Known for Acting
Birthday
July 19, 1935
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.
Minder
Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Top of the Pops
The Saint
BBC Play of the Month
Bergerac
Playhouse
Crown Court
No Hiding Place
C.A.T.S. Eyes
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Z-Cars
The Main Chance
The Main Chance
Lovejoy
Hammer House of Horror
Angels
Man in a Suitcase
The Gentle Touch