Name
Peter Birrel
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1935-07-19
Deathday
2004-06-23 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
West Ham, Essex, England, UK
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.
Known For
5.2
A 1985 British made-for-television film based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque, which ...
6.038
A group of fervent right wing French nationalists plan to finance a government coup and sm...
- 1997 David as Schama
- 1988 Stanley as Louis Behrends
- 1997 Sharpe: The Legend as Don Moreno
- 1980 The Great Riviera Bank Robbery as Senior Detective
- 1996 I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
- 1963 What a Crazy World as Freddy
- 1984 Arch of Triumph as Wiesenthal
- 1970 Freelance as Jeff
- 1973 Doctor Who: Frontier in Space as Draconian Prince
- 1980 Mary's Wife as Dora
- 1994 Sharpe's Company as Don Moreno
- 1971 Budgie ( 1 episode ) as Barry
- 1981 Bergerac ( 1 episode ) as Rupert Galliers
- 1964 Top of the Pops ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1980 The Gentle Touch ( 1 episode )
- 1962 Z-Cars ( 1 episode )
- 1971 Alexander the Greatest ( 13 episodes )
- 1985 C.A.T.S. Eyes ( 1 episode )
- 1972 Crown Court ( 1 episode )
- 1962 The Saint ( 1 episode ) as Toni Amato
- 1955 Dixon of Dock Green ( 1 episode ) as Mick Bowyer
- 1986 Lovejoy ( 1 episode ) as Gunter Sperber
- 1975 Angels ( 2 episodes )
- 1971 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes ( 1 episode ) as M. Helder
- 1959 No Hiding Place ( 1 episode )
- 1962 Studio 4 ( 1 episode ) as Carleton Myatt
- 1967 Man in a Suitcase ( 1 episode )
- 1980 Hammer House of Horror ( 1 episode ) as Markham
- 1972 The Adventurer ( 1 episode ) as L'assistant-réalisateur
- 1963 Doctor Who ( 1 episode ) as Congressman Brook
- 1963 Doctor Who ( 4 episodes ) as Draconian Prince
- 1979 Minder ( 1 episode ) as John Scott
- 1969 The Main Chance ( 1 episode ) as Michael Coburn
- 1969 The Main Chance ( 1 episode ) as Joe Farrell
- 1966 You Can't Win ( 7 episodes ) as Tom Jacobs
- 1974 Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Dora
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Brother
- 1977 Target ( 1 episode ) as Eric Gill
- 1978 Wilde Alliance ( 1 episode ) as Policeman
- 1974 Don't Drink the Water ( 1 episode ) as Waiter
- 1962 Studio 4 ( 1 episode ) as Carleton Myatt
- 1984 Freud ( 1 episode ) as Adler
- 1976 The XYY Man ( 2 episodes ) as Groot
- 1972 Holly ( 2 episodes ) as Mike Underwood
- 1980 Cribb ( 1 episode ) as Gold
- 1956 Armchair Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Eddie
- 1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre ( 1 episode ) as George
- 1972 New Scotland Yard ( 1 episode ) as Sidney Preece
- 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre ( 1 episode ) as The Man
- 1962 Steptoe and Son ( 1 episode ) as Agent
