Peter Halliday

Actor

Born: June 2, 1924
Died: February 19, 2012 (age 87)
From: 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…

Filmography (34)

Lassie (2005)
Vicar
Hear the Silence (2003)
Sir Kenneth Calman
Night Flight
Night Flight (2002)
Jenkins
Anybody's Nightmare (2001)
Lord Justice Swinton Thomas
Esther (1999)
Karschena
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Canon Tufnell
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks (1988)
Vicar
R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only (1983)
Headmaster
Giro City (1982)
Government Minister
Doctor Who: City of Death (1979)
Soldier
Safety and the Supervisor
Safety and the Supervisor (1978)
Beasts: Buddyboy (1976)
Crisp
Keep It Up Downstairs (1976)
P.C. Harbottle / Old Harbottle
The Black Windmill (1974)
Customs Officer (uncredited)
Madhouse (1974)
Psychiatrist
The Swordsman (1974)
Rabelais
Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters (1973)
Pletrac
The Fast Kill (1972)
Virgin Witch (1972)
Club Manager
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
Rowing Husband
Clinic Exclusive (1971)
Fawcett
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death (1970)
Aliens' Voices
Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970)
Silurian (voices)
The Last Lonely Man (1969)
Patrick Wilson
Doctor Who: The Invasion (1968)
Packer/Cyberman Voice
Calamity the Cow (1967)
Sgt. Watkins
Down to Sussex (1964)
Narrator (voice)
Captain Clegg (1962)
Sailor Jack Pott
Dilemma (1962)
Harry Barnes
Tiger Bay (1959)
Seaman (uncredited)