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.
Acting
- 1986LovejoyGunter Sperber1 ep.
- 1985C.A.T.S. Eyes1 ep.
- 1984FreudAdler1 ep.
- 1981BergeracRupert Galliers1 ep.
- 1980Hammer House of HorrorMarkham1 ep.
- 1980CribbGold1 ep.
- 1980The Gentle Touch1 ep.
- 1978Wilde AlliancePoliceman1 ep.
- 1977TargetEric Gill1 ep.
- 1976The XYY ManGroot2 ep.
- 1975Angels2 ep.
- 1974Don't Drink the WaterWaiter1 ep.
- 1972The AdventurerL'assistant-réalisateur1 ep.
- 1972HollyMike Underwood2 ep.
- 1971The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesM. Helder1 ep.
- 1971Alexander the Greatest13 ep.
- 1971BudgieBarry1 ep.
- 1969The Main ChanceJoe Farrell2 ep.
- 1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreGeorge1 ep.
- 1967Man in a Suitcase1 ep.
- 1967Boy Meets GirlDr La Salle1 ep.
- 1966You Can't WinTom Jacobs7 ep.
- 1964Top of the PopsSelf1 ep.
- 1962Studio 4Carleton Myatt1 ep.
- 1962Studio 4Carleton Myatt1 ep.
- 1962Steptoe and SonAgent1 ep.
- 1955Dixon of Dock GreenMick Bowyer1 ep.
Guest appearances
- 1992LovejoyGunter Sperber1 ep.
- 1987C.A.T.S. Eyes1 ep.
- 1984FreudAdler1 ep.
- 1984MinderJohn Scott1 ep.
- 1984BergeracRupert Galliers1 ep.
- 1982Angels2 ep.
- 1980Hammer House of HorrorMarkham1 ep.
- 1980The Gentle Touch1 ep.
- 1980PlayhouseDora1 ep.
- 1980CribbGold1 ep.
- 1978Wilde AlliancePoliceman1 ep.
- 1977TargetEric Gill1 ep.
- 1976The XYY ManGroot2 ep.
- 1975Don't Drink the WaterWaiter1 ep.
- 1975Crown Court1 ep.
- 1972The Main ChanceJoe Farrell, Michael Coburn2 ep.
- 1974Steptoe and SonAgent1 ep.
- 1973New Scotland YardSidney Preece1 ep.
- 1973Doctor WhoCongressman Brook, Draconian Prince5 ep.
- 1973The AdventurerL'assistant-réalisateur1 ep.
- 1973The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesM. Helder1 ep.
- 1972HollyMike Underwood2 ep.
- 1971BudgieBarry1 ep.
- 1971ITV Saturday Night TheatreGeorge1 ep.
- 1968Boy Meets GirlDr La Salle1 ep.
- 1967Man in a Suitcase1 ep.
- 1967Dixon of Dock GreenMick Bowyer1 ep.
- 1967The SaintToni Amato1 ep.
- 1966Thirty-Minute TheatreThe Man1 ep.
- 1966BBC Play of the MonthBrother1 ep.
- 1965No Hiding Place1 ep.
- 1965Z-Cars1 ep.
- 1964Top of the PopsSelf1 ep.
- 1964Armchair TheatreEddie1 ep.
- 1962Studio 4Carleton Myatt1 ep.
- 1962Studio 4Carleton Myatt1 ep.