Peter Birrel

Acting

  • Born
  • July 19, 1935
  • Died
  • June 23, 2004
  • Place of birth
  • West Ham, Essex, England, UK

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.

As actor 51

Top of the Pops poster
Top of the Pops
1964
Doctor Who poster
Doctor Who
1963
Crown Court poster
Crown Court
1972
The Saint poster
The Saint
1962
Z-Cars poster
Z-Cars
1962
Minder poster
Minder
1979
BBC Play of the Month poster
BBC Play of the Month
1965
No Hiding Place poster
No Hiding Place
1959
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Bergerac poster
Bergerac
1981
ITV Saturday Night Theatre poster
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Playhouse poster
Playhouse
1974
Angels poster
Angels
1975
Dixon of Dock Green poster
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
Lovejoy poster
Lovejoy
1986
New Scotland Yard poster
New Scotland Yard
1972
Steptoe and Son poster
Steptoe and Son
1962
The Gentle Touch poster
The Gentle Touch
1980
The Main Chance poster
The Main Chance
1969
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes poster
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
Man in a Suitcase poster
Man in a Suitcase
1967
Hammer House of Horror poster
Hammer House of Horror
1980
Budgie poster
Budgie
1971
The Adventurer poster
The Adventurer
1972
George and Mildred poster
George and Mildred
1976
Target poster
Target
1977
C.A.T.S. Eyes poster
C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985
Boy Meets Girl poster
Boy Meets Girl
1967
Studio 4
1962
Cribb poster
Cribb
1980
The XYY Man poster
The XYY Man
1976
Trapped
1967
Armchair Theatre poster
Armchair Theatre
1956
Wilde Alliance poster
Wilde Alliance
1978
Freud poster
Freud
1984
You Can't Win poster
You Can't Win
1966
Don't Drink the Water poster
Don't Drink the Water
1974
David poster
David
1997
Studio 4
1962
Holly poster
Holly
1972
Alexander the Greatest
1971
Sharpe: The Legend poster
Sharpe: The Legend
1997
Arch of Triumph poster
Arch of Triumph
1984
Sharpe's Company poster
Sharpe's Company
1994
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery poster
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
1980
Freelance poster
Freelance
1970
What a Crazy World poster
What a Crazy World
1963
I Was a Doctor Who Monster! poster
I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
1996
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space poster
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
1973
Stanley poster
Stanley
1988
Mary's Wife poster
Mary's Wife
1980