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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.

Personal life

He married actress Stephanie Cole in 1998. She was widowed by his death from cancer in Bath, aged 68 in 2004.

Filmography

References

1. ^ "Page 1309 | Issue 43568, 5 February 1965 | London Gazette | The Gazette". thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
2. "Charles Sydney Solomon Cohen". geni_family_tree. 1899.
3. ^ "Peter Birrel". BFI. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019.
4. "Frontier in Space ★★★★". Radio Times.
5. ^ "Search Results". www.calmview2.eu.
6. "Peter Birrel". www.aveleyman.com.
7. "A Military Pickle (1979)". BFI. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022.

External links

• Peter Birrel at IMDb

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