Peter Halliday
Acting
1924-06-02 · near Llangollen, Wales, UK
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).
movieLassie
as Vicar · 2005 · 6.4
movieHear the Silence
as Sir Kenneth Calman · 2003 · 9.0
movieNight Flight
as Jenkins · 2002 · 6.0
movieAnybody's Nightmare
as Lord Justice Swinton Thomas · 2001 · 5.8
tvPerfect
as Ted · 2001 · 7.0
movieEsther
as Karschena · 1999 · 6.8
tvBirths, Marriages and Deaths
as Vicar · 1999 · 8.0
tvDalziel and Pascoe
as Mr Edward Soper · 1996 · 6.4
tvOur Friends in the North
as Speaker · 1996 · 7.6
tvHearts and Minds
as Shotgun · 1995 · 7.8
movieThe Remains of the Day
as Canon Tufnell · 1993 · 7.4
movieDoctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
as Vicar · 1988 · 9.3
tvLovejoy
as Mr. Reynolds · 1986 · 7.4
movieR.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only
as Headmaster · 1983 · 6.7
tvTales Out of School
as Headmaster · 1983 · 10.0
movieGiro City
as Government Minister · 1982 · 5.6
movieDoctor Who: City of Death
as Soldier · 1979 · 9.0
movieSafety and the Supervisor
as · 1978 · 0.0
movieBeasts: Buddyboy
as Crisp · 1976 · 2.0
tvBeasts
as Crisp · 1976 · 7.0
movieKeep It Up Downstairs
as P.C. Harbottle / Old Harbottle · 1976 · 4.2
tvHow Green Was My Valley
as Jack Richards · 1975 · 6.7
tvLooking for Clancy
as Sam Cook · 1975 · 0.0
tvThe Hanged Man
as Jean-Claud de Salle · 1975 · 7.0