Peter Birrel
Acting
Born: 1935-07-19 in West Ham, Essex, England, UK
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.
Known For
Top of the Pops
Self
Doctor Who
Congressman Brook
Doctor Who
Draconian Prince
Crown Court
Minder
John Scott
BBC Play of the Month
Brother
The Saint
Toni Amato
Bergerac
Rupert Galliers
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
George
Z-Cars
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Man
No Hiding Place
Playhouse
Dora
Angels
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
M. Helder
Dixon of Dock Green
Mick Bowyer
Lovejoy
Gunter Sperber
Hammer House of Horror
Markham
Freud
Adler
New Scotland Yard
Sidney Preece
Man in a Suitcase
Steptoe and Son
Agent
Boy Meets Girl
Dr La Salle
Wilde Alliance
Policeman
The Main Chance
Michael Coburn
The Main Chance
Joe Farrell
The Gentle Touch
Budgie
Barry
The Adventurer
L'assistant-réalisateur
Target
Eric Gill
Cribb
Gold
David
Schama
The XYY Man
Groot
C.A.T.S. Eyes
Holly
Mike Underwood
Alexander the Greatest
Don't Drink the Water
Waiter
You Can't Win
Tom Jacobs