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Peter Halliday
Actor
Born June 2, 1924Died February 19, 2012 (87 years)
One of the UK's most prolific television actors for 50 years, Peter Halliday was the son of an auctioneer and estate agent. He was schooled in Shropshire. Halliday failed his exam as apprentice auctioneer, worked briefly for Rolls-Royce, then served in the British Army during the Second World War, based in Iraq, Palestine and Egypt, until 1947. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1949. He became a member of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, which later became the Royal Shakespeare Company. He achieved his greatest fame in the BBC's science-fiction television drama A for Andromeda (1961). He also gained further cult status for several appearances in Doctor Who (1963), which included providing monster voices for two serials and appearing under heavy makeup to play the alien Pletrac in Robert Holmes' witty parody of television and its viewers, Carnival of Monsters: Episode One (1973).
Filmography
| 2007 | A Matter of Time · as Soldier |
| 2006 | Love Off-Air · as Packer |
| 2006 | Flash Frames · as Packer |
| 2006 | Can You Hear the Earth Scream · as Sliurian |
| 2005 | Lassie · as Vicar |
| 2003 | Hear the Silence · as Sir Kenneth Calman |
| 2002 | Night Flight · as Jenkins |
| 2001 | Micawber (TV Series) · as Papa Sturgeon |
| 2001 | Anybody's Nightmare · as Lord Justice Swinton Thomas |
| 2001 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (TV Series) · as Father Hart |
| 2000 | Doctors (TV Series) · as Ken Roberts |
| 1999 | The Bible Collection: Esther · as Karschena |
| 1999 | Births Marriages and Deaths (TV Series) · as Vicar |
| 1997 | Holding On (TV Series) · as Solicitor |
| 1997 | Where the Heart Is (TV Series) · as Charlie Balderstone |
| 1996 | Dalziel and Pascoe (TV Series) · as Mr Edward Soper |
| 1996 | Our Friends in the North (TV Series) · as Speaker |
| 1995 | Hearts and Minds (TV Series) · as Shotgun |
| 1994 | Men of the World (TV Series) · as Mr. Root |
| 1993 | Goodnight Sweetheart (TV Series) · as Vicar |
| 1993 | The Remains of the Day · as Canon Tufnell |
| 1992 | The Big Battalions (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1988 | Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks · as Vicar |
| 1988 | Hannay (TV Series) · as Eric Dearth |
| 1986 | Casualty (TV Series) · as Piet |
| 1986 | Lovejoy (TV Series) · as Mr. Reynolds |
| 1985 | Black Silk (TV Series) · as Mr. Drummond |
| 1984 | The Bill (TV Series) · as Peter Tutton |
| 1984 | The Tripods (TV Series) · as Chief Black Guard |
| 1983 | R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only · as Headmaster |
| 1983 | Tales Out of School (TV Series) · as Headmaster |
| 1982 | Giro City · as Government Minister |
| 1982 | A Kind of Loving (TV Series) · as Hedley Graham |
| 1980 | Juliet Bravo (TV Series) · as Editor |
| 1979 | Doctor Who: City of Death · as Soldier |
| 1978 | |
| 1976 | Beasts (TV Series) · as Crisp |
| 1976 | Keep It Up Downstairs · as P.c. Harbottle / Old Harbottle |
| 1975 | How Green Was My Valley (TV Series) · as Jack Richards |
| 1975 | Angels (TV Series) · as Mr. Pettigrew |
| 1975 | The Hanged Man (TV Series) · as Jean-Claud De Salle |
| 1975 | The Sweeney (TV Series) · as Chief Insp. Gordon |
| 1975 | The Swordsman · as Rabelais |
| 1974 | The Black Windmill · as Customs Officer (uncredited) |
| 1974 | Madhouse · as Psychiatrist |
| 1974 | The Boy with Two Heads (TV Series) · as Mr. Page |
| 1973 | Bowler (TV Series) · as Rupert |
| 1973 | Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters · as Pletrac |
| 1972 | Colditz (TV Series) · as Wing Co. Cannock |
| 1972 | Crown Court (TV Series) · as Clifford Ruskin |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | Whodunnit? (UK) (TV Series) · as Sgt. Roper-Evans |
| 1971 | Virgin Witch · as Club Manager |
| 1971 | Sunday Bloody Sunday · as Rowing Husband |
| 1971 | With These Hands... · as Fawcett |
| 1970 | UFO (TV Series) · as Dr. Segal |
| 1970 | Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death · as Aliens' Voices |
| 1970 | Doctor Who and the Silurians · as Silurian (voices) |
| 1970 | Doomwatch (TV Series) · as Rafael Dominguez |
| 1969 | Paul Temple (TV Series) · as Det. Sgt. Waterhill |
| 1969 | The Flaxton Boys (TV Series) · as George Nichols |
| 1969 | Special Branch (TV Series) · as Edward |
| 1969 | The Main Chance (TV Series) · as John Smith |
| 1969 | The Assassination Bureau · as French Gendarme |
| 1968 | Doctor Who: The Invasion · as Packer/cyberman Voice |
| 1967 | Man in a Suitcase (TV Series) · as James Baldwin |
| 1967 | Calamity the Cow · as Sgt. Watkins |
| 1966 | Softly Softly (TV Series) · as Hobbs |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) · as Tony Elliot |
| 1965 | Out of the Unknown (TV Series) · as Patrick Wilson |
| 1965 | Court Martial (TV Series) · as Pietro |
| 1965 | The Troubleshooters (TV Series) · as Hepburn |
| 1964 | Secret Agent (TV Series) · as James |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 (TV Series) · as Sir William Mallet |
| 1963 | Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Packer |
| 1963 | First Night (TV Series) · as John |
| 1963 | Sergeant Cork (TV Series) · as Dr. Cato |
| 1963 | Love Story (1963) (TV Series) · as Geoff |
| 1963 | Crane (TV Series) · as Eladio |
| 1962 | Zero One (1962) (TV Series) · as An Engineer |
| 1962 | The Saint (TV Series) · as Vargas |
| 1962 | Night Creatures · as Sailor Jack Pott |
| 1962 | The Andromeda Breakthrough (TV Series) · as John Fleming |
| 1962 | Z Cars (TV Series) · as Chief Supt. Galpin |
| 1962 | Dilemma · as Harry Barnes |
| 1961 | Sir Francis Drake (TV Series) · as Theobald Burke |
| 1961 | A for Andromeda (TV Series) · as John Fleming |
| 1961 | Ghost Squad (TV Series) · as Ettore Scaccia |
| 1961 | The Avengers (TV Series) · as Perrier |
| 1960 | The Cheaters (1960-62) (TV Series) · as Brazle |
| 1960 | Es ist soweit (TV Series) · as George Harris |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Edward Parsloe |
| 1959 | Tiger Bay · as Seaman (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Dunkirk · as Battery Major |
| 1958 | Ivanhoe (TV Series) · as Gorman |
| 1957 | Television World Theatre (TV Series) · as First Guard |
| 1956 | Pursuit of the Graf Spee · as Guani's Secretary |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Mike Regan |
| 1956 | The Count of Monte Cristo (TV Series) · as Secretary |
| 1956 | The Anatomist · as Adolphus Raby |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Antonanzas |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV Series) · as Alfred |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Billy Arden |
| 1955 | The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (TV Series) · as Sergeant |
| 1954 | Fatal Journey · as Gypsy |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Paul |