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.
46 acting credits
Acting · 46
Top of the Pops
1964
Doctor Who
1963
The Saint
1962
Crown Court
1972
Minder
1979
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Bergerac
1981
Playhouse
1974
Z-Cars
1962
No Hiding Place
1959
Lovejoy
1986
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
Angels
1975
The Main Chance
1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Man in a Suitcase
1967
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
The Gentle Touch
1980
Hammer House of Horror
1980
The Adventurer
1972
C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985
Budgie
1971
Target
1977
New Scotland Yard
1972
Studio 4
1962
Wilde Alliance
1978
Cribb
1980
David
1997
Armchair Theatre
1956
Freud
1984
The XYY Man
1976
You Can't Win
1966
Sharpe: The Legend
1997
Studio 4
1962
Holly
1972
Don't Drink the Water
1974
Arch of Triumph
1984
Alexander the Greatest
1971
Sharpe's Company
1994
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
1980
What a Crazy World
1963
Stanley
1988
Freelance
1970
I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
1996
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
1973
Mary's Wife
1980