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Peter Penry-Jones

Peter David Penry-Jones (20 May 1938 – 11 March 2009) was a Welsh actor. He was born in Cardiff and died in Anglesey.[1][2]

Career

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Jones's television credits include: Colditz, The Professionals, To the Manor Born ("Connections in High Places"), Bergerac, Howards' Way, Kavanagh QC and Midsomer Murders ("The Electric Vendetta").[2][3] He worked with Laurence Olivier at the National Theatre.[4]

Personal life

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The son of the Rev. David Penry-Jones, a Presbyterian minister in South Wales, in September 1967 in Westminster Jones married actress Angela Thorne,[5] and they had two sons, actors Laurence and Rupert.[6][7]

Jones died of bowel cancer in 2009, aged 70, in Anglesey.[8]

Filmography and television

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  • 1969 - Dance of Death - Lieutenant - Film
  • 1972 - Love Story - Martin - TV Series, Episode: Third Party
  • 1972-1973 - Colditz - P.O. Peter Muir - TV Series (10 episodes)
  • 1973 - Hunter's Walk - Doctor - TV Series, Episode: Disturbance
  • 1973 - Nobody is Norman Wisdom - Morse - TV Series
  • 1974 - General Hospital - Tony Wainwright - TV Series
  • 1974 - Happy Ever After - Under Manager - TV Series, Episode: The Hotel
  • 1974 - Father Brown - John Godfrey - TV Series, Episode: The Curse of the Golden Cross
  • 1974 - Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill - Francis Knollys - TV Mini-Series, Episode: Jennie Jerome
  • 1975 - Edward the Seventh - Augustus Paget - TV Mini Series, Episode: Alix
  • 1976 - Victorian Scandals - Lord Hubert de Burgh - TV Series, Episode: Skittles
  • 1977 - The Professionals - Cummings - TV Series, Episode: Private Madness, Public Danger
  • 1979 - Dick Barton: Special Agent - Scientist - TV Series
  • 1981 - To the Manor Born - Gayforth - TV Series, Episodes: Back to the Manor, Connections in High Places
  • 1982 - Solo - Mr. Baines - TV Series
  • 1983 - Live from Pebble Mill - Father - TV Series, Episode: Night Kids
  • 1984 - Bergerac - Doctor - TV Series, Episode: A Cry in the Night
  • 1986 - Screen Two - Anthony Evans - TV Series, Episode: The Silent Twins
  • 1986 - Dramarama - Bray - TV Series,Episode: Just a Game
  • 1987 - Born of Fire - The Manager
  • 1986-1987 - Strike it Rich! - Mark Ashe/Dr. Hewlett - TV Series
  • 1987 - Superman IV: The Quest for Peace - Episode: Tourist at Great Wall of China #2
  • 1985-1987 - Howard's Way - Colin Linsdale - TV Series, 10 episodes
  • 1988 - Double First - Peter - TV Series, 2 episodes
  • 1988-1990 - The Ruth Rendell Mysteries - Solicitor/Mr. Browning - TV Series
  • 1991 - Van der Valk - Markheim - TV Series, Episode: A Sudden Silence
  • 1992 - Agatha Christie's Poirot - Superintendent Carter - TV Series, Episode: The ABC Murders
  • 1992 - The Good Guys - Oliver Thornton - TV Series, Episode: Verschwinden
  • 1993 - Genghis Cohn - Dr. Brauner
  • 1995 - Bliss - Jeffrey Snowden - TV Movie
  • 1996 - The Legacy of Reginald Perrin - Tim Ripley - TV Series
  • 1996 - The Fragile Heart - Surgeon - TV Series, 3 episodes
  • 2000 - Longitude - Surgeon - TV Movie
  • 2001 - Kavanagh QC - Andrew Cardigan QC - TV Series, Episodes: The End of Law
  • 2001 - Midsomer Murders - Peter, Marquis of Ross, TV Series, Episode: The Electric Vendetta
  • 2001 - Swallow - Sir Terence - TV Series
  • 2002 - A Prescription for Murder - Dr. John Rutherford - TV Movie
  • 2004 - The Brief - Patrick Richards QC - TV Series, Episode: The Road to Hell
  • 2004 - Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder - Sir William Gull - TV Series, Episode: The Case of Charles Bravo
  • 2005 - Ian Fleming: Bondmaker - Admiral Godfrey - TV Movie
  • 2006 - Bombshell - General Kilshaw - TV Series

Notes

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  1. ^ Peter Penry-Jones (1938–2009), IMDb. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Peter Penry-Jones". BFI. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Peter Penry-Jones". aveleyman.com.
  4. ^ "Peter Penry Jones". Theatricalia. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Marriages Sep 1967: JONES, PETER D P, THORNE, ANGELA M L, Westminster 5E 2267", freebmd.org.uk, accessed 24 November 2021
  6. ^ "David Penry-Jones Obituary (2009) - London, City of London - the Times". Legacy.com.
  7. ^ Hayward, Anthony (20 June 2023). "Angela Thorne obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  8. ^ https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-manor-born-actress-angela-30108053
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