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Peter Bowles

Actor

Born - 16 October 1936, Kensington, London, England
Died - 17 March 2022

Tall, dark-haired, often moustachioed, slightly wolfish English actor in upper-crust roles, notably on TV opposite Penelope Keith in To the Manor Born. He made his film debut at 20 in The Extra Day (1956) and, following extensive West End theatre experience, appeared in further films, largely in supporting roles: Wings of Death (1961), Live Now - Pay Later (1962), The Informers (1963), Three Hats for Lisa (1964), Dead Man's Chest (1965), Blow-Up (1966), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968), The Assassination Bureau (1968), Laughter in the Dark (1969), Eyewitness/Sudden Terror (1970), A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972), The Legend of Hell House (1973), For the Love of Benji (1977), Try This One for Size (1989), Passport to Murder (1993), The Steal (1995), One of the Hollywood Ten (2000), Color Me Kubrick (2005), The Bank Job (2008), Love's Kitchen (2011), Peterman (2014), Meet Pursuit Delange: The Movie (2015), We Are Tourists (2017), Together (2018), Off the Rails (2021), his last, and more. Survived by his wife of more than 60 years, former actress Susan Bennett, he died from cancer.