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Edward Petherbridge

British actor · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Born 1936 · age 90

Edward Petherbridge is an English actor, writer and artist. Among his many roles, he portrayed Lord Peter Wimsey in the 1987 BBC television adaptations of Dorothy L. Sayers' novels, and Guildenstern in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.

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2017How to Talk to Girls at PartiesFilm, PT First2011The BorgiasSeries, Friar Raphael2009Pope JoanFilm, Aesculapius2008Clash of the SantasFilm, Village Elder2001Sword of HonourFilm1999A Christmas CarolFilm, Foster1997Midsomer MurdersSeries, Lord Holm1992MaigretSeries1989The Blasphemers' BanquetFilm1988Noble HouseSeries, Jason PlummJourney's EndFilm, 1988Lt. Osborne1984The BillSeries1983King LearFilm, France1982Lovers of Their TimeFilm, Norman Britt1979Casting the RunesFilm, Henry Harrington1978Europe After the Rain: Dada and SurrealismFilm, Poetry Reciter1977BBC2 Play of the WeekSeries, Walter Huppenkothen1975KnotsFilm, Writer1973Operation Magic CarpetFilm, Philip Daniels1972Crown CourtSeries1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries, Rev. Robert Hanley1967Much Ado About NothingFilm, Conrade1965BBC Play of the MonthSeries, Lorenzo1956Armchair TheatreSeries, Roy1936Born3 August 1936

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Known for

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  • A Christmas Carol 1999
  • Pope Joan 2009
  • Alice Through the Looking Glass 2016
  • An Awfully Big Adventure 1995
  • How to Talk to Girls at Parties 2017

Filmography 25

62 credits on file

Television 24

Media & music

Photos 1

About this person

At the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1980, he was a memorable Newman Noggs in the company's adaptation of Dickens's The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1936 · age 90

In the same film or series as Edward

Jane LapotaireAlso in On Call (1972)Lalla WardAlso in The Ash Tree (1975)Caroline BlakistonAlso in Knots (1975)Nicholas WoodesonAlso in Pope Joan (2009)John ForgehamAlso in Journey's End (1988)Mark EdenAlso in Operation Magic Carpet (1973)