
Person
Peter Coke
Acting · 1913–2008 · Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK
Biography
Peter John Coke was born in Southsea, Hampshire on 3 April 1913. His father was a commander in the Royal Navy, who took his family to Kenya to run a linen plantation; however, this venture failed and he began to run a coffee plantation. Coke was educated at Stowe School and later lived with his maternal grandmother in Menton, France.
Known for

Thirty-Minute Theatre
Writer

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
Torwald

Theatre Night
Writer

Cheer Boys Cheer
John Ironside

Up the Creek
Cmdr. Price

Make Mine Mink
Writer

Carry On Admiral
Lieutenant Lashwood
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
1939

John and Julie
The Captain

The Broken Horseshoe
Det. Insp. George Bellamy
Filmography
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreWriter
- 1960Make Mine MinkWriter
- 1958Up the CreekCmdr. Price
- 1957Carry On AdmiralLieutenant Lashwood
- 1957Theatre NightWriter
- 1956The Adventures of Sir LancelotTorwald
- 1955John and JulieThe Captain
- 1953The Blakes Slept HereWilliam
- 1953On Closer Inspection
- 1953The Broken HorseshoeDet. Insp. George Bellamy
- 1939Cheer Boys CheerJohn Ironside
- 1939A Gentleman's GentlemanTony
- 1939I Met a MurdererA Horseman
- 1939The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
- 1938The Return of Carol DeaneLord David Brenning
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