Peter Cartwright (actor)

Peter Cartwright
Peter Cartwright
Born	30 August 1935; Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa
Died	18 November 2013 (aged 78); London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1969–2013
Spouse	Peggy Naugton (2013-2013; his death)

Peter Cartwright (30 August 1935 – 18 November 2013)

South African born British

actor who made hundreds of appearances in television, film and on radio and worked extensively in the theatre, both in the provinces and London's West End.

Cartwright was born in

RADA

.

He was best known in South Africa for a series of television commercials in which he was the face of Charles Glass, the legendary founder of South African Breweries and the brewmaster who brewed Castle Lager. He died of cancer at his home in London on 18 November 2013, aged 78.

Selected TV credits

Shackleton, Longitude, The Vicar of Dibley, Doctor Who

.

He appeared in the British soap

George Postlethwaite

the fictional bishop of Skipdale.

Selected film credits

In
Grimmauld Place
.
Other films include Wimbledon, Cry Freedom, Gandhi and The Fourth Protocol.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes

1978 Let's Get Laid Film Director

1979 A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square Major Treadwell

1982 Gandhi European Passenger

1987 The Fourth Protocol Jan Marais

1987 Cry Freedom Senior police officer

1996 The Innocent Sleep Gerald Phillips

2004 Wimbledon Elderly Man in Lift

2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Elphias Doge

Stage credits

Sleuth (Fortune Theatre, West End), Habeas Corpus (Theatre Royal, Windsor), Don Carlos (Royal Exchange, Manchester),

References

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External links

Peter Cartwright at
IMDb

Authority control databases
International

VIAF

National

United States

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