
Peter Copley (20 May 1915 – 7 October 2008) was an English television, film and stage actor.
Copley was born in Bushey, Hertfordshire, son of the printmakers, John Copley and Ethel Gabain.
After changing his mind about joining the Royal Navy, he studied at the Old Vic School and started out as a stage actor in 1932. He made his first film appearance in 1934, going on to play a wide variety of characters from the villainous to the meek and mild. In 1946, he appeared on stage in "Cyrano de Bergerac" at the New Theatre in London. In 1951 he appeared at the Duchess Theatre in London's West End in the comedy play The Happy Family by Michael Clayton Hutton.
TV credits include: Thorndyke, Danger Man, The Saint, The Avengers, The Forsyte Saga, The Troubleshooters, The Champions, Department S, Doomwatch, Z-Cars, Fall of Eagles, Survivors, Bless Me, Father (episode "A Legend Comes to Stay"), Father Brown (episode "The Curse of the Golden Cross"), Doctor Who (in the serial "Pyramids of Mars"), Sutherland's Law, Tales of the Unexpected, Miss Marple (episode "Nemesis"), Lovejoy, The Bill, Cadfael, The Diamond Brothers: South by South East and One Foot in the Grave.
Copley continued to act well into his nineties. A resident of Bristol, Copley was awarded an Honorary Degree of Master of Arts by the University of the West of England in 2001.

Empire of the Sun
1987 · as British Prisoner

Oliver Twist
2005 · as Dining Hall Master

Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980 · as Reverend Muldaur

Help!
1965 · as Jeweller

Hennessy
1975 · as Home Secretary

Quatermass and the Pit
1967 · as Howell

Golden Salamander
1950 · as Aribi

Jane Eyre
1970 · as John

The Third Secret
1964 · as Dr Leo Whitset

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
1969 · as Principal

Witness for the Prosecution
1982 · as Dr. Harrison

Victim
1961 · as Paul Mandrake

King and Country
1964 · as Colonel

Shout at the Devil
1976 · as Admiral Howe

The Knack... and How to Get It
1965 · as Picture Owner

Time Without Pity
1957 · as Prison Chaplain

Riot at the Rite
2005 · as Patron

The Card
1952 · as P. Shillitoe (uncredited)