About
One of the UK's most prolific television actors for 50 years, Peter Halliday was the son of an auctioneer and estate agent. He was schooled in Shropshire. Halliday failed his exam as apprentice auctioneer, worked briefly for Rolls-Royce, then served in the British Army during the Second World War, based in Iraq, Palestine and Egypt, until 1947. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1949. He became a member of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, which later became the Royal Shakespeare Company. He achieved his greatest fame in the BBC's science-fiction television drama A for Andromeda (1961). He also gained further cult status for several appearances in Doctor Who (1963), which included providing monster voices for two serials and appearing under heavy makeup to play the alien Pletrac in Robert Holmes' witty parody of television and its viewers, Carnival of Monsters:...
Known for
Doctor WhoSeries • 1963
The AvengersSeries • 1961
The SaintSeries • 1962
BBC Play of the MonthSeries • 1965
Dalziel and PascoeSeries • 1996
Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries • 1965
Theatre 625Series • 1964
The SweeneySeries • 1975
UFOSeries • 1970
LovejoySeries • 1986
Out of the UnknownSeries • 1965
Goodnight SweetheartSeries • 1993
Churchill's PeopleSeries • 1974
Our Friends in the NorthSeries • 1996
Sir Francis DrakeSeries • 1961
The Main ChanceSeries • 1969
Sergeant CorkSeries • 1963
The Adventures of the Scarlet PimpernelSeries • 1955
The Remains of the DayMovie • 1993
LassieMovie • 2005
Sunday Bloody SundayMovie • 1971
The Black WindmillMovie • 1974
DunkirkMovie • 1958
EstherMovie • 1999