{{Short description|British actor (b. 1944)}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2009}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Peter Cleall | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|3|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = Finchley, Middlesex, England, UK | death_date = | death_place = | birth_name = Peter Cleall | alma_mater = East 15 Acting School | children = Miles Cleall <br /> Damian Cleall <br /> Daniel Cleall <br /> Spencer Cleall | spouse = Catherine McNamara (1964–?) (divorced) <br /> Dione Inman (1989–present) | other_names = | website = | years_active = 1964 – present }}
'''Peter Cleall''' (born 16 March 1944 in Finchley, Middlesex) is an actors' agent and former actor who is probably best known for playing wise-cracking Eric Duffy in the London Weekend Television comedy series ''Please Sir!'' which ran from 1968 to 1972,<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f88ad05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721170232/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f88ad05|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-21|title=Peter Cleall|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/please-sir/cast/|title=Please Sir!|publisher=TV.com}}</ref> and its sequel ''The Fenn Street Gang'' from 1971 to 1973. He also advertised Tunes menthol sweets, as a passenger buying a train ticket to Nottingham, in 1985.
==Early life== Cleall's father was a draughtsman. He was educated at Brighton College and trained as an actor at East 15 Acting School.
==Career== Cleall began his acting career at Watford Palace Theatre and appeared at many theatres throughout the country including a number of seasons at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. His first screen appearance was in the horror feature ''Theatre of Death'' (1967) which starred Christopher Lee, and his other film roles included ''Confessions of a Pop Performer'' (1975), ''Under the Doctor'' (1976), ''Adventures of a Plumber's Mate'' (1978), and the film version of ''Please Sir!'' in 1971.<ref name=bfi/>
Cleall played at the Edinburgh Festival and on tour in a one-person show titled ''The World Turned Upside Down'' which told of the experiences of an ordinary man caught up in the aftermath of the English Civil War.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19870328&id=gS41AAAAIBAJ&sjid=_KULAAAAIBAJ&pg=6243,6984176&hl=en|title=The Glasgow Herald – Google News Archive Search|work=google.com}}</ref>
He played Detective Sergeant Harrison in the BBC Radio 7 / Radio 4 Extra audio series "Detective", written by Raymond Barr.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03h6xz3|title=BBC Radio 4 Extra – Robert Barr – Detective, Series 1, The Bank Raid|publisher=BBC}}</ref>
Cleall has worked as an agent for over 20 years helping to run Pelham Associates, which is based in Brighton, East Sussex.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.pelhamassociates.co.uk/about_us.asp| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150502134739/http://www.pelhamassociates.co.uk/about_us.asp| archive-date = 2015-05-02| title = About Us {{!}} Pelham Associates}}</ref>
==Television appearances== *''Please Sir'' *''The Fenn Street Gang'' *''D.H. Lawrence Playhouse'' *''Thirty-Minute Theatre'' *''Mickey Dunne'' *''Dixon of Dock Green'' *''The Paul Hogan Show'' *''Spooner's Patch'' *''Dempsey and Makepeace'' *''Minder'' *''Are You Being Served?'' *''Unipart TV advert: "Thousands of Parts for Millions of Cars"'' (co-stars Michael Ripper) *''Tunes TV advert: "Tunes help you breathe more easily"'' *''Fire Doors public information film: "Fire Doors Save Lives"'' (co-stars Patsy Rowlands) *''Grange Hill'' *''Peak Practice'' *''A Tale of Two Cities'' *''The Bill'' *''Casualty'' *''Growing Pains'' *''Thief Takers'' *''Big Deal'' *''Till Death Us Do Part'' *''EastEnders'' *''Special Branch'' *''Silent Witness''
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==External links== *{{IMDb name| id=0165808 | name=Peter Cleall}} * [http://www.pelhamassociates.co.uk/ Pelham Associates]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cleall, Peter}} Category:Actors from the London Borough of Barnet Category:Male actors from London Category:English male television actors Category:English male stage actors Category:1944 births Category:Living people Category:People educated at Brighton College Category:Alumni of East 15 Acting School Category:People from Finchley