Acting

Peter Halliday

Peter Halliday paling dikenal lewat Doctor Who, The Avengers, The Saint dan UFO. Peter Halliday lahir pada 2 Juni 1924. Peter Halliday meninggal pada 19 Februari 2012 di usia 87 tahun.

Lahir: 2 Juni 1924
Tempat lahir: near Llangollen, Wales, UK
Meninggal: 19 Februari 2012 (87 tahun)

Biografi

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: Episode One (1973).