Peter Halliday
Encyclopedia
Peter Halliday is a Welsh
actor
.
He is probably best known for his role as Dr. John Fleming in A for Andromeda
and its sequel,
The Andromeda Breakthrough
. He also played various roles in Doctor Who
and featured in one episode of The Tripods
. During the height of his career, Peter married Simone Lovell, daughter of the Canadian-born actor Raymond Lovell, and had three sons.
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
.
He is probably best known for his role as Dr. John Fleming in A for Andromeda
A for Andromeda
A for Andromeda is a British television science fiction drama serial first made and broadcast by the BBC in seven parts in 1961. Written by the noted cosmologist Fred Hoyle, in conjunction with author and television producer John Elliot, it concerns a group of scientists who detect a radio signal...
and its sequel,
The Andromeda Breakthrough
The Andromeda Breakthrough
The Andromeda Breakthrough was a 1962 sequel to the popular BBC TV science fiction serial A for Andromeda, again written by Fred Hoyle and John Elliot....
. He also played various roles in Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
and featured in one episode of The Tripods
The Tripods
The Tripods is a series of young adult novels written by John Christopher, beginning in 1967. The first two were the basis of a science fiction TV-series, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s....
. During the height of his career, Peter married Simone Lovell, daughter of the Canadian-born actor Raymond Lovell, and had three sons.
Selected filmography
- Sunday Bloody SundaySunday Bloody Sunday (film)Sunday Bloody Sunday is a 1971 British drama film directed by John Schlesinger and starring Murray Head, Glenda Jackson and Peter Finch. It tells the story of a free-spirited young bisexual artist and his simultaneous relationships with a female recruitment consultant and a male Jewish doctor...
(1971) - The SwordsmanThe Swordsman (1974 film)The Swordsman is a 1974 British action film directed by Lindsay Shonteff and starring Linda Marlowe, Alan Lake and Edina Ronay. It was a sequel to the 1973 film Big Zapper and follows the adventures of a female private detective named Harriet Zapper....
(1974) - Giro CityGiro CityGiro City is a 1982 British drama film written and directed by Karl Francis and starring Glenda Jackson, Jon Finch and Kenneth Colley. A team of reporters come up against censorship when they pursue a story...
(1982)