Peter Collingwood obit

Peter COLLINGWOOD Obituary

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COLLINGWOOD

Peter Trevor

Aged 96 years

"Actor"

The family wish to advise that Peter died peacefully on 23 September, 2016. A memorial service will be held later in the year.

Peter Trevor Collingwood (6 May 1920 – 23 September 2016) was an English-born actor who appeared in theatre roles, films, miniseries and serials from 1938 to 2003 in his native England and Australia. Collingwood was known for his portrayal of judges, military men and upper-crust befuddled types. He was also a playwright.

Collingwood was born in Kent some sources give, Farnham, Surrey), England on 6 May 1920. He initially studied at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. During the Second World War, he also served in the British Navy including on the Greek submarine Matrozos as liaison officer, but was discharged due to eyesight problems.

He enrolled in the Embassy School of Acting at the Embassy Theatre, London, in 1937. His first professional acting job was in Wang Shifu's Chinese play The Western Chamber at London's Torch Theatre in 1938.

After the war, Collingwood joined Amersham Repertory Theatre, followed by the Young Vic Company, and a number of other companies. After marrying his wife, they moved to Perth, Scotland where he worked for the Perth Repertory Company. During this time, he wrote the farce Gathering Nuts, which was performed by the company, as well as by a number of other repertory companies.

In 1953, Collingwood returned to London with his family, where he worked regularly on stage (as well as in film and television).

In 1961, with his wife and step-son Michael, Collingwood travelled overland to Sri Lanka, then by ship to Perth, Australia. From late 1961 to 1963, he worked at the Perth Playhouse.

The family returned to England for two years, during which he appeared in a number of successful West End shows, including Inadmissible Evidence, Meals on Wheels, and I Love you Mrs Patterson.

In 1967, Collingwood emigrated to Australia, first living in Perth before settling near Sydney in Balmain, New South Wales. He worked for many Sydney theatre companies including the Old Tote, Nimrod Theatre, Belvoir Theatre Company, the Independent Theatre and Sydney Theatre Company. Between 1970 and 1972 he was Artistic Director of the Marian Street Theatre.

Collingwood appeared in numerous serial roles, both dramatic and comedic, in the UK and Australia.

He played Lord John Russell in 1975 drama series Edward the Seventh.

His Australian roles included playing Mr. Dunkley in Are You Being Served? Governor Phillip in The Timeless Land, and a recurring guest role on Home and Away as Bert King, father to main character Pippa Ross, from 1995 to 1997.

He also made appearances in Phoenix Five, The Coral Island Homicide, Division 4, Mother and Son, A Country Practice, Police Rescue, All Saints and Always Greener.

Notable Australian film appearances include classic film Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), Mad Dog Morgan (1976), Minnamurra (1989) and a minor part in Baz Luhrmann’s hit musical film Moulin Rouge! (2001).

In 1950 Collingwood married Margery Shaw, with whom he had daughter Julia. His stepsons were Christopher and Michael.

Filmography

Film

Year     Title     Role     Type

1950    Spring-Heeled Jack     Denis Stocks   TV movie

1954    River Beat       Coroner           Feature film

1956    Sailor Beware!            Verger (uncredited)      Feature film

1958    Up the Creek   Chippy Feature film

1958    Further Up the Creek  Chippy Feature film

1959    Body Found    Collins TV movie

1959    The Missing Mercury  Mr Jones         TV movie

1960    Follow That Horse!     Uncredited       Feature film

1960    Who Pays the Piper?               TV movie

1960    The Balloon and the Baron     Francis Giles   TV movie

1961    The Green Helmet       Charlie Feature film

1961    Wings of Death           Harris  Short film

1961    The Train Set  Customer         TV movie

1963    The Rose and Crown  Edward Stone  TV movie

1966    Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment        Geoffrey          Feature film

