Peter Birrel
Known For
Acting
Born
1935-07-19 in West Ham, Essex, England, UK
Died
2004-06-23
Biography
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.
Most Known For
Doctor Who
as Draconian Prince
Doctor Who
as Congressman Brook
Top of the Pops
as Self
The Saint
as Toni Amato
Minder
as John Scott
BBC Play of the Month
as Brother
Bergerac
as Rupert Galliers
Playhouse
as Dora
Crown Court
No Hiding Place
Z-Cars
Lovejoy
as Gunter Sperber
The Main Chance
as Michael Coburn
The Main Chance
as Joe Farrell
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as M. Helder
Angels
Dixon of Dock Green
as Mick Bowyer
The Gentle Touch
Hammer House of Horror
as Markham
The Adventurer
as L'assistant-réalisateur