Peter Penry-Jones

Peter David Penry Jones (20 May 1938 – 11 March 2009) was a Welsh actor, born in Cardiff.^[1]^[2]

Career[]

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 also worked with Laurence Olivier at the National Theatre.^[4]

Personal life[]

The son of the Rev. David Penry Jones, a Presbyterian minister in South Wales, in September 1967 in Westminster Jones married the actress Angela Thorne,^[5] and they had two sons, actors and Rupert. His death was announced on his son Rupert's appearance on Who Do You Think You Are? in August 2010.^[6]

Filmography and television[]

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 Nollis - TV Mini-Series, Episode: Jennie Jerome
1975 - Edward the 7th - 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
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 Fellows 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