1968    Volpone           Corvino           TV movie

1970    Adam's Woman           Chaplain          Feature film

1974    Between Wars Judge   Feature film

1975    Picnic at Hanging Rock          Colonel Fitzhubert      Feature film

1975    Two Way Mirror          Sam Bellamy   TV movie

1976    Mad Dog Morgan       Judge Barry     Feature film

1976    Deathcheaters  Langham         Feature film

1978    The Night the Prowler Dr Herborn      Feature film

1978    Magee and the Lady   Deveaux          TV movie

1981    The Killing of Angel Street     Government Minister  Feature film

1982    Crosstalk         Hollister           Feature film

1984    Fast Talking     School Principal          Feature film

1985    The Empty Beach       Fred Ward       Feature film

1985    Wills & Burke Sir William Stawell     Feature film

1985    Burke & Wills Doctor William Wills  Feature film

1987    Les Patterson Saves the World            Jeremy Williams          Feature film

1989    Minnamurra (aka Wrangler)    Banker Feature film

1994    Cody: Bad Love          CJ Unwin        TV movie

1995    Billy's Holiday            Anna's Gentleman       Feature film

1997    The Ripper      Chalmers         TV movie

2001    Moulin Rouge!            Audience Member (uncredited)          Feature film

Television

Year     Title     Role     Type

1956    The Grove Family       1st Reporter     TV series, season 2, episode 22: "The Champion"

1956    My Husband and I      Jennings          TV series

1957    Little Lord Fauntleroy Mr Wilkins, a groom   Miniseries, 2 episodes

1958    BBC Sunday Night Theatre    Hughie Gibson            TV series, season 9, episode 32: "The Shadow of Doubt"

1958    The Sky Larks Harold Jones   TV series, episode 11: "Down in the Drink"

1958–1960      ITV Television Playhouse       George Poddy / Tom Cardwick / Addison / Steen      TV series, 4 episodes

1959    World Theatre Magistrate's Clerk       Miniseries, episode 9: "The Silver Box"

1959    Dial 999          Janitor  TV series, season 1, episode 38: "Robbery with Violence"

1959    The Vise          Fenn    TV series, season 7, episode 5: "Murder with Make-Up"

1959    Glencannon     Sparks TV series, 9 episodes

1960    The Little Ship            Dr Pietro          TV series, 6 episodes

1960    Inside Story     Mr Davies       TV series, episode 7: "Return to Base"

1960    Interpol Calling           Travel Agent   TV series, episode 34: "Eight Days Inclusive"

1960    Knight Errant Limited Andy Forsyth / John Higgins  TV series, 2 episodes

1960    Boyd Q.C.       Mr Moate        TV series, season 4, episode 2: "Hell Hath No Fury"

1960    Bootsie and Snudge                TV series, season 1, episode 1: "Civvy Street"

1960    The Haunted House    Simo    Miniseries, episode 2: "Part 2"

1960    Fact and Fiction          Teacher            TV series, episode 2

1960    Theatre 70       Honore Malfont           TV series, episode 14: "To Death with Love"

1960–1961      No Hiding Place          Specialist / Mr Peebles            TV series, 2 episodes

1961    The Men from Room 13         Johnson           TV series, 2 episodes

1961    Rendezvous     Peter    TV series, episode 19: "The Road Between"

1961    Deadline Midnight      Barney Tutley  TV series, season 2, episode 9: "Doggo"

1957–1961      ITV Play of the Week Tom Whittle / Mr Carewe       TV series, 2 episodes

1961    Drama 61-67   Jeweller           TV series, season 1, episode 14: "Drama '61: The Glove"

1961    The Pursuers   Carpenter / Joey Conrad         TV series, 2 episodes

1964    The Hidden Truth        Mr Frisby        TV series, episode 3: "Cross Examination"

1964    Emergency Ward 10   Mr Barker       TV series, 2 episodes

1964    Swizzlewick    Dr McCrag      TV series, 1 episode 10: "In for a Penny"

1964    The Count of Monte Cristo     Baron Dandré  TV series, episode 3: "The Abbé Faria"

1964    Thursday Theatre        William Gregson / Stanley Griffiths   TV series, 2 episodes

1965    Z Cars Chipperfield    TV series, season 4, episode 26: "A Shame to Take the Money"

1965    The Sullavan Brothers            Jack Gibbon    TV series, season 2, episode 1: "The Corrupters"

1965    Volpone           Magistrate        TV series, episode 3

1966    Sergeant Cork Belling TV series, season 6, episode 15: "The Case of the Unpopular Judge"

1967    Love and War  Emperor          Miniseries, episode 4: "The Brass Butterfly"

1968    Contrabandits  Tom Keating   TV series, season 2, episode 15: "Double Entry"

1969    I've Married a Bachelor          Captain Makepeace     TV series, season 2, episode 4: "The Army Will Make a Man of You, Mrs. Malloy"

