# Peter Penry-Jones

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

## 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"). He worked with Laurence Olivier at the National Theatre.

## Personal life

The son of the Rev. David Penry-Jones, a Presbyterian minister in South Wales, in September 1967 in Westminster Jones married actress Angela Thorne, and they had two sons, actors Laurence and Rupert.
Jones died of bowel cancer in 2009, aged 70, in Anglesey.

## 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 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