Peter Sandys-Clarke (born 11th July, 1981, in
Darlington
Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. It lies on the River Skerne, west of Middlesbrough and south of Durham. Darlington had a population of 107,800 at the 2021 Census, making it a "large town" ...
, County Durham) is an English stage and television actor. He plays
Edward Burne-Jones
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Baronet, (; 28 August 183317 June 1898) was an English painter and designer associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's style and subject matter.
Burne-Jones worked with William Morris as a founding part ...
in the 2009 BBC2 series ''
Desperate Romantics
''Desperate Romantics'' is a six-part television drama serial about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, first broadcast on BBC Two between 21 July and 25 August 2009.
The series somewhat fictionalised the lives and events depicted. Though heavily ...
''.
He has also appeared in ''
Foyle's War
''Foyle's War'' is a British detective drama television series set during and shortly after the Second World War, created by '' Midsomer Murders'' screenwriter and author Anthony Horowitz and commissioned by ITV after the long-running series ...
'' (as Mark Wilcox),
''The Play's the Thing'', ''Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me'', ''
Torchwood
''Torchwood'' is a British-American science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. A spin-off of the 2005 revival of ''Doctor Who'', it aired from 2006 to 2011. The show shifted its broadcast channel each series to reflect i ...
'',
and ''
Bonekickers
''Bonekickers'' is a BBC drama about a team of archaeologists, set at the fictional Wessex University. It made its début on 8 July 2008 and ran for one series.
It was written by ''Life on Mars'' and '' Ashes to Ashes'' creators Matthew Graham ...
''. In 2020 and 2023, he portrayed Lieutenant (later Major) Anthony Havers in the
BBC
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sitcom ''
Ghosts
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''.
His grandfather was
Willward Alexander Sandys-Clarke VC.
Theatre
In theatre he has appeared in productions including ''
The Letter'',
''Jingo'', and ''
Journey's End
''Journey's End'' is a 1928 dramatic play by English playwright R. C. Sherriff, set in the trenches near Saint-Quentin, Aisne, towards the end of the First World War. The story plays out in the officers' dugout of a British Army infantry com ...
'' (Duke of York's Theatre, as 2Lt Raleigh),
in which one reviewer called his performance "faultless". He has also appeared as Freddy in ''
Pygmalion'', and in ''
When We Are Married
''When We Are Married'' is a three-act play by the English dramatist J. B. Priestley, described as "A Yorkshire Farcical Comedy". Written in 1934, it is set about thirty years earlier, and depicts the consequences when three middle-aged couples ...
'' by
J. B. Priestley. In 2024 he played Bertie in The Watermill Theatre production of The King's Speech.
Filmography
Writing Credits
References
*
External links
Sandys-Clarke profile at Foyle's War fan site*
*PETER SANDYS-CLARKE (spotlight.com)
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1981 births
Living people
English male television actors
English male stage actors
Male actors from Darlington
21st-century English male actors