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Edward Peel

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Edward Peel
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Edward Peel was born in 1943 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Breakaway (1980), By the Sword Divided (1983) and Shakespeare's Globe: A Midsummer Night's Dream (2014).
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    Known for

    Angela Browne, Glyn Houston, Martin Jarvis, and Hilary Ryan in Breakaway (1980)
    Breakaway
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Sgt. Holiday
    Julian Glover in By the Sword Divided (1983)
    By the Sword Divided
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Walter Jackman
    John Light and Matthew Tennyson in Shakespeare's Globe: A Midsummer Night's Dream (2014)
    Shakespeare's Globe: A Midsummer Night's Dream
    8.4
    • Egeus
    • Snug
    • 2014
    Malcolm Storry in Bread or Blood (1981)
    Bread or Blood
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Benett

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor Adventures (2001)
      Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor Adventures
      7.7
      Podcast Series
      • Kane (voice)
      • 2023–2024
    • EastEnders (1985)
      EastEnders
      4.8
      TV Series
      • Alec
      • 2024
    • Repentance (2023)
      Repentance
      5.1
      • 2023
    • Sanditon (2019)
      Sanditon
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Lord Chancellor Cornforth
      • 2023
    • Carnival Row (2019)
      Carnival Row
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Alasdair Dombey
      • 2023
    • Doctor Who - 24 Carat
      Short
      • 2021
    • Doctors (2000)
      Doctors
      4.6
      TV Series
      • Giles Bell
      • Ray Florin
      • Bill Radnage ...
      • 2003–2020
    • Little Princess (2006)
      Little Princess
      5.5
      TV Series
      • The King
      • The Admiral
      • 2006–2020
    • Wasteland (2018)
      Wasteland
      6.0
      • Groundsman
      • 2018
    • The Runner (2017)
      The Runner
      Short
      • Tony
      • 2017
    • John Light and Matthew Tennyson in Shakespeare's Globe: A Midsummer Night's Dream (2014)
      Shakespeare's Globe: A Midsummer Night's Dream
      8.4
      • Egeus
      • Snug
      • 2014
    • Jerome Flynn and Matthew Macfadyen in Ripper Street (2012)
      Ripper Street
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Norwood
      • 2013
    • Andrew Simpson in The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby (2012)
      The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby
      7.5
      TV Mini Series
      • Dr. Brightside
      • 2012
    • Hollyoaks (1995)
      Hollyoaks
      4.6
      TV Series
      • Angus Harper-McBride
      • 2011
    • Tim Downie, Edward Peel, and Daniel Gosling in Homicide: Division B (2008)
      Homicide: Division B
      8.2
      Short
      • Chief Inspector
      • 2008

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    Homicide: Division B
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    Homicide: Division B

    Personal details

    • Height
      • 6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
    • Born
      • 1943
      • Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
    • Spouse
      • ?? - present (3 children)
    • Children
      • Benjamin Peel
    • Other works
      TV commercial for Direct Line Insurance.

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      In 2009, he revealed that he still received letters from fans of Juliet Bravo (1980), 24 years after it had finished.
    • Quotes
      Doctor Who (1963) chases me all around the world. I was in Sydney performing in "An Inspector Calls" and a little boy came to see me with his mum after the show. I asked him if he'd enjoyed the play, but he just wanted me to sign his videos of Doctor Who (1963).
    • Trademark
      He often plays police officers

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