Peter Birrel
Acting
1935-07-19 · West Ham, Essex, England, UK
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
Sharpe: The Legend
1997 · Movie
David
1997 · Movie
I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
1996 · Movie
Sharpe's Company
1994 · Movie
Stanley
1988 · Movie
Lovejoy
1986 · Series
C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985 · Series
Arch of Triumph
1984 · Movie
Freud
1984 · Series
Bergerac
1981 · Series
Hammer House of Horror
1980 · Series
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
1980 · Movie
Mary's Wife
1980 · Movie
Cribb
1980 · Series
The Gentle Touch
1980 · Series
Minder
1979 · Series
Wilde Alliance
1978 · Series
Target
1977 · Series
The XYY Man
1976 · Series
Angels
1975 · Series
Don't Drink the Water
1974 · Series
Playhouse
1974 · Series
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
1973 · Movie
Crown Court
1972 · Series
The Adventurer
1972 · Series
Holly
1972 · Series
New Scotland Yard
1972 · Series
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · Series
Alexander the Greatest
1971 · Series
Budgie
1971 · Series
Freelance
1970 · Movie
The Main Chance
1969 · Series
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Series
Man in a Suitcase
1967 · Series
Boy Meets Girl
1967 · Series
You Can't Win
1966 · Series
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Series
Top of the Pops
1964 · Series
Doctor Who
1963 · Series
What a Crazy World
1963 · Movie
The Saint
1962 · Series
Studio 4
1962 · Series
Studio 4
1962 · Series
Steptoe and Son
1962 · Series
Z-Cars
1962 · Series
No Hiding Place
1959 · Series
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Series
Dixon of Dock Green
1955 · Series