1969    The Rovers      Professor John Neary  TV series, episode 3: "The Long Cry of the Bunyip"

1969    Delta    Carpenter         TV series, episode 7: "There's a Lot of It About"

1970    Phoenix Five   Earth Space Controller            TV series, 26 episodes

1970    Division 4       District Inspector / Magistrate             TV series, 2 episodes

1969–1971      Homicide         Dr Finch / Rev Galbraith / Major Dymond    TV series, 3 episodes

1971    Mrs. Finnegan             TV series, episode 13: "Something Old, Something New"

1974    Three Men of the City Charles Freeth Miniseries, episode 3: "A Kind of Revenge"

1974    Out of Love                 Miniseries, episode 1: "I Don't Want To Know"

1974    A Touch of Reverence            Miniseries

1974    Certain Women                       TV series, 1 episode

1975    Scattergood: Friend of All                  TV series, episode 3: "The Great Egg Cosy Disaster"

1975    Edward the Seventh    Lord John Russell       Miniseries, 2 episodes

1975    Ben Hall                      Miniseries, 2 episodes

1975    The Company Men     Charles Freeth Miniseries, 5 episodes

1976    Rush    Major Chivers TV series, season 2, episode 2: "The Great Eastern Bubble"

1976    Luke's Kingdom          Governor         Miniseries, 2 episodes

1980    Are You Being Served?          Mr Dunkley    TV series, 7 episodes

1980    The Timeless Land     Governor Phillip          Miniseries, 2 episodes

1981    A Town Like Alice      Dr Kennedy    Miniseries, episode 3

1980–1982      Cop Shop        Bert Jenkins / Wilfred Perry   TV series, 2 episodes

1983    Coral Island     Reverend McNab        Miniseries, 3 episodes

1983    The Dismissal  Tun Abdul Razak        Miniseries, episode 3

1983    Carson's Law  Martin Brewster          TV series, 2 episodes

1983    Under Capricorn         Governor         Miniseries, 2 episodes

1984    Eureka Stockade         General Nickle            Miniseries, episode 2

1984    The Last Bastion         General Haining          Miniseries, 3 episodes

1985    Mother and Son          Bank Manager Shirley            TV series, season 2, episode 1: "The Money"

1983; 1992      A Country Practice      Gerald Wilkes / Teddy Turner TV series, 3 episodes

1993    E Street            Bishop Harcourt          TV series, episode 382

1995    Police Rescue  Douglas           TV series, season 4, episode 5: "Guardian Angel"

1995    Echo Point       Mr Greenway  TV series, season 1, episode 68

1995–1997      Home and Away          Bert King        TV series, 35 episodes

1998    A Difficult Woman      Chris Fitzgerald           Miniseries, 3 episodes

2001    Escape of the Artful Dodger   Judge   TV series, episode 1: "Jack in the Box"

1998; 1999; 2002        All Saints         Lionel Macken / Harry Fellowes        TV series, 5 episodes

2002–2003      Always Greener          Dr Dalrymple  TV series, 6 episodes

Theatre

As actor

Year     Title     Role     Type

1938    The Western Chamber            Torch Theatre, London[8]

1947    The King Stag Cigolotti / Peasant       Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith), London, Prince of Wales Theatre, Cardiff & other locations with Old Vic Trust & Young Vic Company

