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Peter Birrel

1935-07-19 – 2004-06-23 (age 68) West Ham, Essex, England, UK
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Biography

Peter Birrel (nΓ© 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

David
David

1997

as Schama

Sharpe: The Legend
Sharpe: The Legend

1997

as Don Moreno

Arch of Triumph
Arch of Triumph

1984

as Wiesenthal

Sharpe's Company
Sharpe's Company

1994

as Don Moreno

The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery

1980

as Senior Detective

Stanley
Stanley

1988

as Louis Behrends

What a Crazy World
What a Crazy World

1963

as Freddy

Freelance
Freelance

1970

as Jeff

Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space

1973

as Draconian Prince

Mary's Wife
Mary's Wife

1980

as Dora