Peter Jeffrey
| Peter Jeffrey | |
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Jeffrey in an episode of Adam Adamant Lives!
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| Born |
18 April 1929 Bristol, England, UK |
| Died | 25 December 1999 (aged 70) Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK |
| Cause of death | Prostate cancer |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1944–99 |
| Spouse(s) | Yvonne Bonnamy (1955–?) (divorced) Jill Jowett (1990–1999) (his death) |
| Children | Dinah Jeffrey Barney Jeffrey Victoria Jeffrey Emily Jeffrey Catherine Jeffrey |
Peter Jeffrey (18 April 1929 – 25 December 1999) was an English actor with many roles in television and film.
Jeffrey was born in Bristol, Gloucestershire, the son of Florence Alice (née Weight) and Arthur Winfred Gilbert Jeffrey. He was educated at Harrow School and Pembroke College, Cambridge but had no formal training as an actor.
After many years on stage with the Bristol Old Vic and the Royal Shakespeare Company, he became a very familiar face to British television viewers. From 25 May 1966 he appeared in Tango, a play by Sławomir Mrożek at the Aldwych Theatre alongside Patience Collier, Mike Pratt, Ursula Mohan and Dudley Sutton under director Trevor Nunn.
Numerous television roles include two guest appearances in Doctor Who: as the Colony Pilot in The Macra Terror (1967) and as Count Grendel in The Androids of Tara (1978). It is reputed he had been offered the role of the lead character in the show by Innes Lloyd in 1966, but turned it down; Patrick Troughton was cast instead.
In 1971, he played Inspector Trout in The Abominable Dr. Phibes, a role he would reprise in 1972, in Dr. Phibes Rises Again.
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