Peter Bowles

Career timeline

1. 1936 · Born

   Born in London, England, UK

2. 1951 · Screen debut

   Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV)

3. 1961 · Breakthrough

   The Avengers (TV)

4. 1983 · Writing debut

   Storyboard (TV)

5. 2021 · Latest release

   Off the Rails (Movie)

6. 2022 · Died

   March 17, 2022

Career in numbers

4 1950s

19 1960s

20 1970s

10 1980s

1 1990s

7 2000s

5 2010s

1 2020s

• Drama49
• Comedy18
• Crime16
• Mystery8
• Action & Adventure8
• Sci-Fi & Fantasy7

Highest-rated title Agatha Christie's Poirot 1989 8.2 Most popular title Agatha Christie's Poirot 1989 8.2

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Peter Bowles in our catalogue.

Herbert Wise

9 titles together

Peter Hammond

6 titles together

Christopher Morahan

5 titles together

John Gorrie

4 titles together

Robert Asher

3 titles together

Stuart Burge

3 titles together

Simon Gray

3 titles together

Ted Kotcheff

3 titles together

Waris Hussein

3 titles together

1. 2021 Off the Rails as Vicar Movie
2. 2016 Murder: Lost Weekend as Greville Cotterall Movie
3. 2016 Murder as Greville Cotterall TV
4. 2014 Lilting as Alan 7.0 Movie
5. 2012 Citizen Khan as Lord Anstruther 7.0 TV
6. 2011 Love's Kitchen as Max Templeton 5.4 Movie
7. 2008 Ballet Shoes as Sir Donald Houghton 6.3 Movie
8. 2008 The Bank Job as Miles Urquhart 6.9 Movie
9. 2007 The Sarah Jane Adventures as Lionel Carson 7.1 TV
10. 2005 Jericho as Fleming TV
11. 2005 Colour Me Kubrick as Cyril 5.7 Movie
12. 2000 Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) TV
13. 1990 Perfect Scoundrels as Guy Buchanan TV
14. 1989 Screen One as George Grant TV
15. 1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot as Sir Roderick Horsfield 8.2 TV
16. 1988 Comic Relief TV
17. 1986 Executive Stress as Donald Fairchild TV
18. 1985 Lytton's Diary as Neville Lytton TV
19. 1983 Storyboard as Neville Lytton TV
20. 1983 ITV Christmas Comedy TV
21. 1983 The Irish R.M. as Major Sinclair Yeates TV
22. 1982 The Bounder as Howard Booth TV
23. 1981 Vice Versa as Paul Bultitude TV
24. 1979 Only When I Laugh as Archie Glover TV
25. 1979 To the Manor Born as Richard DeVere 7.0 TV
26. 1979 Tales of the Unexpected as Major Haddock 6.8 TV
27. 1978 Pennies from Heaven as Prosecuting Counsel TV
28. 1977 Stigma as Peter 5.6 Movie
29. 1977 The Sunday Drama as Prince Borodski TV
30. 1976 I, Claudius as Caractacus 7.8 TV
31. 1975 Space: 1999 as Balhor 7.1 TV
32. 1974 Churchill's People as Thistlewood TV
33. 1974 Rising Damp as Hilary 7.4 TV
34. 1974 Napoleon and Love as Captain Joachim Murat TV
35. 1973 The Legend of Hell House as Hanley 6.7 Movie
36. 1973 Chéri as Patron TV
37. 1973 The Offence as Detective Inspector Cameron 6.8 Movie
38. 1972 Crown Court TV
39. 1972 The Shadow of the Tower as Bernard de Vignolles TV
40. 1971 A Ghost Story for Christmas as Peter TV
41. 1971 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Inspector Saunders TV
42. 1971 The Persuaders! as Mitchell 7.7 TV
43. 1971 The Ten Commandments as Tommy Radd TV
44. 1969 The Main Chance as Roger Lamb TV
45. 1969 W. Somerset Maugham as Robert Crosbie TV
46. 1969 The Assassination Bureau as Jealous lover at 'La Belle Amie' (uncredited) 6.7 Movie
47. 1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Jack Campbell-Barnes TV
48. 1968 The Charge of the Light Brigade as Paymaster Capt. Duberly 6.2 Movie
49. 1967 The Prisoner as 'A' 7.7 TV
50. 1967 Callan TV
51. 1967 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as Harry Deacon TV
52. 1966 Blow-Up as Ron 7.3 Movie
53. 1966 The Informer as Jack Hart TV
54. 1965 Out of the Unknown as Policeman TV
55. 1965 The Troubleshooters as Abbas Ramzi TV
56. 1965 Public Eye as Croxley TV
57. 1964 The Protectors as Dr Fothergill TV
58. 1963 Crane as Nikkolai Drax TV
59. 1962 The Saint as Serge 7.4 TV
60. 1961 Drama 61-67 as Capt. Buckley TV
61. 1961 The Avengers as Thyssen 7.8 TV
62. 1960 Danger Man as Gamal 7.3 TV
63. 1959 No Hiding Place TV
64. 1959 Edgar Wallace Mysteries as Joe TV
65. 1956 Armchair Theatre as Simpson TV
66. 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame as Melville TV

1. 2000 Gangster No. 1 6.4 Movie

1. 1983 Storyboard TV

1. 1985 Lytton's Diary TV

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