Peter Miles (English actor)

Peter Miles is an English actor. He has played many television roles including several different characters in Z-Cars and Doctor Who. His other television work has included Blake's 7, Survivors, The Sweeney, Dixon of Dock Green, Moonbase 3, Poldark and Bergerac. His film credits include roles in Made (1972), The Whistle Blower (1986) and Little Dorrit (1988).

Peter Miles is also an accomplished jazz and soul singer. He was a childhood friend of the singer Dusty Springfield, and the first recording Springfield ever made was with Miles on guitar.

In the science fiction series Blake's 7 he played the character of Rontane in the episodes "Seek-Locate-Destroy" and "Trial".

In Doctor Who, he appeared in three serials, as Dr. Lawrence in Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970), Professor Whitaker in Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974) and Nyder in Genesis of the Daleks (1975). He played Sheikh Hamad in The Sandbaggers in 1978.

Appeared in the Henry VIII feature film Monarch alongside Doctor Who actors T. P. McKenna and Jean Marsh. The film was written and directed by John Walsh.

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