Peter Cotes

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Peter Cotes (19 March 1912 – 10 November 1998) was an English director, producer, actor, writer and production manager. [1]

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Cotes was born as Sydney Boulting [2] in Maidenhead, Berkshire. [3] His brothers John and Roy Boulting became noted film makers. [2] He began as an actor, before concentrating on theatre production. [4] He was the original director of the world's longest-running production The Mousetrap , still playing at the St Martins Theatre, London. [5] He wrote several books, including an acclaimed biography of Charlie Chaplin in 1951. [4]

He was twice married: Myfanwy Jones (marriage annulled) and Joan Miller (widowed 1988). [5] He died from natural causes in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, aged 86. [4]

Cinema and television credits

As actor

As writer

As producer

As director

Selected theatre credits

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References

  1. "Peter Cotes". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 Stevens, Christopher (2010). Born Brilliant: The Life of Kenneth Williams. John Murray. p. 352. ISBN   978-1-84854-195-5.
  3. "Peter Cotes Papers – Archives Hub".
  4. 1 2 3 Gussow, Mel (18 November 1998). "Peter Cotes, 86, Producer and Director of 'Mousetrap'". The New York Times.
  5. 1 2 "Obituary: Peter Cotes" . Independent.co.uk . 23 October 2011. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.