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Peter Halliday
Actor

Peter Halliday

2 Jun 1924Born
19 Feb 2012Died
87Age at death
64Credits

Biography

One of the UK's most prolific television actors for 50 years, Peter Halliday was the son of an auctioneer and estate agent. He was schooled in Shropshire. Halliday failed his exam as apprentice auctioneer, worked briefly for Rolls-Royce, then served in the British Army during the Second World War, based in Iraq, Palestine and Egypt, until 1947. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1949. He became a member of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, which later became the Royal Shakespeare Company. He achieved his greatest fame in the BBC's science-fiction television drama A for Andromeda (1961).

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He also gained further cult status for several appearances in Doctor Who (1963), which included providing monster voices for two serials and appearing under heavy makeup to play the alien Pletrac in Robert Holmes' witty parody of television and its viewers, Carnival of Monsters: Episode One (1973).

Known for

Filmography

  1. 2005LassieFilm: Vicar
  2. 2003Hear the SilenceFilm: Sir Kenneth Calman
  3. 2002Night FlightFilm: Jenkins
  4. 2001Anybody's NightmareFilm: Lord Justice Swinton Thomas
  5. 2001PerfectSeries: Ted (2 episodes)
  6. 1999EstherFilm: Karschena
  7. 1999Births, Marriages and DeathsSeries: Vicar (3 episodes)
  8. 1996Dalziel and PascoeSeries: Mr Edward Soper (3 episodes)
  9. 1996Our Friends in the NorthSeries: Speaker (1 episode)
  10. 1995Hearts and MindsSeries: Shotgun (4 episodes)
  11. 1993Goodnight SweetheartSeries: Vicar (3 episodes)
  12. 1993The Remains of the DayFilm: Canon Tufnell
  13. 1988Doctor Who: Remembrance of the DaleksFilm: Vicar
  14. 1986LovejoySeries: Mr. Reynolds (1 episode)
  15. 1983R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name OnlyFilm: Headmaster
  16. 1983Tales Out of SchoolSeries: Headmaster (1 episode)
  17. 1982Giro CityFilm: Government Minister
  18. 1979Doctor Who: City of DeathFilm: Soldier
  19. 1978Safety and the SupervisorFilm
  20. 1976Beasts: BuddyboyFilm: Crisp
  21. 1976BeastsSeries: Crisp (1 episode)
  22. 1976Keep It Up DownstairsFilm: P.C. Harbottle / Old Harbottle
  23. 1975How Green Was My ValleySeries: Jack Richards (2 episodes)
  24. 1975Looking for ClancySeries: Sam Cook (1 episode)
  25. 1975The Hanged ManSeries: Jean-Claud de Salle (1 episode)
  26. 1975The SweeneySeries: Chief Insp. Gordon (1 episode)
  27. 1974Churchill's PeopleSeries: Sir George Carew (1 episode)
  28. 1974The Black WindmillFilm: Customs Officer (uncredited)
  29. 1974MadhouseFilm: Psychiatrist
  30. 1974The SwordsmanFilm: Rabelais
  31. 1973Doctor Who: Carnival of MonstersFilm: Pletrac
  32. 1972The Fast KillFilm
  33. 1972Virgin WitchFilm: Club Manager
  34. 1971Sunday Bloody SundayFilm: Rowing Husband
  35. 1971Clinic ExclusiveFilm: Fawcett
  36. 1970UFOSeries: Dr. Segal (1 episode)
  37. 1970Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of DeathFilm: Aliens' Voices
  38. 1970Doctor Who and the SiluriansFilm: Silurian (voices)
  39. 1969The Main ChanceSeries: John Smith (1 episode)
  40. 1969The Last Lonely ManFilm: Patrick Wilson
  41. 1968Doctor Who: The InvasionFilm: Packer/Cyberman Voice
  42. 1967Calamity the CowFilm: Sgt. Watkins
  43. 1966Thirteen Against FateSeries: Gaston (1 episode)
  44. 1965BBC Play of the MonthSeries (1 episode)
  45. 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries: Tony Elliot (1 episode)
  46. 1965Out of the UnknownSeries: Patrick Wilson (1 episode)
  47. 1964Theatre 625Series: Sir William Mallet (2 episodes)
  48. 1964Down to SussexFilm: Narrator (voice)
  49. 1963Doctor WhoSeries: Soldier, Pletrac, Packer, Aliens (voice), Silurians (voice), Vicar (2 episodes)
  50. 1963Sergeant CorkSeries: Dr. Cato (1 episode)
  51. 1962The SaintSeries: Vargas (1 episode)
  52. 1962The Andromeda BreakthroughSeries: John Fleming (6 episodes)
  53. 1962Captain CleggFilm: Sailor Jack Pott
  54. 1962DilemmaFilm: Harry Barnes
  55. 1961Sir Francis DrakeSeries: Theobald Burke (1 episode)
  56. 1961A for AndromedaSeries: John Fleming (7 episodes)
  57. 1961The AvengersSeries: Perrier (1 episode)
  58. 1959Tiger BayFilm: Seaman (uncredited)
  59. 1958The Boy with Two HeadsFilm: Mr. Page
  60. 1958DunkirkFilm: Battery Major
  61. 1956Armchair TheatreSeries: Mike Regan (1 episode)
  62. 1956The AnatomistFilm: Adolphus Raby
  63. 1955The Adventures of the Scarlet PimpernelSeries: Sergeant (1 episode)
  64. 1954Fatal JourneyFilm: Gypsy

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