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Peter Birrel

Peter Birrel

Known For Acting
Birthday Jul 19, 1935
Died Jun 23, 2004 (68)
Birthplace West Ham, Essex, England, UK
Popularity 0.2 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025
Entry Date Apr 25, 2024
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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 t ... he 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

Filmography

Sharpe: The Legend

Sharpe: The Legend

1997

as Don Moreno

David

David

1997

as Schama

Stanley

Stanley

1988

as Louis Behrends

Arch of Triumph

Arch of Triumph

1985

as Wiesenthal

The Great Riviera Bank Robbery

The Great Riviera Bank Robbery

1980

as Senior Detective

Freelance

Freelance

1970

as Jeff

What a Crazy World

What a Crazy World

1963

as Freddy

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

You Can't Win

as Tom Jacobs

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Jul 07, 1966

Doctor Who

as Draconian Prince

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Nov 23, 1963

Budgie

as Barry

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 09, 1971

Bergerac

as Rupert Galliers

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 18, 1981

The Saint

as Toni Amato

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1962

Dixon of Dock Green

as Mick Bowyer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 09, 1955

Lovejoy

as Gunter Sperber

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 10, 1986

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as M. Helder

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1971

Studio 4

as Carleton Myatt

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 22, 1962

Studio Four

as Carleton Myatt

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 22, 1962

The Adventurer

as L'assistant-réalisateur

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1972

Doctor Who

as Congressman Brook

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 23, 1963

Minder

as John Scott

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 29, 1979

The Main Chance

as Michael Coburn

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 18, 1969

The Main Chance

as Joe Farrell

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 18, 1969

Alexander the Greatest

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Jul 15, 1971

Angels

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 01, 1975

Top of the Pops

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1964

The Gentle Touch

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 11, 1980

Z-Cars

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 02, 1962

C.A.T.S. Eyes

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 12, 1985

Crown Court

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 11, 1972

Lillie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1978

No Hiding Place

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1959

Target

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 1977

Man in a Suitcase

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1967

Hammer House of Horror

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1980

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