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Peter Halliday is a Actor British born on 2 june 1924

Peter Halliday

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Birth name Peter George Halliday
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 2 june 1924
Death 19 february 2012 (at 87 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Peter Halliday (2 June 1924 – 18 February 2012) was a Welsh actor.

The son of an auctioneer and estate agent, Halliday was brought up in Welshpool in Montgomeryshire, and attended Oswestry School in Shropshire. On leaving school he became an apprentice auctioneer with his father, but he had no desire to make it his career. He worked briefly for Rolls-Royce in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire before being called up by the Army during the Second World War, serving in Iraq, Palestine and Egypt.

While still in the Army he auditioned successfully for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art while on leave. He joined the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company alongside Richard Burton, Michael Redgrave and Ralph Richardson. He played regularly at Theatr Clywd for six years, and spent two years at the National Theatre.

He was Dr. John Fleming in A for Andromeda and its sequel, The Andromeda Breakthrough. He also played various roles in Doctor Who. He also featured in one episode of The Tripods and UFO. In 1956, and at the height of his career, Halliday married Simone Lovell, daughter of the Canadian-born actor Raymond Lovell. The couple went on to have three sons, before divorcing.

He died on 18 February 2012 in London aged 87.

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Filmography of Peter Halliday (13 films)

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Lassie
Lassie (2005)
, 1h39
Directed by Charles Sturridge
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Jonathan Mason, Peter O'Toole, Samantha Morton, John Lynch, Peter Dinklage, Edward Fox
Roles Vicar
Rating66% 3.3453053.3453053.3453053.3453053.345305
Sam Carraclough, a miner who struggles to earn enough money to feed his family, sells the family's collie, Lassie, to the Duke of Rudling, leaving his young son heartbroken over the loss of his canine companion. The film follows Lassie on the collie's 500-mile journey from the Duke of Rudling's estate in the Scottish Highlands to the Carraclough home.
Anybody's Nightmare, 1h37
Directed by Tristram Powell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Patricia Routledge, David Calder, Malcolm Sinclair, Albert Welling, Michael Culver, Peter Halliday
Roles Lord Justice Swinton Thomas
Rating68% 3.4151853.4151853.4151853.4151853.415185
The film depicts Sheila Bowler's wrongful conviction and imprisonment for murdering her elderly aunt, and her son and daughters quest for justice, and her eventual acquittal.
Esther
Esther (1999)
, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Louise Lombard, F. Murray Abraham, Jürgen Prochnow, Thomas Kretschmann, Ornella Muti, John Hollis
Roles Karschena
Rating65% 3.2978453.2978453.2978453.2978453.297845
Hadassah (Louise Lombard), a beautiful Jewish girl, lives with her cousin (and legal guardian) Mordechai (F. Murray Abraham) in Shushan, the capital of Persia. After King Achashverosh (Thomas Kretschmann) deposes Queen Vashti (Ornella Muti) of her throne, because of her refusal to attend a feast in her royal crown , to show her beauty, and for ridiculing him and his officers. He then decrees an order to choose a new queen. Guards then go to the surrounding places of the castle and capture virgins. Mordechai attempts to hide Hadassah but she is captured by the guards. The guards allow her to say farewell to her kinsmen.at the insistence of her cousin Mordechai, Hadassah changes her name to Esther, meaning "hidden", he also tells her to forget her name, but not to forget that she was a Jew. They are taken to the first harem, where they are placed and sorted under the custody of Chagai (Phil Davies), a royal eunuch in charge of the first harem , Esther finds a girl crying and comforts her. Chagai asks which nationality Esther is from ,her answer frustrates him and he sends her to be placed. after a length of time , after a lesson in royal etiquette , while everyone is busy preparing herself for the king, one of the girls tells Esther that when it is their time to go to the king they may ask for anything they want to take with them. Esther asks her new maid-servant, Mimouna (Natasha Williams)about what to expect from the king , and asks how it feels to make love to a man and Mimouna replies that it depends on the man. a few nights later , it is time for Esther to present herself to the king , mordechai gives some money to a eunuch , and we are shown how they prepare the royal bed chamber for the event. that night, at esther's first meeting with the king , achashverosh tests Esther about what she has learnt from the harem and life, then asks her name and unveils her. A rose falls. The king asks her if she picked it for the king and she answers no. The king then