Peter Copley (in bed) with Marnix Van Den Broeke (right) in The Colour of Magic
Peter Copley (1915 - 2008)
Film Deaths[]
- Quatermass and the Pit (1967) [Howell]: Crushed by falling debris.
TV Deaths[]
- Hamlet (1961 TV mini-series) [Ghost]: Poisoned (off-screen) when his brother (Mark Dignam) pours poison in his ear, some time before the story begins; he appears as a ghost to his son (Barry Foster).
- Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars (1975) [Dr. Warlock]: Killed by the robotic "mummies."
- The Colour of Magic (Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic) (2008 TV) [Greyhald Spold]: Suffocated after Tim Curry places a seal on the keyhole of Peter's bedroom, cutting off the air; he dies in his sleep with Death (Marnix Van Den Broeke, voiced by Christopher Lee) by his bedside.
Noteworthy Connections[]
- Son of John Copley (artist) and Ethel Gabain (artist)
- Ex-husband of Pamela Brown
- Ex-husband of Ninka Dolega
- Husband of Margaret Tabor (novelist)
Gallery[]
Peter Copley (right) in Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
Peter Copley (below, with Andrew Keir) in Quatermass and the Pit