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Peter Eyre Biography (1942-)

Born March 11, 1942, in New York, NY; son of Edward Joseph (a banker) and Dorothy Pelline (maiden name, Acton) Eyre. Addresses: Home: 12 South Terrace, London SW7 2TD, England.; Agent: Antony Harwood, Curtis Brown, 162-168 Regent St., London W1R 5TB, England.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, writer

Birth Details

March 11, 1942

New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Art director, Having a Wild Weekend (also known as Catch Us IfYou Can), Warner Bros., 1965
• Cinna, the poet, Julius Caesar, American International Pictures, 1970
• Priest, The Pied Piper (also known as The Pied Piper of Hamelin), Paramount, 1972
• Otto Mahler, Mahler, 1974
• George Tesman, Hedda, Brut Productions, 1975
• Edward, La luna (also known as Luna), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979
• Casiodorus Rex, Dragonslayer, Paramount, 1981
• Walter, Couples and Robbers, 1981
• Reverend Borenius, Maurice, Cinecom, 1987
• Gott, Just Ask for Diamond (also known as Diamond's Edge), Kings Road Entertainment, 1988
• Norton Shaw, Mountains of the Moon, TriStar Pictures, 1990
• Humphreys, Let Him Have It, 1991
• Mr. Pope, Orlando, Sony Pictures Classics, 1992
• Lord Halifax, The Remains of the Day, Columbia Pictures, 1993
• Lord Apthorpe, Princess Caraboo, 1994
• Sabartes, Surviving Picasso, Warner Bros., 1996
• English tango fan, The Tango Lesson (also known as La lecon detango), Sony Pictures Classics, 1997
• The Doge, Dangerous Beauty (also known as A Destiny of Her Own), Warner Bros., 1998
• Jarvis, The Golden Bowl (also known as La coupe d'or),Lions Gate Films, 2000
• Also appeared in The Honest Courtesan.
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Various roles, The Last Machine, BBC, 1995
• Miniseries
• Main, Spyship, BBC, 1983
• Basil Plante, The Two Mrs. Grenvilles, NBC, 1987
• Roberts, Scarlett, CBS, 1994
• Vizir, Joseph (also known as The Bible: Joseph and Joseph in Egypt), TNT, 1995
• Forstater, The Vanishing Man, 1998
• Chief physician, Merlin, NBC, 1998
• Movies
• Will Nugent, Sharpe's Gold, 1995
• Forstater, The Vanishing Man, 1996
• Simeon Landor, Dalziel and Pascoe: An Advancement of Learning (also known as Dalziel and Pascoe), BBC and Arts and Entertainment, 1996
• Frogface footman, Alice in Wonderland, BBC, then ABC, 1999
• The priest, Don Quixote, TNT, 2000
• Specials
• Eric Colston, Memento Mori, BBC, then PBS, 1992
• Episodic
• The registrar, "The One with Ross's Wedding: Parts 1 & 2," Friends, NBC, 1998
• Leonard Pike, "Strangler's Wood," Midsomer Murders, 1999
• Also appeared as Michael Durban, "For Love nor Money," Hetty Wainthropp Investigates.
• Other
• Appeared in A Misfortune; also appeared in The Death of Socrates, The Birds Fall Down, Doran's Box, Platonov, and A Misfortune, all BBC.
• Stage Appearances
• Thane, Macbeth, Old Vic Company, Dublin, Ireland, 1960
• Tom Perry, The Tower, Hampstead Theatre Club, London, 1964
• Alexeyev, Oblomov, Lyric Theatre-Hammersmith, London, 1964, re-titled Son of Oblomov, Comedy Theatre, London, 1964
• Title role, Benito Cereno, Mermaid Theatre, London, 1967
• Prince Arthur, Early Morning, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1968
• Feste, Twelfth Night, Nottingham Playhouse, c. 1968-70
• Banquo, Macbeth, Nottingham Playhouse, c. 1968-70
• Konstantin, The Seagull, Nottingham Playhouse, c. 1968-70
• Dinsdale, The Ruling Class, Nottingham Playhouse, c. 1968-70
• Edgar, King Lear, Nottingham Playhouse, c. 1968-70
• Prince Myshkin, The Idiot, Nottingham Playhouse, c. 1968-70
• Title role, The Silence of St. Just, Gardener Centre, Brighton, England, 1971
• Guildenstern, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Liverpool, England, 1972
• Konstantin, The Seagull, Chichester Festival, 1973
• Major Tarver, Dandy Dick, Chichester Festival, 1973
• Ivan, Notes from the Underground, Open Space Theatre, London, 1973
• Oswald, Ghosts, Greenwich Theatre, London, 1974
• Konstantin, The Seagull, Greenwich Theatre, 1974
• Hamlet, Greenwich Theatre, 1974
• Axel, Comrades, Royal Shakespeare Company at the Place, 1974
• Peters, The Beast, Royal Shakespeare Company at the Place, 1974
• Christian Maske, The Snob, Open Space Theatre, 1974
• George Tesman, Hedda Gabler, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1975
• Toozenbach, Three Sisters, Cambridge Theatre, London, 1976
• The friend, Stevie, Vaudeville Theatre, London, 1977
• Philip, News, Soho Poly, 1977
• Raskolnikov, Crime and Punishment, Haymarket, Leicester, England,1978
• Dolokbov, War and Peace, Haymarket, 1978
• Cain, Abel and Cain, Haymarket, 1978
• Jacques, As You Like It, Bristol Old Vic, 1978
• The cardinal, The Duchess of Malfi, Birmingham Repertory, 1978
• Alceste, The Misanthrope, Birmingham Repertory, 1979
• Ferdinando, Country Life, Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland, 1979, then Lyric Theatre-Hammersmith, 1980
• Polonius, Hamlet, London, then Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1995
• Also appeared as Edgar, King Lear, Old Vic Theatre, London, England; and in The Red Noses and The Desert Air, both Royal Shakespeare Company.
• Major Tours
• Thane, Macbeth, Russian and Polish cities, 1961
• George Tesman, Hedda Gabler, Royal Shakespeare Company, Canadian,American, and Australian cities, 1975
• Stage Director
• Stoop, Soho Poly, 1978
• WRITINGS
• Translator
• (With T. Alexander) Klus Mann, Siblings: The Children's Story,1992
• Other
• Contributed to various periodicals, including Vogue, Harpers, Vanity Fair, and Interview.