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'{{update}}{{Infobox actor | name = Peter Bowles | birthname = Peter Bowles | birthdate = {{birth date and age|1936|10|16|df=yes}} | birthplace = [[London]], [[England]] | yearsactive = 1961-present | occupation = [[Actor]] }} '''Peter Bowles''' (born 16 October 1936) is an [[England|English]] [[actor]]. Bowles was born in [[London]], [[England]], the son of SarahJane ([[married and maiden names|née]] Harrison) and Herbert Reginald Bowles.<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/46/Peter-Bowles.html Peter Bowles Biography (1936-)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He became famous in the late 1970s and 1980s for portraying [[upper class]] characters typically caught in hilarious situations. Having appeared in three episodes of ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' in the 1960s, he then starred in television comedies including ''[[Only When I Laugh (TV series)|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, [[Queen's Counsel|QC]], [[Member of Parliament|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 ''[[Space: 1999]]'' episode "[[End of Eternity (Space 1999)|End of Eternity]]". He also appeared as [[Carolyn Seymour]]'s husband in the first episode of ''[[Survivors]]''; and in four episodes of ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]''. He continues to work regularly in theatre, including London's [[West End theatre|West End]]. While appearing at the [[Chichester Festival Theatre]] in ''[[The Waltz of the Toreadors]]''<ref> ''Sunday Telegraph'' 1 July, 2007, No. 2403, Arts section (Seven) p. 42: "Bowles gives what might be the greatest performance of his distinguished career"</ref> in June 2007 he forgot his lines,<ref>''The News'' (Portsmouth), Saturday 30th June, 2007: "Star fluffs his lines and turns his exit into a real show-stopper": Siôn Donovan</ref> 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 (2007 film)|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.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/05/13/dp1301.xml#head7 Queen makes Blair an offer that he can refuse - Telegraph<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Bowles appeared in ''[[The Browning Version (play)|The Browning Version]]'' at the [[Theatre Royal Bath]] in June 2009<ref>[http://www.julianpindar.com/blog/2009/03/julian-in-press-photos-for-the-browning-version-staring-peter-bowles/ Peter Bowles in The Browning Version]</ref>. ==Partial filmography== * ''[[Blowup]]'' (1966) * ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)|The Charge of the Light Brigade]]'' (1968) * ''[[The Assassination Bureau]]'' (1969) * ''[[Laughter in the Dark (film)|Laughter in the Dark]]'' (1969) * ''[[Eyewitness (1970 film)|Eyewitness]]'' (1970) * ''[[The Offence]]'' (1972) * ''[[For the Love of Benji]]'' (1977) * ''[[The Disappearance]]'' (1977) * ''[[Try This One for Size]]'' (1989) * ''[[The Steal (film)|The Steal]]'' (1995) * ''[[Tumbled (film)|Tumbled]]'' (1999) * ''[[Ballet Shoes (film)|Ballet Shoes]]'' (2007) * ''[[Freebird (film)|Freebird]]'' (2008) * ''[[The Bank Job]]'' (2008) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{imdb name|id=0101248|name=Peter Bowles}} *{{Screenonline name|id=551271|name=Peter Bowles biography}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bowles, Peter}} [[Category:English stage actors]] [[Category:English television actors]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:London actors]] [[Category:1936 births]] [[sv:Peter Bowles]]'