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Peter Firth (born October 27, 1953 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England) is an Academy Award-nominated British actor, well known for a variety of starring roles in film and on television from the 1970s to the 2000s.^[1] Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... “Libel” redirects here. ... is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. ... For other uses, see Bradford (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. ... For other uses, see Bradford (disambiguation). ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... This article is about motion pictures. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... This article is about the first decade of the 21st century. ...

Peter Firth has four children called Rory, Amy, Alex and James.

Career

Early career

Firth was a leading child actor by 1970, starring in the Flaxton Boys as Archie Weekes and a television series called Here Come the Double Deckers, which featured British child actors in the leading roles. Firth played Scooper, the leader of the gang. In 1973, he starred in the London stage version of Peter Shaffer's play Equus, playing a teenager being treated by a psychiatrist. Year 1970 ([[Rf 1970 == January 1 - The Unix epoch begins at 00:00:00 UTC January 2 - The last studio performance of The Beatles oman numerals|MCMLXX]]) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with The Double Deckers. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... // Sir Peter Levin Shaffer (born May 15, 1926) is an English dramatist, author of numerous award-winning plays, several of which have been filmed. ... Cover of 1993 Longman edition of Equus. ...

His first major role as an adult was in the title role in a 1976 BBC Television Play of the Month adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. The adaptation was scripted by John Osborne and also starred Jeremy Brett and John Gielgud, becoming a major success with the critics. That same year saw the release of the World War I film Aces High which featured Firth as the inexperienced RFC pilot Lt Croft. Aces High also starred John Gielgud, as well as Malcolm McDowell. Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which began in 1932. ... ‹ The template below (Proseline) is being considered for deletion. ... The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published novel written by Oscar Wilde, and first came out as the lead story in Lippincotts Monthly Magazine on 20 June 1890. ... John James Osborne (December 12, 1929 – December 24, 1994) was an English playwright, screenwriter, and critic of the Establishment. ... Peter Jeremy William Huggins (November 3, 1933 – September 12, 1995), better known as Jeremy Brett, was an English actor famous for his portrayal of the detective Sherlock Holmes in the British television series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. ... Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH (14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000), known as Sir John Gielgud, was an Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Academy Award-winning British theatre and film actor. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Aces High is a 1976 1st World War film starring Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Plummer and Simon Ward. ... The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of World War I. // Formed by Royal Warrant on 13 May 1912, the RFC superseded the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers. ... Malcolm McDowell (born June 13, 1943) is an English actor probably best known for his portrayal of Alex in A Clockwork Orange. ...

The following year, Firth starred in the film adaptation of Equus, the play in which he had starred in London and on Broadway. The film was a success and earned Firth a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and victory in the same category at the Golden Globe Awards. Further film work quickly followed, most notably Roman Polanski's Tess (1979), an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Equus is a 1977 film by Sidney Lumet. ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to male actors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Roman Polański (born August 18, 1933) is an Academy Award-winning film director, writer, actor, and producer. ... Tess is a 1979 English language romantic drama film directed by Roman Polanski, an adaptation of Thomas Hardys 1891 novel Tess of the dUrbervilles. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Thomas Hardy redirects here. ... Tess of the dUrbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented is a novel by Thomas Hardy, first published in 1891. ...

