Acting · near Llangollen, Wales, UK · Born June 2, 1924
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).
MovieLassie
2005
as Vicar
MovieHear the Silence
2003
as Sir Kenneth Calman
Night Flight
2002
as Jenkins
MovieAnybody's Nightmare
2001
as Lord Justice Swinton Thomas
TVPerfect
2001
as Ted
MovieEsther
1999
as Karschena
TVBirths, Marriages and Deaths
1999
as Vicar
TVDalziel and Pascoe
1996
as Mr Edward Soper
TVOur Friends in the North
1996
as Speaker
TVHearts and Minds
1995
as Shotgun
MovieThe Remains of the Day
1993
as Canon Tufnell
MovieDoctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
1988
as Vicar
TVLovejoy
1986
as Mr. Reynolds
MovieR.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only
1983
as Headmaster
TVTales Out of School
1983
as Headmaster
MovieGiro City
1982
as Government Minister
MovieDoctor Who: City of Death
1979
as Soldier
Safety and the Supervisor
1978
MovieBeasts: Buddyboy
1976
as Crisp
TVBeasts
1976
as Crisp
MovieKeep It Up Downstairs
1976
as P.C. Harbottle / Old Harbottle
TVHow Green Was My Valley
1975
as Jack Richards
Looking for Clancy
1975
as Sam Cook
The Hanged Man
1975
as Jean-Claud de Salle
TVThe Sweeney
1975
as Chief Insp. Gordon
TVChurchill's People
1974
as Sir George Carew
MovieThe Black Windmill
1974
as Customs Officer (uncredited)
MovieMadhouse
1974
as Psychiatrist
MovieThe Swordsman
1974
as Rabelais
MovieDoctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
1973
as Pletrac
MovieThe Fast Kill
1972
MovieVirgin Witch
1972
as Club Manager
MovieSunday Bloody Sunday
1971
as Rowing Husband
MovieClinic Exclusive
1971
as Fawcett
TVUFO
1970
as Dr. Segal
MovieDoctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
1970
as Aliens' Voices
MovieDoctor Who and the Silurians
1970
as Silurian (voices)
TVThe Main Chance
1969
as John Smith
MovieThe Last Lonely Man
1969
as Patrick Wilson
MovieDoctor Who: The Invasion
1968
as Packer/Cyberman Voice
MovieCalamity the Cow
1967
as Sgt. Watkins
TVThirteen Against Fate
1966
as Gaston
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Tony Elliot
TVOut of the Unknown
1965
as Patrick Wilson
TVTheatre 625
1964
as Sir William Mallet
MovieDown to Sussex
1964
as Narrator (voice)
TVDoctor Who
1963
as Soldier
TVSergeant Cork
1963
as Dr. Cato
TVThe Saint
1962
as Vargas
TVThe Andromeda Breakthrough
1962
as John Fleming
MovieCaptain Clegg
1962
as Sailor Jack Pott
MovieDilemma
1962
as Harry Barnes
TVSir Francis Drake
1961
as Theobald Burke
TVA for Andromeda
1961
as John Fleming
TVThe Avengers
1961
as Perrier
MovieTiger Bay
1959
as Seaman (uncredited)
MovieThe Boy with Two Heads
1958
as Mr. Page
MovieDunkirk
1958
as Battery Major
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Mike Regan
MovieThe Anatomist
1956
as Adolphus Raby
TVThe Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955
as Sergeant
MovieFatal Journey
1954
as Gypsy
