Peter Coke

Peter John Coke was born in Southsea, Hampshire on 3 April 1913. His father was a commander in the Royal Navy, who took his family to Kenya to run a linen plantation; however, this venture failed and he began to run a coffee plantation. Coke was educated at Stowe School and later lived with his maternal grandmother in Menton, France.

Cheer Boys Cheer (1939)

Shades of "Romeo and Juliet" with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Forde
CAST:  Nova Pilbeam  •  Edmund Gwenn  •  Moore Marriott  •  Graham Moffatt

Shades of "Romeo and Juliet" with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Forde
CAST:  Nova Pilbeam  •  Edmund Gwenn  •  Moore Marriott  •  Graham Moffatt

The Broken Horseshoe (1953)

When a hit and run patient is murdered an attending doctor is placed under suspicion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martyn C. Webster
CAST:  Robert Beatty  •  Elizabeth Sellars  •  Peter Coke  •  Roger Delgado

When a hit and run patient is murdered an attending doctor is placed under suspicion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martyn C. Webster
CAST:  Robert Beatty  •  Elizabeth Sellars  •  Peter Coke  •  Roger Delgado

I Met a Murderer (1939)

An Englishwoman who writes novels meets a farmer who has just killed his nagging wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Kellino
CAST:  James Mason  •  Sylvia Coleridge  •  William Devlin  •  Pamela Mason

An Englishwoman who writes novels meets a farmer who has just killed his nagging wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Kellino
CAST:  James Mason  •  Sylvia Coleridge  •  William Devlin  •  Pamela Mason

A Gentleman's Gentleman (1939)

A valet thinks his master is a murder, and tries a little blackmail.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy William Neill
CAST:  Eric Blore  •  Marie Lohr  •  Peter Coke  •  Patricia Hilliard

A valet thinks his master is a murder, and tries a little blackmail.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy William Neill
CAST:  Eric Blore  •  Marie Lohr  •  Peter Coke  •  Patricia Hilliard

Carry on Admiral (1957)

Two friends get drunk and decide to switch identities. One is a Parliamentary Secretary, and the other is the captain of a ship. The former's lack of sea knowledge causes several catastrophes, including torpedoing the First Lord of The Admiralty. The grass is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Val Guest
CAST:  David Tomlinson  •  Peggy Cummins  •  Brian Reece  •  Joan Sims

Two friends get drunk and decide to switch identities. One is a Parliamentary Secretary, and the other is the captain of a ship. The former's lack of sea knowledge causes several catastrophes, including torpedoing the First Lord of The Admiralty. The grass is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Val Guest
CAST:  David Tomlinson  •  Peggy Cummins  •  Brian Reece  •  Joan Sims

Up the Creek (1958)

Bumbling navy officer Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is transferred to HMS Berkeley, an old World War II destroyer, to keep him out of harm's way. But together with Chief Petty Officer Doherty (Peter Sellers), Fairweather gets into more trouble ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Val Guest
CAST:  David Tomlinson  •  Peter Sellers  •  Wilfrid Hyde-White  •  Vera Day

Bumbling navy officer Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is transferred to HMS Berkeley, an old World War II destroyer, to keep him out of harm's way. But together with Chief Petty Officer Doherty (Peter Sellers), Fairweather gets into more trouble ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Val Guest
CAST:  David Tomlinson  •  Peter Sellers  •  Wilfrid Hyde-White  •  Vera Day

The Nursemaid Who Disappeared (1939)

An overheard conversation leads to clues that a kidnapping plot is afoot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur B. Woods
CAST:  Arthur Margetson  •  Peter Coke  •  Lesley Brook  •  Edward Chapman

An overheard conversation leads to clues that a kidnapping plot is afoot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur B. Woods
CAST:  Arthur Margetson  •  Peter Coke  •  Lesley Brook  •  Edward Chapman