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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.
1964
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.
Gender
Male
Birthday
July 19, 1935
Died
June 23, 2004
Birthplace
West Ham, Essex, England, UK
Doctor Who
1963
Doctor Who
1963
Top of the Pops
1964
Minder
1979
The Saint
1962
Bergerac
1981
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Crown Court
1972
Playhouse
1974
Z-Cars
1962
No Hiding Place
1959
Angels
1975
The Main Chance
1969
The Main Chance
1969
Lovejoy
1986
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
Hammer House of Horror
1980
Man in a Suitcase
1967
The Gentle Touch
1980
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
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