Peter Bowles Biography

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Peter Bowles (born October 16, 1936 in London) is an English actor. He became famous in the late 1970s and 1980s for portraying upper class characters typically caught in hilarious situations. He starred in television comedies including To the Manor Born, The Irish R.M., The Bounder, and Perfect Scoundrels. Bowles also appeared as a regular in the first few series of Rumpole of the Bailey as Guthrie Featherstone, QC, MP, Horace Rumpole's social-climbing head of chambers. In later seasons the character became a judge and left Rumpole's chambers, but a disgusted Rumpole was still forced to appear occasionally before Justice Featherstone, usually once per season. He later co-starred with Penelope Keith in the mid-80's BAFTA-award winning Executive Stress on ITV.

Bowles also played the smarmy Meres in Thames Television series Callan, 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". He also appeared as Carolyn Seymour's husband in the first episode of Survivors; and in four episodes of The Avengers.

He continues to work regularly in theatre, including London's West End.

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