1947    The Winslow Boy       Desmond Curry           Cambridge Arts Theatre

1949    A Wind on the Heath              Bedford Theatre, Camden Town, London

1949    The Crooked Billet                  Bedford Theatre, Camden Town, London

1954–1955      Peter Pan                     Bristol Hippodrome

1955    The Shadow of Doubt             Saville Theatre, London

1955–1956      The Devil's Disciple                Bristol Hippodrome

1957    Olive Ogilvie  Herman           Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh & Aldwych Theatre, London

1961    Serjeant Musgrave's Dance: an Un-historical Parable                        University of Sydney

1962    The Caretaker              Playhouse, Perth with National Theatre Inc.

1962    Plaintiff in a Pretty Hat                       Playhouse, Perth with National Theatre Inc.

1962    Gathering Nuts                        Playhouse, Perth with National Theatre Inc.

1962    The Gazebo                 Playhouse, Perth with National Theatre Inc.

1963    The Member of the Wedding  Royal Addams Playhouse, Perth with National Theatre Inc.

1963    The Irregular Verb to Love     Felix Rankin   Playhouse, Perth with National Theatre Inc.

1963    The Amorous Prawn               Playhouse, Perth with National Theatre Inc.

1964    I Love You, Mrs. Patterson     Mr Baxter        St Martin's Theatre, London

1965    Inadmissible Evidence            Hudson (replacement) Wyndham's Theatre, London with English Stage Company

1965    Meals on Wheels         Father  Royal Court Theatre, London with English Stage Company

1964    The Cat and the Canary          Roger Crosby  Playhouse, Perth with National Theatre Inc.

1966    Romeo and Juliet         Friar Laurence New Fortune Theatre, Perth with Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust for Festival of Perth

1966    Any Wednesday                      Playhouse, Perth with National Theatre Inc.

1966    A Severed Head                      Playhouse, Perth with National Theatre Inc.

1966    Altona The Father       Playhouse, Canberra, UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney, Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne, Playhouse, Perth with National Theatre Inc.

1966; 1973      Festival of Four Plays             South Australia

1967    The School for Scandal                       UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney

1967    The Devil's Advocate  Aurello, Bishop of Valenta      Playhouse, Perth with National Theatre Inc.

1968    King Lear / Childermas           Earl of Gloucester       UNSW Old Tote Theatre Company, Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane

1968    A Refined Look at Existence              UNSW with Old Tote Theatre Company

1968    This Old Man Comes Rolling Home              UNSW with Old Tote Theatre Company

1968    The Fire on the Snow Wilson UNSW with Old Tote Theatre Company

1968    At Least You Get Something Out of That      Captain Ah Rees         UNSW with Old Tote Theatre Company

1969    Six Characters in Search of an Author                       Russell Street Theatre with MTC

1969    The Unknown Soldier and His Wife               Russell Street Theatre with MTC

1970    What the Butler Saw               Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne

1974    The Seagull                 Nimrod Theatre, Sydney

1976    Coriolanus                   Playhouse, Adelaide with South Australian Theatre Company for Adelaide Festival

1976    A Doll’s House           Dr Rank          Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre Company

1977    The Alchemist Lovewit           UNSW with Old Tote Theatre Company

1977    The Time Is Not Yet Ripe       Sir Henry Pillsbury     Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre Company

1978    Widowers' Houses      Mr Sartorius    UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney

1979    Romeo and Juliet         Capulet            Octagon Theatre, Perth, Nimrod Theatre, Sydney

1980    My Fair Lady  Col. Pickering St George Leagues Club, Sydney, Twin Towns Services Club, Gold Coast, Port Macquarie RSL, Canberra Theatre with L.W. Productions

1980    Volpone           Sir Politic Wouldbe     Nimrod Theatre, Sydney

1981    Last Day in Woolloomooloo   Ted      Nimrod Theatre, Sydney

1982    The Importance of Being Earnest                   Marian Street Theatre, Sydney, Newcastle Civic Theatre

1983    The Portage to San Cristobal of A.H. Sir Evelyn / Nikolai / Dr Rothling / Avery     Sydney Opera House with STC

1984    The Boiling Frog                    Nimrod Theatre, Sydney

1985    The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui                    Seymour Centre, Sydney with Nimrod Theatre Company

1985    Pride and Prejudice                 Queensland Theatre

1986; 1987      Aren't We All? Vicar    His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney

1986    The Madras House                  Sydney Opera House with STC

1986    The Seagull                 Sydney Opera House with STC

1987    The Winslow Boy                   Northside Theatre, Sydney

1988    Breaking the Code                  Northside Theatre, Sydney

1989    Bedroom Farce                       Glen Street Theatre, Sydney, Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Laycock Street Theatre, Gosford

1989    The Marriage of Figaro           Donguzman Brid'oison           Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC

1989    Lettice and Lovage     Mr Bardolph   Sydney Opera House, Playhouse, Melbourne, Playhouse, Adelaide, Princess Theatre, Launceston with STC & MTC

