Peter Bull
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| Born |
Peter Cecil Bull 21 March 1912 London, England |
| Died | 20 May 1984 (aged 72) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actor, author |
| Years active | 1936–1984 |
Peter Cecil Bull DSC (21 March 1912 – 20 May 1984) was a British character actor.
He was the fourth and youngest son of William Bull, later Sir William Bull, 1st Baronet, who was Member of Parliament for Hammersmith.
Bull was educated at Winchester College. His first professional stage appearance was in If I Were You at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 1933.
He was a friend of Alec Guinness, whom he first met at HMS Raleigh during training in World War Two, and later HMS King Alfred; he served as an officer in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, later commanding Landing Craft (Flak) 16 in the Mediterranean. During his service, he achieved the rank of Lieutenant-Commander and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Returning to acting after the war, he both narrated and had a small on-screen role in Scrooge (1951), and portrayed the German ship's captain in The African Queen (1951). Bull was also the first actor to portray Pozzo in the English-language version of Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot when it opened on 3 August 1955.
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