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Peter Copley (Peter Francis Gabain Copley) was born on 20 May, 1915 in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK, is an actor. Discover Peter Copley's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 93 years old?

Popular As Peter Francis Gabain Copley
Occupation actor
Age 93 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 20 May, 1915
Birthday 20 May
Birthplace Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Date of death 7 October, 2008
Died Place Bristol, England, UK
Nationality United Kingdom

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Who Is Peter Copley's Wife?

His wife is Margaret Tabor (1965 - 7 October 2008) ( his death), Ninka Dolega (18 April 1953 - ?) ( divorced), Pamela Brown (December 1941 - 1959) ( divorced)

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Wife Margaret Tabor (1965 - 7 October 2008) ( his death), Ninka Dolega (18 April 1953 - ?) ( divorced), Pamela Brown (December 1941 - 1959) ( divorced)
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Peter Copley Net Worth

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1915

Peter Copley (20 May 1915 - 7 October 2008) was a British television, film and stage actor. Copley was born in Bushey, Hertfordshire, son of the master printers, John Copley and Ethel Gabain. He studied acting at the Old Vic school under Harcourt Williams and Murray Macdonald.

1932

He made his stage debut as the jailer in the Old Vic production of The Winter's Tale in 1932, and his West End debut three years later.

1940

His wartime naval service (1940-41) was sandwiched between a wide range of theatrical work, including a tour of south America with Edward Stirling (1936), a season at the Gate, Dublin (1939), wartime touring and a spell as director of the Worthing rep (1945).

Peter had been a Communist party member in the 1940s and early 50s, and while he renounced the Soviet model, he remained a committed socialist.

1945

From 1945 to 1950, he was at the center of Olivier's Old Vic Company at the New Theatre, St Martin's Lane. He would talk about performing in Hamburg immediately after the war - seeing SS men sitting, broken, on the pavement, and finding a copy of Mein Kampf alongside the Bible in a dressing room.

Review after review singled Peter out - as a great swordsman in Cyrano de Bergerac (1945) opposite Ralph Richardson, or as the comic Ananias in the Old Vic's The Alchemist (1947), years later at the Duke of York Theatre in Tom Stoppard's Artist Descending a Staircase (1980), or for his Teiresias in Katie Mitchell's Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Phoenician Women (1995).

1963

He trained as a lawyer and was called to the Middle Temple bar in 1963, though he never practiced. He was actively involved in the actors' union Equity and, until recently, was a venerable part of the campaign to reopen the Bristol Old Vic.

1964

Copley's TV credits included Thorndyke (1964), A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1992), The Saint (1962), The Avengers (1961) and The New Avengers (1976), The Forsyte Saga (1967), Mogul (1965) (originally, The Troubleshooters), The Champions (1968), Department S (1969), Doomwatch (1970), Z Cars (1962), Fall of Eagles (1974), Survivors (1975), Father Brown (1974), Doctor Who (1963), Sutherland's Law (1973), Tales of the Unexpected (1979), Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987), Lovejoy (1986), The Bill (1984), Mystery!: Cadfael (1994), and One Foot in the Grave (1990). Margaret Tabor was Peter's third wife, and they had a remarkable partnership.

1965

He was in many movies, including a role as the Jeweller alongside The Beatles in Help! (1965), and worked with some of the great directors.

1967

He appeared on television hundreds of times, in everything from The Forsyte Saga (1967) to The Avengers (1961), The Bill (1984), and One Foot in the Grave (1990).

1980

Between 1980 and 1995, he appeared in 25 theater productions including a heartbreaking John of Gaunt in Richard II (1985) and the ghost and player king in Hamlet (1991).

1981

They had moved to Bristol in 1981.

1987

This, from a man who had worked with Steven Spielberg on Empire of the Sun (1987) and appeared in epoch-defining films such as Basil Dearden's Victim (1961). It was this openness that made Peter a special actor. He was delicate, subtle and always stimulated. Not necessarily powerful or bombastic, he knew how to listen and to react, holding the audience - in any medium - by drawing them in rather than hitting them hard. He was never tedious about acting. Highly intelligent, well read and knowledgeable, he believed that his craft came first from instinct and observation, and that intellect could get in the way.

1997

He loved working at the RSC, in productions including The Cherry Orchard (1997) and Henry IV part II (2000).

2005

In 2005, he was in Roman Polanski's Oliver Twist (2005) and returned from Poland (where it was shot) with stories of how the director coaxed and bullied the child performers. He was impressed, a little shocked, but was, at 90, thrilled that, watching the children and director work, he still felt he was learning about acting.

2008

His last appearance was as Greyhald Spold in Terry Pratchett's The Color of Magic (2008) in 2008.