Actor
Peter Bowles
Born 1936-10-16Died 2022-03-17aged 85
Peter Bowles (1936–2022) is best known for Lilting, The Bank Job and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Peter John Bowles (16 October 1936 – 17 March 2022) was an English screen and stage actor, best known for playing Richard DeVere in To the Manor Born, as well as Guthrie Featherstone in Rumpole of the Bailey and Archie Glover in Only When I Laugh.
He gained prominence for television dramas such as Callan: A Magnum for Schneider and I, Claudius, before becoming recognised for his roles in sitcoms and television comedy dramas, such as The Bounder, The Irish R.M., Lytton's Diary, Executive Stress and Perfect Scoundrels.