Peter Halliday
Acting
Born June 2, 1924 · 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 Andr…
Known For · 40 titles
Doctor Who
The Avengers
BBC Play of the Month
Theatre 625
The Saint
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Sweeney
Dalziel and Pascoe
Lovejoy
Churchill's People
UFO
Goodnight Sweetheart
The Main Chance
Out of the Unknown
Sergeant Cork
Sir Francis Drake
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
The Remains of the Day
Our Friends in the North
Beasts
Beasts: Buddyboy
The Hanged Man
Clinic Exclusive
Armchair Theatre
Hearts and Minds
Lassie
How Green Was My Valley
Tales Out of School
A for Andromeda
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Looking for Clancy
Thirteen Against Fate
Dunkirk
Virgin Witch
Esther
The Andromeda Breakthrough
Births, Marriages and Deaths
Captain Clegg
Madhouse
The Black Windmill