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Vale: Peter Bowles

British actor Peter Bowles, best known for To The Manor Born has died.

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British actor Peter Bowles, best known for To The Manor Born has died, aged 85.

“The actor Peter Bowles has sadly passed away at the age of 85 from cancer,” his agent said in a statement.

“Starting his career at the Old Vic theatre in 1956, he starred in 45 theatrical productions ending at the age of 81 in The Exorcist at the Phoenix theatre.

“He worked consistently on stage and screen, becoming a household name on TV as the archetypal English gent in To the Manor Born, Only When I Laugh, The Bounder and Lytton’s Diary, which he devised himself.

“He leaves his wife of over 60 years, Sue, and their three children Guy, Adam and Sasha.”

Bowles was best known for his role as Richard DeVere in To The Manor Born, which aired from 1979 to 1981, starring as the self-made businessman alongside Dame Penelope Keith, rerprised in a 2007 special.

He played villains in several TV series, including The Avengers and The Saint.

Film credits included Eyewitness, The Steal, Colour Me Kubrick, and The Bank Job.

He recently starred alongside Jenna Coleman in  Victoria, playing the role of the Duke of Wellington.

Source: The Guardian

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  1. RIP Peter Bowles – To the Manor Born is one of my all time favourite series going back to early childhood. I just finished another rewatch – so well written and funny. So many favourite lines but ‘dirty Burty’ always cracks me up

  4. To the manor born is very much in the top quality category of British understated humour and, to this day, has one of my favourite lines of all time when Audrey braves the train (perhaps for the first time ever as she adapts to not having money) and asks the ticket seller for “a return ticket please” to which he replies “where to ‘mam?”; Audrey perplexed responds “to back here of course”.

    1. My favourite line was ‘The blanket is meant for the flowers Marjory, not you’. It was when Richard DeVere had a helicopter and it flew over her cottage. I am even laughing as I write this. So many great lines.

  6. RIP Peter. Absolutely loved watching To The Manor Born with my parents growing up. We could watch it over and over. Might have to watch it on the weekend in his memory.

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