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.
Filmography
Sharpe: The Legend
1997
as Don Moreno
David
1997
as Schama
I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
1996
Sharpe's Company
1994
as Don Moreno
Stanley
1988
as Louis Behrends
Arch of Triumph
1984
as Wiesenthal
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
1980
as Senior Detective
Mary's Wife
1980
as Dora
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
1973
as Draconian Prince
Freelance
1970
as Jeff
What a Crazy World
1963
as Freddy