Name Peter Cotes Spouse Joan Miller (m. ?–1988) | Role Director | |
Died November 10, 1998, Chipping Norton, United Kingdom Movies Pastor Hall, The Young and the Guilty, The Right Person Books Circus: A World History, The little fellow, George Robey Parents Arthur Boulting, Rose Bennet Similar People Leo Bruce, Joan Miller, Akira Iwasaki, Crispian Mills, Ted Willis - Baron Willis | ||
Peter Cotes (19 March 1912 – 10 November 1998) was an English director, producer, actor, writer and production manager.
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Cotes was born as Sydney Boulting in Maidenhead, Berkshire. His twin brothers John and Roy Boulting became noted film makers. He began as an actor, before concentrating on theatre production. He was the original director of the world's longest-running production The Mousetrap, still playing at the St Martins Theatre, London. He wrote several books, including an acclaimed biography of Charlie Chaplin in 1951.
He was twice married: Myfanwy Jones (marriage annulled) and Joan Miller (widowed 1988). He died from natural causes in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, aged 86.
Cinema and television credits
As actor
As writer
As producer
As director
Selected theatre credits
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