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Peter Copley

Peter Copley

Acting
20 May 1915
07 Oct 2008
Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Biography

Peter Copley (20 May 1915 – 7 October 2008) was an English television, film and stage actor. Copley was born in Bushey, Hertfordshire, son of the printmakers, John Copley and Ethel Gabain. After changing his mind about joining the Royal Navy, he studied at the Old Vic School and started out as a stage actor in 1932. He made his first film appearance in 1934, going on to play a wide variety of characters from the villainous to the meek and mild. In 1946, he appeared on stage in "Cyrano de Berge...

Also Known As

Peter Francis Gabain Copley

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