{{Short description|South African actor (1935-2013)}} {{more citations needed|date=June 2014}} {{EngvarB|date=November 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox person |image = <!-- only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people. Non-free and "fair use" images, e.g. promo photos, CD/DVD covers, posters, screen captures, etc., will be deleted - see [[WP:NONFREE]] --> | |imagesize = | | name = Peter Cartwright | birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|8|30|df=y}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|11|18|1935|8|30|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Krugersdorp]], [[Gauteng]], South Africa | death_place = London, England | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1969–2013 | spouse = Peggy Naughton (2013-2013; his death) }}
'''Peter Cartwright''' (30 August 1935 – 18 November 2013)<ref>http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=34&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=ms_f-34&gsfn=peter&gsln=cartwright&msbdy=1935&msbpn__ftp=Krugersdorp%2C+Gauteng%2C+South+Africa&msbpn=1421714&msbpn_PInfo=8-|0|1652395|0|5206|0|31186|0|0|1421714|0|&msddy=2013&msdpn__ftp=London%2C+London%2C+England&msdpn=85535&msdpn_PInfo=8-|0|0|3257|3251|0|0|0|5274|85535|0|&sbo=0&uidh=000&msbdd=30&msbdm=8&msddd=18&msddm=11 Search at Ancestry.co.uk. For full information you need a subscription.</ref> was a [[South African people|South African]] born British actor who made hundreds of appearances in television, film and radio and worked extensively in the theatre, both in the provinces and London's West End.
Cartwright was born in [[Krugersdorp]], Gauteng, [[Union of South Africa|South Africa]], and educated at [[St. Andrew's College (Grahamstown, South Africa)|St. Andrew's College]] in [[Grahamstown]]. He arrived in Britain in 1959 and studied at [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art|RADA]].
He was best known in South Africa for a series of television commercials in which he portrayed Charles Glass, the legendary founder of [[South African Breweries]] and the brewmaster who brewed [[Castle Lager]]. He died of cancer at his home in London on 18 November 2013, aged 78.
==Selected TV credits== He appeared in ''[[Softly, Softly: Taskforce]]'', ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''[[Rumpole of the Bailey]]'', ''[[Danger UXB]]'', ''[[Yes Prime Minister]]'', ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', ''[[Shackleton (TV serial)|Shackleton]]'', ''[[Longitude (TV series)|Longitude]]'', ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]], [[Doctor Who]]'' and ''[[Strangers and Brothers (TV series)|Strangers and Brothers]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cc79f0dd6a00495989ee9679d35c19f8 |title=C. P. Snow's Strangers and Brothers |date=28 March 1984 |publisher=[[BBC Genome Project]] |accessdate=15 April 2026}}</ref>
He also appeared in the British soap ''[[Emmerdale]]'' playing [[George Postlethwaite]], the fictional bishop of Skipdale.
==Selected film credits== In ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', he played the wizard [[Elphias Doge]], a member of the [[Order of the Phoenix (fictional organisation)|Order of the Phoenix]], escorting Harry to [[Grimmauld Place]].
Other films include ''[[Wimbledon (film)|Wimbledon]]'', ''[[Cry Freedom]]'', ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'' and ''[[The Fourth Protocol (film)|The Fourth Protocol]]''.
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1978|| ''[[Let's Get Laid]]'' || Film Director || |- |1979|| ''[[A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (film)|A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square]]'' || Major Treadwell || |- |1982|| ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'' || European Passenger || |- |1987|| ''[[The Fourth Protocol (film)|The Fourth Protocol]]'' || Jan Marais || |- |1987|| ''[[Cry Freedom]]'' || Senior police officer || |- |1996|| ''[[The Innocent Sleep]]'' || Gerald Phillips || |- |2004|| ''[[Wimbledon (film)|Wimbledon]]'' || Elderly Man in Lift || |- |2007|| ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' || [[Elphias Doge]] || |}
==Stage credits== Sleuth ([[Fortune Theatre]], West End), Habeas Corpus ([[Theatre Royal, Windsor]]), Don Carlos ([[Royal Exchange, Manchester]]),
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|142197|Peter Cartwright}}
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