Film

Subsequent film work has included roles in When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979), Lifeforce (1985), Letter to Brezhnev (1985), Northanger Abbey (1986) (playing Henry Tilney), The Hunt for Red October (1990), White Angel (playing mild mannered dentist Leslie Steckler, 1993, directed by Chris Jones), Pearl Harbor (2001), and The Greatest Game Ever Played (playing Lord Northcliffe, 2005).^[1] When You Comin Back, Red Ryder? is a play by Mark Medoff. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Lifeforce is a 1985 science fiction film directed by Tobe Hooper. ... This article is about the year. ... A request has been made on Wikipedia for this article to be deleted. ... This article is about the year. ... For films named Northanger Abbey, see Northanger Abbey (1986 film) or Northanger Abbey (2007 TV drama). ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... The Hunt for Red October was a 1990 film based on the best-selling novel of the same name. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... The White Angel. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... some gay kid ... Pearl Harbor DVD Cover Pearl Harbor is the title of a war film released in the summer of 2001 by Touchstone Pictures. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Promotional poster for The Greatest Game Ever Played The Greatest Game Ever Played is a 2005 biographical sports film, directed by Bill Paxton. ... Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (July 15, 1865, Dublin - August 14, 1922, London) was an influential and successful newspaper owner. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Television

In parallel to his film career, Firth has continued to appear in various television productions, with several notable credits in various high-profile dramas. In 1980 he starred as the eponymous time traveller in the BBC's feelgood science-fiction play The Flipside of Dominick Hide, and two years later starred in a sequel, Another Flip for Dominick. Both of these were made as part of the BBC's famous Play for Today anthology drama strand. More recently, he has starred as senior MI5 officer Harry Pearce in the BBC's popular spy drama series Spooks (2002-present), and played Fred Hoyle in Hawking, a BBC dramatisation of the early career of Stephen Hawking. Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... A broadcast of the long-running and popular British science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... The Flipside Of Dominick Hide is a British television play which has attained cult status. ... The Play for Today logo, seen here in the opening title sequence from 1976. ... MI-5 redirects here. ... Harry Pearce CBE is the fictional head of the Counter-Terrorism department of MI5, featured in the British television series, Spooks, also known as MI5 in the United States. ... For the music band, see The Spooks. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Sir Frederick Hoyle, FRS, (born on June 24, 1915 in Gilstead, Yorkshire, England – August 20, 2001 in Bournemouth, England)[1] was a British astronomer, he was educated at Bingley Grammar School and notable for a number of his theories that run counter to current astronomical opinion, and a writer of... This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA, (born 8 January 1942) is a British theoretical physicist. ...

Audiobooks

Firth has played many roles in theatre, film and television but is also a noted narrator of audio books. He has been responsible for performances reading Pat Barker's Regeneration, The Ghost Road and The Eye in the Door, Suspicion by Robert McCrum, Maurice by E. M. Forster, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Sebastian Faulks' Birdsong and Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles. An audio book is a recording of the contents of a book read aloud. ... Pat Barker (born May 8, 1943) is an English writer and historian. ... For the 1997 film adaption of the novel see Regeneration (1997 film). ... The Ghost Road is a novel by Pat Barker, first published in 1995 and winner of the Booker Prize. ... The Eye in the Door is a novel by Pat Barker, first published in 1993, and forming the second part of the Regeneration trilogy. ... Suspicion DVD cover Suspicion (1941) is a film noir directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine as a married couple. ... Robert McCrum is a literary Editor of The Observer and former editor at Faber & Faber. ... E. M. Forsters Maurice Maurice is a novel attributed to E. M. Forster. ... Edward Morgan Forster, OM (January 1, 1879 – June 7, 1970), was an English novelist, short story writer, and essayist. ... For other uses, see Brave New World (disambiguation). ... Aldous Leonard Huxley (July 26, 1894 – November 22, 1963) was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. ... Charlotte Gray (1929), 2004 Vintage paperback edition Sebastian Faulks is a highly acclaimed British novelist. ... Bird song refers to the sounds, usually melodious to the human ear, made by many birds of the order Passeriformes as a form of communication. ... Thomas Hardy redirects here. ... Tess of the dUrbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented is a novel by Thomas Hardy, first published in 1891. ...

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Peter Firth at the Internet Movie Database

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External links

• Peter Firth at the Internet Movie Database
• Peter Firth at the Internet Broadway Database
• Peter Firth at TV.com
• Peter Firth at Yahoo! Movies
• peterfirth.co.uk Peter Firth Fansite