Peter Birrel

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

Top of the Pops

Self

Doctor Who

Congressman Brook

Doctor Who

Draconian Prince

Minder

John Scott

Crown Court

Z-Cars

The Saint

Toni Amato

No Hiding Place

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1997	David	Schama
1997	Sharpe: The Legend	Don Moreno
1996	I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
1988	Stanley	Louis Behrends
1984	Arch of Triumph	Wiesenthal
1980	The Great Riviera Bank Robbery	Senior Detective
1980	Mary's Wife	Dora
1973	Doctor Who: Frontier in Space	Draconian Prince
1970	Freelance	Jeff
1963	What a Crazy World	Freddy

Year	TV Show	Role
1986	Lovejoy	Gunter Sperber
1985	C.A.T.S. Eyes
1981	Bergerac	Rupert Galliers
1980	The Gentle Touch
1980	Hammer House of Horror
1979	Minder	John Scott
1978	Lillie
1977	Target
1975	Angels
1972	Crown Court
1972	The Adventurer	L'assistant-réalisateur
1971	Budgie	Barry
1971	Alexander the Greatest
1971	The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes	M. Helder
1969	The Main Chance	Michael Coburn
1969	The Main Chance	Joe Farrell
1967	Man in a Suitcase
1966	You Can't Win	Tom Jacobs
1964	Top of the Pops	Self
1963	Doctor Who	Congressman Brook
1963	Doctor Who	Draconian Prince
1962	Z-Cars
1962	The Saint	Toni Amato
1962	Studio 4	Carleton Myatt
1962	Studio Four	Carleton Myatt
1959	No Hiding Place
1955	Dixon of Dock Green	Mick Bowyer