Peter Bowles (born 16 October 1936) is an English actor. Bowles was born in London, England, the son of SarahJane and Herbert Reginald Bowles. He became famous in the late 1970s and 1980s for portraying upper class characters typically caught in hilarious situations. He starred in television comedies including Only When I Laugh, The Irish R.M. , The Bounder, To the Manor Born and Perfect Scoundrels.

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  • Peter Bowles (born 16 October 1936) is an English actor. Bowles was born in London, England, the son of SarahJane and Herbert Reginald Bowles. He became famous in the late 1970s and 1980s for portraying upper class characters typically caught in hilarious situations. He starred in television comedies including Only When I Laugh, The Irish R.M. , The Bounder, To the Manor Born and Perfect Scoundrels. Bowles also appeared as a regular in the first few series of Rumpole of the Bailey as Guthrie Featherstone, QC, MP, Horace Rumpole's social-climbing head of chambers. In later seasons the character became a judge and left Rumpole's chambers, but a disgruntled Rumpole still found himself appearing occasionally before Mr Justice Featherstone, usually once per season. In 1966 he co-starred with Vivian Pickles in the BBC TV film Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World directed by Ken Russell. He later co-starred with Penelope Keith in To the Manor Born and the mid-80's BAFTA-award winning Executive Stress on ITV. Bowles also played the agent known as 'A' in The Prisoner episode "A. B. and C. ", and the alien Balor in the ' episode "End of Eternity". He also appeared as Carolyn Seymour's husband in the first episode of Survivors; and in four episodes of The Avengers. He continues to work regularly in theatre, including London's West End. While appearing at the Chichester Festival Theatre in The Waltz of the Toreadors in June 2007 he forgot his lines, finally walking off stage mumbling "I'm going to put the cat out.". It was announced that he would have a role in Sweeney Todd as a ballad soloist and one of Todd's murder victims. However, when Tim Burton omitted the chorus numbers, his character, as well as the characters of 7 other actors, were dropped from the film. Bowles will be appearing in The Browning Version at the Theatre Royal Bath in June 2009.
  • Peter Bowles, född 16 oktober 1936 i London, är en brittisk skådespelare. Han utbildade sig vid RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art). Gjorde scendebut i London 1956 i Romeo och Julia. Under många år hade han småroller som svartmuskig bov i en rad filmer och TV-serier. Han fick sitt stora genombrott i rollen som uppkomlingen Richard de Vere i TV-serien Ombytta roller och blev därefter en av Englands mest efterfrågade TV-komiker. För svensk publik är han även känd som gnällmånsen i Ett gott skratt (1979-1982). Bland övriga populära TV-serier märks Hennes ohängde bror (1982-1983), Rättvisans irrfärder (1984), Lytton's Diary (1986) och Executive Stress (1987).
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  • Peter Bowles (born 16 October 1936) is an English actor. Bowles was born in London, England, the son of SarahJane and Herbert Reginald Bowles. He became famous in the late 1970s and 1980s for portraying upper class characters typically caught in hilarious situations. He starred in television comedies including Only When I Laugh, The Irish R.M. , The Bounder, To the Manor Born and Perfect Scoundrels.
  • Peter Bowles, född 16 oktober 1936 i London, är en brittisk skådespelare. Han utbildade sig vid RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art). Gjorde scendebut i London 1956 i Romeo och Julia. Under många år hade han småroller som svartmuskig bov i en rad filmer och TV-serier. Han fick sitt stora genombrott i rollen som uppkomlingen Richard de Vere i TV-serien Ombytta roller och blev därefter en av Englands mest efterfrågade TV-komiker.
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