Edward Petherbridge

Edward Petherbridge
Edward Petherbridge, 2007
Born (1936-08-03) 3 August 1936 (age 88)
West Bowling, Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Occupation(s)Actor, writer, artist
Years active1956–present
Spouses
(m. 1957; div. 1980)
(m. 1981; died 2024)
Websitehttp://www.edwardpetherbridge.com/

Edward Petherbridge (born 3 August 1936) is an English actor, writer and artist. Among his many roles, he portrayed Lord Peter Wimsey in the 1987 BBC television adaptations of Dorothy L. Sayers' novels, and Guildenstern in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. At the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1980, he was a memorable Newman Noggs in the company's adaptation of Dickens's The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.