Peter Birrel
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Top of the Pops
Self
1964
Series
Doctor Who
Congressman Brook
1963
Series
Doctor Who
Draconian Prince
1963
Series
Playhouse
Dora
1974
Series
The Saint
Toni Amato
1962
Series
Minder
John Scott
1979
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Brother
1965
Series
Crown Court
1972
Series
Bergerac
Rupert Galliers
1981
Series
Z-Cars
1962
Series
No Hiding Place
1959
Series
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
M. Helder
1971
Series
Angels
1975
Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Man
1965
Series
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
George
1969
Series
Lovejoy
Gunter Sperber
1986
Series
The Main Chance
Michael Coburn
1969
Series
The Main Chance
Joe Farrell
1969
Series
Dixon of Dock Green
Mick Bowyer
1955
Series
Budgie
Barry
1971
Series
Man in a Suitcase
1967
Series
Target
Eric Gill
1977
Series
Hammer House of Horror
Markham
1980
Studio 4
Carleton Myatt
1962
Series
New Scotland Yard
Sidney Preece
1972
Series
The Adventurer
L'assistant-réalisateur
1972
Series
The Gentle Touch
1980
Series
Steptoe and Son
Agent
1962
Series
Wilde Alliance
Policeman
1978
Series
Cribb
Gold
1980
Series
C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985
Film
David
Schama
1997
Series
The XYY Man
Groot
1976
Series
Freud
Adler
1984
Film
Sharpe: The Legend
Don Moreno
1997
Series
Holly
Mike Underwood
1972
Series
Don't Drink the Water
Waiter
1974
Film
Sharpe's Company
Don Moreno
1994
Series
Armchair Theatre
Eddie
1956
Studio 4
Carleton Myatt
1962
Series
You Can't Win
Tom Jacobs
1966
Alexander the Greatest
1971
Film
Freelance
Jeff
1970
Film
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
Senior Detective
1980
Film
Arch of Triumph
Wiesenthal
1984
Film
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
Draconian Prince
1973
Film
What a Crazy World
Freddy
1963
Film
I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
1996
Film
Stanley
Louis Behrends
1988
Film
Mary's Wife
Dora
1980