Peter Bayliss (27 June 1922 – 29 July 2002) was an English actor. Bayliss was born inKingston upon Thames and trained at theItalia Conti Academy and theJohn Gielgud Company. More than six feet tall, with a voice to match, he supplemented it with a barrage of wheezings, croakings, mutterings and, as the opera singer inFrontiers of Farce (Old Vic, 1977), garglings.[1] In 1956 he appeared on stage in "The Matchmaker" at theRoyale Theatre in New York and in 1960 he appeared in "Ross" at theRoyal Haymarket Theatre in London. His 20 films ranged fromThe Red Shoes (1948) toDarling (1965). He acted in more than 40 television productions includingPlease Sir! (he played the part of Mr Dunstable, Dennis Dunstable's father),The Sweeney,Coronation Street,Lovejoy andThe Bill, plus dramas likeBye, Bye Columbus (1990),Merlin (1998) andThe Arabian Nights (1999). On radio he was particularly good inJacobean adaptations, playing characters with names such as Sir Moth-Interest[2] and Walter Whorehound.[3] He appeared in more than 100 theatre productions. He made several films for theChildren's Film Unit in his later years.He died in 2002 at the age of 80.
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