Peter Coke

Acting

Peter Coke

Born — Died

1913-04-06 — 2008-07-30

Place of birth

Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK

Known for

Acting

Credits

13 titles

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

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot poster
7.0

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot is a British television series first broadcast in 1956, produced by Sapphire Films for ITC Entertainment and screened on the ITV network. The series starred William Russell as the eponymous Sir Lancelot, a Knight of the Round Table in the time of King Arthur at Camelot.

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

1956

Carry On Admiral poster
6.4

Two friends get drunk and decide to switch identities. One is a Parliamentary Secretary, and the other is the captain of a ship. The former's lack of sea knowledge causes several catastrophes, including torpedoing the First Lord of The Admiralty. The grass is always greener.... In this British comedy, two drunken comrades find out the truth of that saying when they decide to trade places for a while. One of the boozers is a public relations man who knows nothing about sailing, while the other is a captain for the Royal Navy. Comic mayhem ensues as the hapless "captain" tries to run his ship and follow orders.

Carry On Admiral

1957

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10.0

An overheard conversation leads to clues that a kidnapping plot is afoot.

The Nursemaid Who Disappeared

1939

Make Mine Mink poster
6.9

In a mansion block in Knightsbridge, a gang of middle-aged biddies decide to brighten up "the dullness of the tea time of life" by staging a series of robberies on furriers, then donating the proceeds to charitable concerns. Terry Thomas as a retired army officer leads the gang, which includes Athene Seyler and Hattie Jacques, on a series of capers that nearly go awry when their maid, Billie Whitelaw, an ex-con and also a resident of the block, falls for a police officer.

Make Mine Mink

1960

The Blakes Slept Here poster
NR

The story of a family house through four generations

The Blakes Slept Here

1953

John and Julie poster
4.9

The adventures of two children who runaway to London to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.

John and Julie

1955

Film credits

1950s · 6 titles

Carry On Admiral poster
6.4

Two friends get drunk and decide to switch identities. One is a Parliamentary Secretary, and the other is the captain of a ship. The former's lack of sea knowledge causes several catastrophes, including torpedoing the First Lord of The Admiralty. The grass is always greener.... In this British comedy, two drunken comrades find out the truth of that saying when they decide to trade places for a while. One of the boozers is a public relations man who knows nothing about sailing, while the other is a captain for the Royal Navy. Comic mayhem ensues as the hapless "captain" tries to run his ship and follow orders.

Carry On Admiral

1957

The Blakes Slept Here poster
NR

The story of a family house through four generations

The Blakes Slept Here

1953

John and Julie poster
4.9

The adventures of two children who runaway to London to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.

John and Julie

1955

The Broken Horseshoe poster
7.5

When a hit and run patient is murdered an attending doctor is placed under suspicion.

The Broken Horseshoe

1953

Up the Creek poster
6.0

Bumbling navy officer Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is transferred to HMS Berkeley, an old World War II destroyer, to keep him out of harm's way. But together with Chief Petty Officer Doherty (Peter Sellers), Fairweather gets into more trouble than might be thought possible, with events coming to a riotous conclusion when the Admiralty turn up for an inspection of the ship.

Up the Creek

1958

On Closer Inspection poster
NR

"Without leaving his own garden, a man may know the world" - an abstract study of the wildlife found in every garden.

On Closer Inspection

1953

Series credits

Behind the camera