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 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 (63 titles)
6.4MovieLassie
Vicar · 2005
9.0MovieHear the Silence
Sir Kenneth Calman · 2003
Night Flight
Jenkins · 2002
5.8MovieAnybody's Nightmare
Lord Justice Swinton Thomas · 2001
7.0ShowPerfect
Ted · 2001
6.8MovieEsther
Karschena · 1999
8.0ShowBirths, Marriages and Deaths
Vicar · 1999
6.4ShowDalziel and Pascoe
Mr Edward Soper · 1996
7.7ShowOur Friends in the North
Speaker · 1996
7.8ShowHearts and Minds
Shotgun · 1995
7.4MovieThe Remains of the Day
Canon Tufnell · 1993
8.9MovieDoctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
Vicar · 1988
7.4ShowLovejoy
Mr. Reynolds · 1986
6.7MovieR.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only
Headmaster · 1983
10.0ShowTales Out of School
Headmaster · 1983
5.6MovieGiro City
Government Minister · 1982
9.0MovieDoctor Who: City of Death
Soldier · 1979
Safety and the Supervisor
1978
3.0MovieBeasts: Buddyboy
Crisp · 1976
7.0ShowBeasts
Crisp · 1976
4.2MovieKeep It Up Downstairs
P.C. Harbottle / Old Harbottle · 1976
6.7ShowHow Green Was My Valley
Jack Richards · 1975
Looking for Clancy
Sam Cook · 1975
The Hanged Man
Jean-Claud de Salle · 1975
8.0ShowThe Sweeney
Chief Insp. Gordon · 1975
5.0ShowChurchill's People
Sir George Carew · 1974
6.3MovieThe Black Windmill
Customs Officer (uncredited) · 1974
6.2MovieMadhouse
Psychiatrist · 1974
8.0MovieThe Swordsman
Rabelais · 1974
7.8MovieDoctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
Pletrac · 1973