Peter William Welch (30 March 1922 – 20 November 1984) was a British actor who appeared in television programmes including ''

Dixon of Dock Green ''Dixon of Dock Green'' was a BBC police procedural television series about daily life at a fictional London police station, with the emphasis on petty crime, successfully controlled through common sense and human understanding. It ran from 19 ...

'', ''

Z-Cars ''Z-Cars'' or ''Z Cars'' (pronounced "zed cars") is a British television police procedural series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, near Liverpool. Produced by the BBC, it debuted ...

'', ''

Spy Trap ''Spy Trap'' was a BBC drama that ran from 1972 to 1975 on BBC1, and set around "The Department", a British counter-espionage organisation. It starred Paul Daneman as Commander Paul Ryan, a naval officer and spy chief, Prentis Hancock as Lieute ...

'', '' Softly, Softly'', ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...

'' and ''

Danger Man ''Danger Man'' (retitled ''Secret Agent'' in the United States for the revived series, and ''Destination Danger'' and ''John Drake'' in other overseas markets) is a British television series that was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again b ...

'' with

Patrick McGoohan Patrick Joseph McGoohan (; March 19, 1928 – January 13, 2009) was an Irish-American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer of film and television. Born in the United States to Irish emigrant parents, he was raised in Ireland and Engla ...

. He spent several years touring in the theatre with a repertory company he founded, and began playing character parts in films from the mid 1950s.

Filmography

* '' Dial 999'' (1955) * '' The Long Arm'' (1956) * ''

Five Clues to Fortune ''Five Clues to Fortune'' is a 1957 British crime film directed by Joe Mendoza and starring David Hemmings, John Rogers and Roberta Paterson. Its plot involves two children who try to prevent an aristocrat's secretary from secretly selling th ...

'' (1957) * ''

The Admirable Crichton ''The Admirable Crichton'' is a comic stage play written in 1902 by J. M. Barrie. Origins Barrie took the title from the sobriquet of a fellow Scot, the polymath James Crichton, a 16th-century genius and athlete. The epigram-loving Ernest is p ...

'' (1957) * '' The Silent Enemy'' (1958) * ''

The House of the Seven Hawks ''The House of the Seven Hawks'' is a 1959 British mystery film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Robert Taylor, Nicole Maurey and Linda Christian. It was the final film by Robert Taylor under his twenty five-year contract with MGM. The f ...

'' (1959) * ''

The Secret Partner ''The Secret Partner'' is a 1961 British thriller film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Stewart Granger, Haya Harareet and Bernard Lee. The screenplay concerns a shipping executive officer who is blackmailed by an evil dentist. Plot J ...

'' (1961) * ''

A Prize of Arms ''A Prize of Arms'' is a 1962 British crime film directed by Cliff Owen and starring Stanley Baker, Helmut Schmid, Patrick Magee and Tom Bell with early appearances by several actors including Fulton Mackay, Michael Ripper, Stephen Lewis, Geof ...

'' (1962) * ''

Calculated Risk Calculated Risk may refer to: * Calculated Risk (blog), a finance and economics blog * ''Calculated Risk'' (film), a 1963 British crime thriller film * ''Calculated Risk'' (novel), a 1960 science fiction novel by Charles Eric Maine * '' A Calcul ...

'' (1963) * ''

The Secret of Blood Island ''The Secret of Blood Island'' is a 1964 British war film directed by Quentin Lawrence and starring Jack Hedley, Barbara Shelley and Patrick Wymark. The film is a prequel to the 1958 film ''The Camp on Blood Island''. Premise British Prisone ...

'' (1964) * ''

Jude the Obscure ''Jude the Obscure'' is a novel by Thomas Hardy, which began as a magazine serial in December 1894 and was first published in book form in 1895 (though the title page says 1896). It is Hardy's last completed novel. The protagonist, Jude Fawley ...

'' (1971) - Policeman

TV

* ''

The Adventures of Robin Hood ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' is a 1938 American Technicolor swashbuckler film from Warner Bros. Pictures. It was produced by Hal B. Wallis and Henry Blanke, directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley, and stars Errol Flynn, Olivia de H ...

'' (1957–58) - Wounded Man/Sheriff's Servant/Ambassador/Lt. Howard (4 episodes) * ''

No Hiding Place ''No Hiding Place'' is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series ''Murder Bag'' (1957–1958) an ...

'' (1959–67) - Joe Denham/McBride/Linker/Wilkie/Benny Gimbal (5 episodes) * ''

'' (1963–68) - Albert Fenwick/Jock/Sgt. Kelly/Harry Comer/Arnold Russell (5 episodes) * ''

Emergency-Ward 10 ''Emergency Ward 10'' is a British medical soap opera series shown on ITV between 1957 and 1967. Like ''The Grove Family'', a series shown by the BBC between 1954 and 1957, ''Emergency Ward 10'' is considered to be one of British television's f ...

'' (1963) - Gunner Clarke (6 episodes) * ''

'' (1972–75) - Det. Supt. Clark (26 episodes) * ''

Emmerdale ''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, '' ...

'' (1977) - Mr. Gunnarson (4 episodes)

References

External links

* 1922 births 1984 deaths English male television actors People from St Pancras, London 20th-century British male actors {{UK-screen-actor-stub