Peter Birrel
Acting • Born 1935-07-19 – 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.
Filmography
43 credits
David
Movie • 1997
Schama
Stanley
Movie • 1988
Louis Behrends
Sharpe: The Legend
Movie • 1997
Don Moreno
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
Movie • 1980
Senior Detective
I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
Movie • 1996
What a Crazy World
Movie • 1963
Freddy
Arch of Triumph
Movie • 1984
Wiesenthal
Freelance
Movie • 1970
Jeff
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
Movie • 1973
Draconian Prince
Mary's Wife
Movie • 1980
Dora
Budgie
TV • 1971
Barry
Bergerac
TV • 1981
Rupert Galliers
Top of the Pops
TV • 1964
Self
The Gentle Touch
TV • 1980
Z-Cars
TV • 1962
Alexander the Greatest
TV • 1971
C.A.T.S. Eyes
TV • 1985
Crown Court
TV • 1972
The Saint
TV • 1962
Toni Amato
Dixon of Dock Green
TV • 1955
Mick Bowyer
Lovejoy
TV • 1986
Gunter Sperber
Angels
TV • 1975
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1971
M. Helder
No Hiding Place
TV • 1959
Studio 4
TV • 1962
Carleton Myatt
Man in a Suitcase
TV • 1967
Hammer House of Horror
TV • 1980
Markham
The Adventurer
TV • 1972
L'assistant-réalisateur
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Congressman Brook
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Draconian Prince
Minder
TV • 1979
John Scott
The Main Chance
TV • 1969
Michael Coburn
The Main Chance
TV • 1969
Joe Farrell
You Can't Win
TV • 1966
Tom Jacobs
Playhouse
TV • 1974
Dora
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Brother
Target
TV • 1977
Eric Gill
Wilde Alliance
TV • 1978
Policeman
Don't Drink the Water
TV • 1974
Waiter
Studio 4
TV • 1962
Carleton Myatt
Freud
TV • 1984
Adler
The XYY Man
TV • 1976
Groot
Holly
TV • 1972
Mike Underwood