Paul Copley
Born in Denby Dale, West Yorkshire, England, UK — Nov 25 1944
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Paul is a long established and much respected British actor and voiceover artist. Born in Denby Dale, West Riding of Yorkshire, on 25th November 1944 he grew up beside a dairy farm. His father, Harold, was involved with local amateur dramatic productions, as were the rest of his family. He went to Penistone Grammar School, then the Northern Counties College of Education in Newcastle upon Tyne, where he received an Associate of the Drama Board (ADB) in Drama. He taught English and Drama in Walthamstow, before he joined the Leeds Playhouse Theatre-in-educ…
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Midsomer Murders
Frank Dewar
Casualty
Frederick Chambers
Minder
Palmer
Silent Witness
Play for Today
Call the Midwife
Tommy Smith
Father Brown
Mr Feste
Heartbeat
Dick Radcliffe
Downton Abbey
Mr. Mason
Peak Practice
Tim Shardlow
BBC Play of the Month
New Tricks
Pat the Rat
The Bill
Vera
Malcolm Kenrich
Waking the Dead
Shameless
Norman Owens
Torchwood
Clement McDonald
Dalziel & Pascoe
Playhouse
Jim
Secret Army
Eric Finch
Inside No. 9
Ernie
Moving On
Ronnie
Churchill's People
Viventius
BBC2 Play of the Week
Finnegan
Kingdom
Vincent Straker
Cracker
Pathologist
The Coroner
John Roxwell
Life on Mars
Reg Cole
Born and Bred
Hubert Gough
Inspector George Gently
Strangers
Des White
The Paradise Club
Mousey Pavitt
The Afternoon Play
Dave
This Life
Jerry Cook
The Street
Hornblower
Matthews
Enola Holmes
Station Master
Messiah
Ian Fleet
Harry
Thomas Thomas
Tenko
POW
DI Ray
Terry Hunter
On the Edge
Ray
Last Tango in Halifax
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Albert Mason
The Worst Witch
Algernon Rowan-Webb
The Lakes
Peter Quinlan
Survivors
Ted
Stay Lucky
Queer as Folk
Roy Maloney
The Remains of the Day
Harry Smith
Roughnecks
Ian
Broken
Joe Kerrigan
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Mason
Days of Hope
Ben Matthews
Johnny and the Bomb
Sgt. Bourke
Young Charlie Chaplin
Chimnery Sweep
A Bridge Too Far
Pvt. Wicks
Code of a Killer
Sidney Jeffreys
Burn It
Terry Grimshaw
Dead Man Weds
Blind Man
The Gathering Seed
Bob Henshaw
Blow Dry
Ken
Jude
Mr. Willis
White Heat
Alan (present day)
The Royal
Nesbitt
Nice Guy Eddie
West End Tales
Herbert
Zulu Dawn
Cpl. Storey
Alfie Darling
Bakey
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
Mathews
Black Jack
Narrator
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant
Mathews
The Shadow in the North
Paton
How Clean Is Your House?
The Key
Rose Ayling-Ellis: Old Hands, New Tricks
Narrator (voice)
Hornblower: The Even Chance
Matthews
Father Dear Father
Dumbo
Reg
Man 2
Hornblower: Duty
Matthews
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
Matthews
Silas Marner
William Dane
A Christmas Carol
Fred (Scrooge's Nephew)
The Sound of Music Live!
Franz
Hornblower: Mutiny
Mathews
Bird Fancier
Roy Pearson
Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus
Local Man
A Pinch of Snuff
Charlie Heppelwhite
Treasure Island
Destiny
Paul McShane
Marian, Again
Phillip Walsh
Hornblower: Retribution
Matthews
Speech Day
Woodwork Master
How's Business
Jack
Happy
Vernon
Hornblower: Loyalty
Matthews
Death of a Princess
Steve Jackson
Pillion
Writing
Written in Blood
Brian Chappel
P.Q. 17
PO Jordan
On a Paving Stone Mounted
Diane
Jim
Doll’s Eye
Social Worker
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
Tom
The Many Lives of Albert Walker
Danny Peck
A Room for the Winter
Robert
Ghost in the Water
Mr. Reed
The Bright Side
Ticker
Howard
Which Side Are You On?
Narrator (voice)
Cries from a Watchtower
Andy
Arnhem: The Story of an Escape
Finnegan
Dangerous Journey
Narrator
Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork
Narrator
Mucking Out
Brian Wilson
Testimony of a Child
Gerry
Big Winners
Arthur Thistle
Some Enchanted Evening
Peter
Ends and Means
When Kim & Aggie Went To Hospital
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Nest Egg
Travellers
Young William/Middle William/Sales Rep
Ropeless
Larry Windsor
The Infectious Imagination of Henry Bramble
Great Uncle Geoffrey
The 12 Days of Christine
Ernie
First Encounter: King Lear
King Lear
The Chester Mystery Plays
The Turkey Who Lives on the Hill
Bill