Peter Birrel
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.
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Top of the Pops
1964 · Self
Doctor Who
1963 · Draconian Prince
Minder
1979 · John Scott
The Saint
1962 · Toni Amato
Crown Court
1972
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Brother
Bergerac
1981 · Rupert Galliers
Playhouse
1974 · Dora
Z-Cars
1962
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · The Man
Angels
1975
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · George
No Hiding Place
1959
Lovejoy
1986 · Gunter Sperber
Dixon of Dock Green
1955 · Mick Bowyer
Man in a Suitcase
1967
The Main Chance
1969 · Michael Coburn
New Scotland Yard
1972 · Sidney Preece
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · M. Helder
Target
1977 · Eric Gill
Hammer House of Horror
1980 · Markham
Budgie
1971 · Barry
Steptoe and Son
1962 · Agent
The Gentle Touch
1980
The Adventurer
1972 · L'assistant-réalisateu...
Wilde Alliance
1978 · Policeman
C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985
Cribb
1980 · Gold
The XYY Man
1976 · Groot
David
1997 · Schama
Holly
1972 · Mike Underwood
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Eddie
Don't Drink the Water
1974 · Waiter
Freud
1984 · Adler
Sharpe's Company
1994 · Don Moreno
You Can't Win
1966 · Tom Jacobs
Sharpe: The Legend
1997 · Don Moreno
Freelance
1970 · Jeff
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
1980 · Senior Detective
Arch of Triumph
1984 · Wiesenthal
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
1973 · Draconian Prince
I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
1996
Stanley
1988 · Louis Behrends
What a Crazy World
1963 · Freddy
Mary's Wife
1980 · Dora