

TV show · as Don Morland

Z-Cars

72

TV show

Victim

85

as Paul Mandrake

The Avengers

83

TV show · as Sparshott / Henry Barker

Maigret

74

TV show · as Xavier Marton

1950s

18 titles · average score 61

No Hiding Place

TV show

The Man Without a Body

35

as Leslie

Time Without Pity

68

as Prison Chaplain

The Smallest Show on Earth

68

as Actor in The Mystery of Hell Valley (uncredited)

Peril for the Guy

as Mr. Ritter

Foreign Intrigue

57

as Brown

Sherlock Holmes

49

TV show

The Sword and the Rose

52

as Sir Edwin Caskoden

The Clue of the Missing Ape

as His Excellency

The Card

68

as P. Shillitoe (uncredited)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Dr. Harrison

Golden Salamander

63

as Aribi

1930s

2 titles

Farewell Again

as Minor Role

Tell Me If It Hurts

as Waiter