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