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Peter Jeffrey Biography (1929-)

Born April 18, 1929, in Bristol, England; son of Arthur Winfred Gilbert and Florence Alice (Weight) Jeffrey; married Yvonne Bonnamy (divorced). Addresses: AGENT--c/o London Magagement, 235-241 Regent Street, London W1A 2JT,England.

Favorite roles: Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor and Macbeth.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Birth Details

April 18, 1929

Bristol, England

Famous Works

• Credits
• STAGE DEBUT--Never Get Out, Chorltoncum-Hardy Repertory Company, Manchester, U.K., 1951.
• LONDON DEBUT--Dardanius and title role, Julius Caesar, Elizabethan Theatre Company, Westminster Theatre, 1953.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Estragon, Waiting for Godot, de Guiche, Cyrano de Bergerac, Billy Rice, The Entertainer, Laertes, Hamlet, and David Bliss, Hay Fever, all Bristol OldVic Theatre, Bristol, U.K., 1957-59.
• Lucentio, The Taming of the Shrew, Agamemnon, Troilus and Cressida, and Paulina's steward, The Winter's Tale, all Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, U.K., 1960.
• Delio, The Duchess of Malfi, RSC, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1960.
• De Cerisay and Laubardemond, The Devils, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre,1961.
• Banquo, Macbeth, and Escalus, Measure for Measure, both RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1962.
• Albany, King Lear, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, then Aldwych Theatre,both 1962.
• Stomil, Tango, Aldwych Theatre, 1966.
• Malvolio, Twelfth Night, Shaw Theatre, London, 1972.
• Percy, Jingo, RSC, Aldwych Theatre, 1975.
• Buckle, Donkeys' Years, Globe Theatre, London, 1976.
• Wilfred Cedar, For Services Rendered, and Henry Ormonroyd, When We Are Married, both Lyttelton Theatre, London, 1979.
• Falstaff, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Ulysses, Troilus and Cressida,both RSC, 1985.
• Also appeared as Exeter, Henry V, Escalus, Romeo and Juliet, Horatio, Hamlet, Carlisle, Richard II, all Elizabethan Theatre Company.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• With the Elizabethan Theatre Company, U.K. cities, 1953.
• title role, Macbeth, Prospect Theatre Company, U.K. cities, 1966.
• FILM DEBUT--Henry II's baron, Becket, Paramount, 1964.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• Fire chief, Early Bird, Rank, 1965.
• troop sergeant, The Fighting Prince of Donegal, Buena Vista, 1966.
• Berezhinsky, The Fixer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968.
• headmaster, If, Paramount, 1968.
• Mauron, That Riviera Touch, Rank/Continental Distributing, 1969.
• Norfolk, Anne of the Thousand Days, Universal, 1969.
• Colin Wilcox and Colin Clifford, Ring of Bright Water, Rank, 1969.
• Detective Inspector Kingsley, Goodbye Gemini, Cinerama, 1970.
• Inspector Trout, The Abominable Doctor Phibes, American International, 1971.
• Hayatal, The Horsemen, Columbia, 1971.
• Captain Balogh, Countess Dracula, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972.
• Inspector Trout, Doctor Phibes Rises Again, American International, 1972.
• Dr. Graham, What Became of Jack and Jill? (also known as Romeo and Juliet, 1971--A Gentle Tale of Sex, Violence, Corruption, and Murder), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972.
• factory chairman and prison governor, O, Lucky Man!, Warner Brothers, 1973.
• David Porath, The Odessa File, Columbia, 1974.
• General Wadafi, Return of the Pink Panther, United Artists, 1975.
• Ahmet, Midnight Express, Columbia, 1978.
• Sir Geoffrey Brocklehurst, Brittania Hospital, EMI/Universal, 1982.
• Also appeared in Deadly Strangers, Rank, 1974; and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.
• PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; MINI-SERIES Mr. Peabody, "The Jewel inthe Crown," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1984.
• Oliver Cromwell, "By the Sword Divided," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1986.
• Also "Elizabeth R," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1972; and "Cakes and Ale,"Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1976.
• Credits; EPISODIC
• Detective Dexter, "Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are," Thriller, ABC,1974.
• Also various roles, The Avengers, ABC.
• Credits; MOVIES
• Nicholas Cliffe, Sr., Lace II, ABC, 1985.
• Credits; PLAYS
• Henry Windscape, Quartermaine's Terms, PBS, 1987.
• Also appeared in The Plane Makers and The Common.