tells her she is different from the others and makes love to her. The next day after being brought to the Queens Chambers, in the second harem to be dressed like a queen , Esther is brought to the throne room and ceremonially crowned queen. a few nights later, Mordechai hears a plot that Bigtan and Teresh are planning against the king and reports to Esther. Esther then exposes the plot to the king, and the men are sentenced to death. The next day, Haman (Jürgen Prochnow) presents a gift to the king. Memuchan (Umberto Orsini), a trusted man of the king, tells him that his gifts will get him nowhere. Next day, Memuchan dies and King Achashverosh mourns for three days. Esther requests to be received but the king takes no heed. Haman comes and tells the king to govern but the king takes no heed again. Esther leaves and believes she has lost the king's favor. The king then appoints Haman as lord chamberlain. The next day, Esther calls Chagai to her chambers and asks him what she should do to win back the king's favor. Chagai answers that she must be patient. meanwhile mordechai again refuses to bow to haman, That same night, Haman's wife zeresh , family and servants tell him that Mordechai does not respect him, this angers Haman they suggest he builds a gallows 50 cubits high to hang him on. Haman then goes to the king and tells him a lie about the Jews. The king believes him and gives him his signet ring which gives Haman the right to decree a rule that even the king cannot hold back. Haman sends a decree to all provinces that they should annihilate all Jews within their borders . At hearing this decree, Mordechai dresses himself in sackcloth and ashes and mourns outside the palace gates. Mimouna informs Esther and Esther orders her servant, Hatach (Cristopher Ettridge), to give Mordechai clothes. Mordechai refuses them. Esther orders Hatach to ask Mordechai what afflicts him. Mordechai gives the letter of decree to Esther and tells Esther to go before the king. Esther reads the letter and cries because it is forbidden to go before the king without being called. Mimouna reminds her that if the king hold out his golden scepter her life will be spared. Esther tells Mordechai to gather all the Jews and to fast for three days on her behalf. After three days, she dresses in the royal robes of state, that she was first crowned in, and goes before the king. The king holds out his scepter and asks her her petition and request and promises her that it shall be granted. Esther asks Haman and the king to go to a banquet she has prepared in her quarters. the king grants her request. At the banquet, the king again asks Esther her petition and request. Esther promises the king that she will tell her petition and request if they go to the banquet tomorrow again. The next day achashverosh wakes up after having a nightmare , the royal eunuchs read the chronincal and find mordchai wasn’t rewarded for the incident with bigtan and teresh, just then haman comes to ask permission for the gallows (after he already built it) the king waylays him and asks what to do for a man the king wishes to honor. haman thinks its him , and gives his ideas, he's told to do it for mordechai , he does it then returns to his house in shame his wife says he is done for, then the royal escort comes for him. at the second banquet, the king asks the same question and she asks to spare her life and the lives of her people. The king asks her who would do such a thing. She exploits Haman. The king, enraged, goes to his garden. Haman asks Esther to spare his life. The king comes back and tells his guards to hang Haman and gets his signet ring. The king appoints Mordechai as his lord chamberlain. Mordechai then decrees that allow Jews to defend themselves. Esther asks the king to hold back the rule made by Haman. This is not possible (to revoke a law) in Parsia. He tells her she must find another solution. With the help of Mordechai, she asks the king to create the law that for one day, the Jews can defend themselves against any that are persecuting them. The king grants her request. Much blood is shed. Esther then passes a law that the Jews must celebrate the day that changed their fate. Some of the Jews go back to Jerusalem, led by Ezra (Frank Baker). However, Esther stays with her husband as they are in love.
The Remains of the Day, 2h14
Directed by James Ivory
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox, Christopher Reeve, Hugh Grant, Ben Chaplin
Roles Canon Tufnell
Rating77% 3.8966053.8966053.8966053.8966053.896605
In 1950s post-war Britain, Mr. Stevens, the butler of Darlington Hall, receives a letter from Miss Kenton, a recently divorced former co-worker employed as the housekeeper some twenty years earlier. Lord Darlington has died a broken man, his reputation destroyed after he had been denounced as a Nazi-sympathiser in the Daily Mail, and his stately country manor has been sold to a retired American Congressman, Mr. Lewis. Stevens is granted permission to borrow his Daimler, and he sets off to the West Country to meet Kenton.
Giro City
Giro City (1982)

Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Glenda Jackson, Jon Finch, Kenneth Colley, David Quilter, Bruce Alexander, Peter Halliday
Roles Government Minister
Rating57% 2.868192.868192.868192.868192.86819
A team of reporters come up against censorship when they pursue a story.
The Black Windmill, 1h46
Directed by Don Siegel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Michael Caine, John Vernon, Janet Suzman, Donald Pleasence, Delphine Seyrig, Clive Revill
Roles Customs Officer (uncredited)
Rating62% 3.1485853.1485853.1485853.1485853.148585
Two schoolboys are playing with a model plane on an abandoned military base in the English countryside. They are approached by two RAF personnel who rebuke them for trespassing, and take them to see their commanding officer. It soon becomes apparent that they are not really in the military and the two boys are kidnapped.
The Swordsman
Directed by Lindsay Shonteff
Genres Action
Actors Linda Marlowe, Alan Lake, Noel Johnson, Peter Halliday, David Robb
Roles Rabelais
Rating52% 2.6333452.6333452.6333452.6333452.633345
Harriet Zapper est une femme aux talents de combattante uniques : elle est spécialiste du maniement de l'épée et peut pratiquer le karaté, la boxe et le judo. Et elle porte deux revolvers magnum .357 pour une protection supplémentaire. Lorsqu'une série d'assassinats sanglants a lieu, elle doit retrouver le cerveau derrière ces crimes. Elle se retrouve dans le sud de la France, dans un nid de corruption, de trahison et de meurtre...
Madhouse
Madhouse (1974)
, 1h32
Directed by Jim Clark
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films, Serial killer films
Actors Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Robert Quarry, Adrienne Corri, Natasha Pyne, Linda Hayden
Roles Psychiatrist
Rating61% 3.0992853.0992853.0992853.0992853.099285
Paul Toombes (Vincent Price) is a successful horror actor whose trademark role was Dr. Death, a skull-faced sadist. During a party in Hollywood showing off his fifth Dr. Death film, he announces his engagement to Ellen Mason (Julie Crosthwait), who gives him an engraved watch as an engagement gift; later that evening, however, adult film producer Oliver Quayle (Robert Quarry) reveals Ellen had worked for him previously. Distraught at Toombes' reaction, Ellen returns to her room, where a masked man in dark garb, similar to Dr. Death's attire, approaches her with a knife. An apologetic Toombes comes in shortly after, only for her decapitated head to fall from her shoulders. Though he is acquitted of the crime, Toombes' career is destroyed as he spends several years in a mental hospital, where even he is not sure whether he killed Ellen or not.
Virgin Witch, 1h28
Directed by Ray Austin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films
Actors Ann Michelle, Vicki Michelle MBE, Patricia Haines, Peter Halliday
Roles Club Manager
Rating49% 2.454182.454182.454182.454182.45418
Betty (Vicki Michelle) and her sister Christine (Ann Michelle) are two young models who are lured by a lecherous lesbian to spend a weekend at a country house being photographed by a trendy photographer. In reality, Christine is being set up for a virgin sacrifice and induction into a witch's coven
Sunday Bloody Sunday, 1h50
Directed by John Schlesinger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Murray Head, Glenda Jackson, Nike Arrighi, Peter Finch, Peggy Ashcroft, Tony Britton
Roles Rowing Husband
Rating69% 3.496263.496263.496263.496263.49626
A Jewish doctor, Daniel Hirsh (Peter Finch) and a young woman, Alex Greville (Glenda Jackson) are both involved in a love triangle with contemporary sculptor Bob Elkin (Murray Head). Not only are Hirsh and Greville aware that Elkin is seeing the other but they know one another through common friends. Despite this, they are willing to put up with the situation through fear of losing Elkin, who switches freely between them.
Captain Clegg, 1h21
Directed by Peter Medak, John Peverall, Peter Graham Scott
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Horror, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Peter Cushing, Yvonne Romain, Patrick Allen, Daphne Anderson, Oliver Reed, Michael Ripper
Roles Sailor Jack Pott
Rating65% 3.295833.295833.295833.295833.29583
Captain Collier (Patrick Allen) and his band of sailors show up to an English coastal town to investigate reports of "Marsh Phantoms" who ride by night spreading terror to the town. The Captain suspects that the local parson (Peter Cushing) might be hiding something. Are the phantoms genuine or a cover for illegal smuggling activities?
Tiger Bay
Tiger Bay (1959)
, 1h45
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors John Mills, Horst Buchholz, Hayley Mills, Yvonne Mitchell, Anthony Dawson, Megs Jenkins
Roles Seaman (uncredited)
Rating74% 3.7447953.7447953.7447953.7447953.744795
In Cardiff, a young Polish sailor named Bronislav Korchinsky (Horst Buchholz) returns from his latest voyage to visit his girlfriend Anya (Yvonne Mitchell). After he finds a woman named Christine (Shari) living in her apartment, the landlord tells him that he evicted Anya and gives him her new address, which is also the home of a young girl named Gillie Evans (Hayley Mills), an orphaned tomboy who lives with her Aunt. Gillie's angelic face hides the fact that she is a habitual liar. She dearly wants a cap gun so she can play "Cowboys and Indians" with the boys in her neighbourhood. Korchinsky arrives shortly after she gets into a fight; she begins to like him as she leads him to her apartment building.
Dunkirk
Dunkirk (1958)
, 2h14
Directed by Leslie Norman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Bernard Lee, Robert Urquhart, Meredith Edwards, Bernard Cribbins
Roles Battery Major
Rating70% 3.544653.544653.544653.544653.54465
The film relates the story of Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of surrounded British and French troops from the beaches of Dunkirk. It does so principally from the viewpoints of two people: a newspaper reporter and a soldier.