Peter Halliday
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 2, 1924
- Died
- February 19, 2012
- Birthplace
- near Llangollen, Wales, UK
One of the UK's most prolific television actors for 50 years, Peter Halliday was the son of an auctioneer and estate agent. He was schooled in Shropshire. Halliday failed his exam as apprentice auctioneer, worked briefly for Rolls-Royce, then served in the British Army during the Second World War, based in Iraq, Palestine and Egypt, until 1947. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1949. He became a member of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, which later became the Royal Shakespeare Company. He achieved his greatest fame in the BBC's science-fiction television drama A for Andromeda (1961). He also gained further cult status for several appearances in Doctor Who (1963), which included providing monster voices for two serials and appearing under heavy makeup to play the alien Pletrac in Robert Holmes' witty parody of television and its viewers, Carnival of Monsters: Episode One (1973).
Filmography
Lassie 2005
as Vicar
Hear the Silence 2003
as Sir Kenneth Calman
- Night Flight
Night Flight 2002
as Jenkins
Anybody's Nightmare 2001
as Lord Justice Swinton Thomas
Esther 1999
as Karschena
The Remains of the Day 1993
as Canon Tufnell
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks 1988
as Vicar
R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only 1983
as Headmaster
Giro City 1982
as Government Minister
Doctor Who: City of Death 1979
as Soldier
- Safety and the Supervisor
Safety and the Supervisor 1978
Actor
Beasts: Buddyboy 1976
as Crisp
Keep It Up Downstairs 1976
as P.C. Harbottle / Old Harbottle
The Black Windmill 1974
as Customs Officer (uncredited)
Madhouse 1974
as Psychiatrist
The Swordsman 1974
as Rabelais
Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters 1973
as Pletrac
The Fast Kill 1972
Actor
Virgin Witch 1972
as Club Manager
Sunday Bloody Sunday 1971
as Rowing Husband
Clinic Exclusive 1971
as Fawcett
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death 1970
as Aliens' Voices
Doctor Who and the Silurians 1970
as Silurian (voices)
The Last Lonely Man 1969
as Patrick Wilson
Doctor Who: The Invasion 1968
as Packer/Cyberman Voice
Calamity the Cow 1967
as Sgt. Watkins
Down to Sussex 1964
as Narrator (voice)
Captain Clegg 1962
as Sailor Jack Pott
Dilemma 1962
as Harry Barnes
Tiger Bay 1959
as Seaman (uncredited)
The Boy with Two Heads 1958
as Mr. Page
Dunkirk 1958
as Battery Major
The Anatomist 1956
as Adolphus Raby
Fatal Journey 1954
as Gypsy
Credits from TMDB.