Peter Halliday
Known for Acting · 63 credits
- Born
- 1924-06-02
- Died
- 2012-02-19
- Place of birth
- near Llangollen, Wales, UK
Biography
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).
Known For
TV Shows (29)
The Avengers
1961
as Perrier
Doctor Who
1963
as Soldier / Pletrac / Packer / Aliens (voice) / Silurians (voice)
The Saint
1962
as Vargas
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Tony Elliot
Theatre 625
1964
as Sir William Mallet
The Sweeney
1975
as Chief Insp. Gordon
Lovejoy
1986
as Mr. Reynolds
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
as Mr Edward Soper
UFO
1970
as Dr. Segal
The Main Chance
1969
as John Smith
Out of the Unknown
1965
as Patrick Wilson
Churchill's People
1974
as Sir George Carew
Sergeant Cork
1963
as Dr. Cato
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955
as Sergeant
Sir Francis Drake
1961
as Theobald Burke
How Green Was My Valley
1975
as Jack Richards
Our Friends in the North
1996
as Speaker
Beasts
1976
as Crisp
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Mike Regan
Hearts and Minds
1995
as Shotgun
A for Andromeda
1961
as John Fleming
The Hanged Man
1975
as Jean-Claud de Salle
Looking for Clancy
1975
as Sam Cook
Births, Marriages and Deaths
1999
as Vicar
Tales Out of School
1983
as Headmaster
Thirteen Against Fate
1966
as Gaston
Perfect
2001
as Ted
The Andromeda Breakthrough
1962
as John Fleming
Movies (34)
The Remains of the Day
1993
as Canon Tufnell
Beasts: Buddyboy
1976
as Crisp
Clinic Exclusive
1971
as Fawcett
Lassie
2005
as Vicar
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
as Rowing Husband
Esther
1999
as Karschena
The Black Windmill
1974
as Customs Officer (uncredited)
Virgin Witch
1972
as Club Manager
Dunkirk
1958
as Battery Major
Captain Clegg
1962
as Sailor Jack Pott
Tiger Bay
1959
as Seaman (uncredited)
Madhouse
1974
as Psychiatrist
Hear the Silence
2003
as Sir Kenneth Calman
Keep It Up Downstairs
1976
as P.C. Harbottle / Old Harbottle
The Boy with Two Heads
1958
as Mr. Page
Safety and the Supervisor
1978
Doctor Who and the Silurians
1970
as Silurian (voices)
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
1988
as Vicar
Anybody's Nightmare
2001
as Lord Justice Swinton Thomas
R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only
1983
as Headmaster
The Swordsman
1974
as Rabelais
Calamity the Cow
1967
as Sgt. Watkins
Giro City
1982
as Government Minister
Doctor Who: The Invasion
1968
as Packer/Cyberman Voice
Night Flight
2002
as Jenkins
The Last Lonely Man
1969
as Patrick Wilson
Doctor Who: City of Death
1979
as Soldier
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
1970
as Aliens' Voices
Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
1973
as Pletrac
Dilemma
1962
as Harry Barnes
The Anatomist
1956
as Adolphus Raby
The Fast Kill
1972
Fatal Journey
1954
as Gypsy
Down to Sussex
1964
as Narrator (voice)
About Peter Halliday
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 th… With 63 credits spanning from 1954 to 2005, Peter Halliday has appeared in 34 films and 29 TV shows.
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Most Popular Peter Halliday Movies
- The Remains of the Day (1993) — as Canon Tufnell
- Beasts: Buddyboy (1976) — as Crisp
- Clinic Exclusive (1971) — as Fawcett
- Lassie (2005) — as Vicar
- Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) — as Rowing Husband
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