Peter Alexander

Henry Lodge

Peter was born in Somerset, brought up in London and has lived for many years in Yorkshire. Trained at the Guildford School of Acting, his early days were spent playing parts as diverse as the Miller in Canterbury Tales to Freddie in The Deep Blue Sea
and appearing in productions such as Royal Hunt of the Sun, The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb, Sisterly Feelings, Imagine and numerous others in a vast number of our regional theatres around the country. On tour, Peter spent two years playing Prospero in Return to the Forbidden Planet – a show which utilized Peter’s musical talents and recently, opposite Leslie Grantham and Roy Hudd in the premiere of a new comedy thriller – Theft.

London theatre appearances include Hipockets Duncan in Buddy at the Strand Theatre where he also played a leading role in No Sex Please We’re British. Other London appearances: John Smith in Run for Your Wife, Toto in Beyond the Rainbow at the Adelphi and Dr. Devo in Escape From Pterodactyl Island both at the Pleasance Theatre London and in New York. Peter also spent one year with the English National Opera at the Coliseum.

A regular contributor to Radio 4, Peter has been heard in dozens of radio plays in various guises. However it has been predominantly Television that has kept him busy. Family Man opposite Julie Walters, Chess Game with Terence Stamp, Affairs 0/ the Heart with Derek Fowlds and Travelling Man with Leigh Lawson have been his favourite roles but it was Phil Pearce in Emmerdale for three years that put his face firmly on the screen. Since leaving Emmerdale Peter played St. John in the last series of All Creatures Great and Small, Nigel in YTV’s comedy series Singles and episodes of Coronation Street, Brookside, Heartbeat, Medics, The Bill (2 episodes as Steve Orten and a recent Christmas episode as a Pantomime Dame!), Eastenders, Mission Top Secret and he played Sir Francis Drake in How We Used to Live. Peter appeared in 24 episodes of Tuesdays and Thursdays, ITV’s daytime ‘soap’ in the central role of Martin, Hollyoaks as Mr Finnigan – Finn’s Dad and most recently Mr Sherlaw-Johnson in At Home With the Braithwaites.

When not busy in the theatre, Peter enjoys his golf, his wine and his family and home, which is tucked away in the he art of the Pennines.