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Edward Peel is an English television and stage actor. He was described by ''
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'' in 2010 as a "veteran star of TV dramas" and "a familiar face on television for the past 40 years".


Early life and education

Peel trained as an actor at
Rose Bruford College Rose Bruford College (formerly Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance) is a drama school in the south London suburb of Sidcup. The college has degree programmes in acting, actor musicianship, directing, theatre arts and various discipli ...
.


Career

His television roles include Lennie in ''
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'' episode "Bait" with
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(1978), Pieterzoon in ''
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'' (1980) and Ted Turton in ''
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'' episode "Broken Arrow" (1982). He played police officers in ongoing episodes of both ''
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'' (1983–1985) and '' Cracker'' (1993–1995) and played two different roles in ''
Emmerdale Farm ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, '' ...
'' (
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: 1981-1982,
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: 1997-1998). He played Kane, the main villain in the ''
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'' serial '' Dragonfire'' (1987). He also appeared as different characters in two episodes of '' Heartbeat'', playing the part of a bank manager in the first series and later appearing as Clifford Chappell in episode 17 of series 15 entitled "Get Back". Peel also appeared in two episodes of the original series of '' All Creatures Great and Small'', "Fair Means and Foul" and "Barks and Bites". From 2000 to 2001, Peel appeared regularly in the prime-time
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drama series '' London's Burning'' as John Coleman. In May 2020, he appeared in an episode of the
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soap opera ''
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'' as Eddie Morgan. He has acted in the films ''
O Lucky Man! ''O Lucky Man!'' is a 1973 British comedy-drama fantasy film directed by Lindsay Anderson, and starring Malcolm McDowell as Mick Travis, whom McDowell had first played as a disaffected public schoolboy in his first film performance in Ander ...
'' (1973), ''
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'' (1978), ''
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'' (1982) and '' Lassiter'' (1984). On stage, Peel has performed at
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in ''
A Midsummer Night's Dream ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is a comedy written by William Shakespeare 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict amon ...
'', ''
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'', ''
Troilus and Cressida ''Troilus and Cressida'' ( or ) is a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1602. At Troy during the Trojan War, Troilus and Cressida begin a love affair. Cressida is forced to leave Troy to join her father in the Greek camp. Meanwh ...
'' and ''
The Winter's Tale ''The Winter's Tale'' is a play by William Shakespeare originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Although it was grouped among the comedies, many modern editors have relabelled the play as one of Shakespeare's late romances. Some criti ...
''. Peel also appeared in commercials for the insurance company
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.


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* Living people 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors Alumni of Rose Bruford College English male Shakespearean actors English male stage actors English male television actors Year of birth missing (living people) {{England-actor-stub