Peter Eyre (born 11 March 1942) is an American-born English actor.Eyre was born in New York City, New York, the son of Dorothy Pelline (née Acton) and Edward Joseph Eyre, a banker. He was sent to a public school in England at the age of twelve, and has been based in the country ever since. Although offered a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art at the age of only 18, he studied acting in Paris. His distinguished career in the theatre includes work with the Old Vic (where he made his professional debut), the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the Royal National Theatre.
He has appeared in two adaptations of Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland": Alice in Wonderland (1966) and Alice in Wonderland (1999). He played the Knave of Hearts in the former and the Frogface Footman in the latter.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Carer
2016/II
Short
Ari
Shadows in the Sun
2009
Jonathan / 'Prospero'
The Three Dumas
2007
Documentary
2nd Marquess Davy De La Pailleterie
Midsomer Murders
1999-2007
TV Series
Headley Madrigal / Leonard Pike
The Situation
2006/I
US Ambassador
Rome
2005
TV Series
Accusator Nigidius
Still Life
2005/I
Short
Bartholemew Gray
The Question of God: Sigmund Freud & C.S. Lewis
2004
TV Movie documentary
Sigmund Freud
Cambridge Spies
2003
TV Mini-Series
Arthur Quigley
Bertie and Elizabeth
2002
TV Movie
Butler Simpson
The Affair of the Necklace
2001
Monsieur Bassenge
From Hell
2001
Lord Hallsham
The Golden Bowl
2000
A.R. Jarvis, Shopkeeper
Don Quixote
2000
TV Movie
Priest
Alice in Wonderland
1999
TV Movie
Frogface Footman
Friends
1998
TV Series
The Registrar
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1998
TV Series
Michael Durban
Merlin
1998
TV Mini-Series
Chief Physician
Kavanagh QC
1998
TV Series
Bishop of Norfolk
Dangerous Beauty
1998
The Doge
The Tango Lesson
1997
English Tango Fan
The Vanishing Man
1997
TV Series
Forstater
The Vanishing Man
1996
TV Movie
Forstater
Surviving Picasso
1996
Sabartes
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
TV Series
Simeon Landor
Sharpe's Gold
1995
TV Movie
Will Nugent
Joseph
1995
TV Movie
Vizir
Scarlett
1994
TV Mini-Series
Roberts
Princess Caraboo
1994
Lord Apthorpe
The Remains of the Day
1993
Lord Halifax
Young Indiana Jones
1993
TV Series
Kurt
Orlando
1992
Pope
Screen Two
1992
TV Series
Eric Colston
Let Him Have It
1991
Humphreys
Mountains of the Moon
1990
Norton Shaw
Diamond's Edge
1988
Gott
Maurice
1987
Rev. Borenius
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
1987
TV Mini-Series
Basil Plante
Spyship
1983
TV Mini-Series
Francis Main
The Plot to Murder Lloyd George
1983
TV Movie
Alec Gordon
Couples and Robbers
1981
Short
Walter
Dragonslayer
1981
Casiodorus Rex
BBC2 Playhouse
1981
TV Series
Ronald Taylor
Luna
1979
Edward
The Birds Fall Down
1978
TV Mini-Series
Chubinov
Play for Today
1971-1976
TV Series
Doran / Trevor
Hedda
1975
Jørgen Tesman
Bellamira
1974
TV Movie
Keepwell
Mahler
1974
Otto Mahler
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1973
TV Series
George Fitzwilliam
A Misfortune
1973
TV Movie
Full House
1973
TV Series
The Misfortune cast member
The Pied Piper
1972
Pilgrim
Callan
1972
TV Series
West
BBC Play of the Month
1971
TV Series
Kiril, Glagolyev's son
Julius Caesar
1970
Cinna the Poet
Write a Play
1967
TV Series
Alice in Wonderland
1966
TV Movie
Knave of Hearts
Sunday Night
1966
TV Series documentary
Simmlas
No Hiding Place
1966
TV Series
Dennis Gough
Having a Wild Weekend
1965
Art Director (uncredited)
The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling
1964
TV Series
Counsel for the defence
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Face Booth
2010
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Last Machine
1995
TV Series
Various
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
$400,000
