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.

David
1997 · as Schama

Sharpe: The Legend
1997 · as Don Moreno

Sharpe's Company
1994 · as Don Moreno

Arch of Triumph
1984 · as Wiesenthal

Freelance
1970 · as Jeff

The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
1980 · as Senior Detective

What a Crazy World
1963 · as Freddy

Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
1973 · as Draconian Prince

Stanley
1988 · as Louis Behrends

I Was a Doctor Who Monster!
1996

Mary's Wife
1980 · as Dora