Acting credits
36
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Peter Birrel
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 10Series: 26
TMDB ID: 27656
IMDb ID: nm2032406
Known for: Acting
Born: July 19, 1935
Died: June 23, 2004
Age: 68
Place of birth: West Ham, Essex, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1955 - 1997
Years active: 43
Average TMDB rating: 7.03
Wikidata: Q7172829
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Peter Birrel.
5.0
Sharpe: The Legend
as Don Moreno
1997 Movie
6.5
David
as Schama
1997 Movie
I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
1996 Movie
Stanley
as Louis Behrends
1988 Movie
5.0
Arch of Triumph
as Wiesenthal
1984 Movie
6.0
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
as Senior Detective
1980 Movie
Mary's Wife
as Dora
1980 Movie
7.5
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
as Draconian Prince
1973 Movie
3.2
Freelance
as Jeff
1970 Movie
6.2
What a Crazy World
as Freddy
1963 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Peter Birrel.
7.3
Lovejoy
as Gunter Sperber • 1 eps
1986 Series
5.8
C.A.T.S. Eyes
1 eps
1985 Series
3.0
Freud
as Adler • 1 eps
1984 Series
6.7
Bergerac
as Rupert Galliers • 1 eps
1981 Series
7.1
Hammer House of Horror
as Markham • 1 eps
1980 Series
6.9
The Gentle Touch
1 eps
1980 Series
6.8
Minder
as John Scott • 1 eps
1979 Series
5.5
Wilde Alliance
as Policeman • 1 eps
1978 Series
6.3
Target
as Eric Gill • 1 eps
1977 Series
3.7
Angels
2 eps
1975 Series
5.5
Don't Drink the Water
as Waiter • 1 eps
1974 Series
7.0
Playhouse
as Dora • 1 eps
1974 Series
5.4
Crown Court
1 eps
1972 Series
5.5
The Adventurer
as L'assistant-réalisateur • 1 eps
1972 Series
7.4
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as M. Helder • 1 eps
1971 Series
7.0
Budgie
as Barry • 1 eps
1971 Series
7.7
The Main Chance
as Michael Coburn • 1 eps
1969 Series
7.0
Man in a Suitcase
1 eps
1967 Series
You Can't Win
as Tom Jacobs • 7 eps
1966 Series
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Brother • 1 eps
1965 Series
6.6
Top of the Pops
as Self • 1 eps
1964 Series
7.9
Doctor Who
as Congressman Brook • 1 eps
1963 Series
7.4
The Saint
as Toni Amato • 1 eps
1962 Series
7.0
Z-Cars
1 eps
1962 Series