1990    No Sugar                     Playhouse, Perth, Tandanya Theatre, Adelaide

1991    Rookery Nook            Marian Street Theatre, Sydney

1991    Mortlock                      Peacock Theatre, Hobart with Zootango Theatre Company

1992    The Homecoming                   Wharf Theatre, Sydney with STC

1992    Macbeth                      Ensemble Theatre, Sydney

1993    Out of Order    The Waiter       Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Regal Theatre, Perth, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide

1993    The Visit                      Sydney Opera House with STC

1994; 1995      Arcadia                        Sydney Opera House, Playhouse, Adelaide, Theatre Royal, Hobart, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth with STC

2000    Fame - The Musical    Mr Sheinkopf  Star City, Sydney, Canberra Theatre, Lyric Theatre, Brisbane with Jacobsen Entertainment Group

As writer / director / producer

Year     Title     Role     Type

1962    The Heiress     Production Manager    Playhouse, Perth with National Theatre Inc.

1962    Waiting in the Wings   Director / Production Manager           Playhouse, Perth with National Theatre Inc.

1962    Plaintiff in a Pretty Hat           Director           Playhouse, Perth with National Theatre Inc.

1962    Gathering Nuts            Playwright / Producer Playhouse, Perth with National Theatre Inc.

1963    The Member of the Wedding  Production Manager    Playhouse, Perth with National Theatre Inc.

1963    The Unexpected Guest            Director           Playhouse, Perth with National Theatre Inc.

1963    Edward, My Son         Director           Playhouse, Perth with National Theatre Inc.

1963    The Dumb Waiter        Director           Playhouse, Perth with National Theatre Inc.

1963    The Room       Director           Playhouse, Perth with National Theatre Inc.

1963    The Member of the Wedding  Production Manager    Playhouse, Perth with National Theatre Inc.

1968    In Confidence  Producer          AMP Theatrette, Sydney with Q Theatre Company

1968    The Dumb Waiter        Producer          AMP Theatrette, Sydney with Q Theatre Company

1968    Circus Adventure        Director           AMP Theatrette, Sydney with Q Theatre Company

1969    Surgery            Director           AMP Theatrette, Sydney with Q Theatre Company

1969    See the Pretty Lights   Director           AMP Theatrette, Sydney with Q Theatre Company

1969    Applicant         Director           AMP Theatrette, Sydney with Q Theatre Company

1969    The Conversion of the Anglo-Saxons Director           AMP Theatrette, Sydney with Q Theatre Company

1969    Trouble in the Works  Director           AMP Theatrette, Sydney with Q Theatre Company

1969    Tell Tale          Director           AMP Theatrette, Sydney with Q Theatre Company

1970    The Contract Burial    Director           AMP Theatrette, Sydney with Q Theatre Company

1970    The Seagull     Director           Scott Theatre, Adelaide with South Australian Theatre Company for Adelaide Festival

1972    The Ghost Train          Director           Killara Community Theatre, Sydney

1976    The Shoemaker's Holiday       Director           Sydney Opera House

1977    The Magistrate            Director           Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre Company for Sydney Festival

1977    Dr. Brain's Body         Director           UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney

1977    The Ultimate Obscenity          Director           UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney

1977    The Time Is Not Yet Ripe       Director           Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre Company

1978    The Cat and the Canary          Director           UNSW with Old Tote Theatre Company, Sydney

1978    Just Between Ourselves          Director           UNSW with Old Tote Theatre Company, Sydney

1978    Da       Director           UNSW with Old Tote Theatre Company

1978    The Knack      Director           UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney

1982    The Importance of Being Earnest       Director           Marian Street Theatre, Sydney, Newcastle Civic Theatre

1983    The First Night of Pygmalion Director           Phillip Street Theatre, Sydney, Townsville Civic Centre, Pilbeam Theatre, Rockhampton, Canberra Theatre, Queensland

1988    A Singular Voyage      Director / Adaptor       Wharf Theatre, Sydney for Sydney Festival

1991    Rookery Nook Director           Marian Street Theatre, Sydney

1991    Mortlock          Playwright       Peacock Theatre, Hobart with Zootango Theatre Company