Peter Firth

English actor

Born: October 27, 1953

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Who is Peter Firth?

Peter Macintosh Firth (born 27 October 1953) is an English actor. Firth was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, the son of publicans Mavis (née Hudson) and Eric Macintosh Firth. He attended Hanson School in Bradford. Firth played Scooper, the leader of the gang. In 1972 he also starred in the ITV (London Weekend Television) series The Adventures of Black Beauty, episode "The Runaway", playing David Abbott.

Historical significance

He is best known for his role as Sir Harry Pearce in the BBC One programme Spooks (titled MI-5 in some countries); he is the only actor to have appeared in every episode of the programme's ten-series lifespan. He has given many other television and film performances, most notably as Alan Strang in Equus (1977), for which he won a Golden Globe Award and received an Academy Award nomination. Firth was a leading child actor by the middle of 1969, having starred in the first series of The Flaxton Boys as Archie Weekes and then the following year in the series Here Come the Double Deckers!, both of which featured child actors in the leading roles.

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