Peter Coke (IPA: /ˈkʊk/) (born April 3, 1913) is a British actor, playwright and artist. Coke studied at RADA, acted on stage and screen and wrote comic plays, but he is best known for playing the part of Paul Temple in the long-running BBC radio drama series based on the novels of Francis Durbridge. He also played Lt. Lashwood in Carry On Admiral. Still very alert at the age of 92, he was interviewed by BBC 7 in June 2005, an interview which was broadcast in December that year. In April 2006, he opened the Peter Coke Shell Gallery in part of the recently restored fishing sheds on West Cliff at Sheringham in north Norfolk. He also has his own personal gallery next to his home at Sharrington Hall, in Sharrington, Norfolk.
Plays
- Breath Of Spring (1958)
- Gentle Guardsmen (1961)
- Sleepy Mermaid (1962)
- Fool's Paradise (1963)
- In Confidence (1964)
- Face To Face (1965)
- Midsummer Mink (1965)
- The Man Who Wrote In Bed (1968)
- Taxpayers' Waltz (1970)
- What Are Little Girls Made Of? (1978)
- Autumn Manoeuvres (1983)
- Winter Glory (1988)
