Peter Cartwright (actor)

Infobox actor


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name = Peter Cartwright
birthdate = Birth date and age|1935|8|30|df=y
location = Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa
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Peter Cartwright (born August 30, 1935) is an actor who has made hundreds of appearances in television, film and on radio and has worked extensively in the theatre, both in the provinces and London's West End.

Cartwright was born in Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa educated at St. Andrew's College (Grahamstown, South Africa). He went to Britain in 1959 and studied at RADA. He now lives in London.

He is best known in South Africa for a series of television commercials where he was the face of Charles Glass, the legendary founder of South African Breweries and the brewmaster who brewed Castle Lager.

elected TV credits

"Rumpole of the Bailey", "Yes Prime Minister", "Casualty", "Shackleton", "Longitude", "Vicar of Dibley".

He is currently a semi-regular in the British soap Emmerdale playing George Postlethwaite the fictional bishop of Skipdale.

elected film credits

In "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" he played a wizard, Elphias Doge, part of the Order of the Phoenix, escorting Harry to Grimmauld Place.

Other films include "Wimbledon", "Cry Freedom", "Gandhi" and "The Fourth Protocol".

tage credits

Sleuth (Fortune Theatre, West End), Habeas Corpus, Don Carlos (Royal Exchange, Manchester),

External links

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