Edmund Pegge Explained

Edmund Pegge
Birth Name:Edmund Cyril Colbeck Pegge
Birth Date:1 April 1939
Birth Place:Windsor, Berkshire, England
Occupation:Actor

Edmund Pegge (born 1 April 1939[1]) is an Australian actor, who has worked in both Australia and the United Kingdom.

Arriving in Adelaide as a teenager, Pegge completed his education at St Peter's College before graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art.[2] Joining the exodus of Australian actors to London in the mid-sixties, he has since divided his time between the two countries, to work and visit family.[3]

His television credits include: Division 4, Matlock Police, Moonbase 3, Doctor Who (in the serial The Invisible Enemy), Secret Army, Return of the Saint, Codename Icarus, Bird of Prey, Tenko, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, The Day of the Triffids, One by One, The Winds of War, Anzacs, Howards' Way, Doctors, Rosemary & Thyme and Home Sweet Home. Pegge appears in the first two volumes of The Phoenix Files audio dramas as Robert Montag.[4]

Forever Horatio: An Actor's Life, an autobiography written by the actor and featuring a foreword by Judi Dench, was published in 2017 by Wakefield Press.[5]

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleType
1962My Three AngelsPaulTV movie
1963The TempestFerdinandTV movie
1967Death Happens to Other PeopleLieutenant MillerTV movie
Carry On Follow That CamelBowler (uncredited) Feature film
1973Scream...and Die!KentFeature film. Also known as The House That Vanished and Please! Don’t Go into the Bedroom
1974Human TargetTV movie
1977The Savage Case of the End of Civilization As We Know ItSecond AustralianFeature film
1980NightmaresBruceFeature film
1982A Good Night’s Sleep: Risk ManagementShort film
1985Robbery Under ArmsPeter DawsonTV movie
1986The Fools on the HillGeorge More O’FerrallTV movie
1987Cause CélèbreConstable BagwellTV movie
1991Sweet TalkerBusinessmanFeature film
1997Heaven's BurningHotel Manager Feature film
Maslin BeachMichael Feature film
2000SelkieGordonFeature film
2002Black and WhiteDawson Feature film
2011SwerveBuyerFeature film
2018A.R.S.E.JerryShort film
2020Never Too LateHowardFeature film

Television

YearFilmRoleType
1964The StrangerMiniseries, 1 episode
CrossroadsMr JesselTV series
1965LondonersJohnTV series, 1 episode
Love StoryWilsonTV series, 1 episode
1970Take Three GirlsSteveTV series, 1 episode
The TroubleshootersRoberts TV series, 1 episode
A Family at WarAussieTV series, 1 episode
1971Francis Durbridge’s Paul TempleAlbertTV series, 1 episode
1972Escape Into NightDr BurtonMiniseries, 6 episodes
1973BBC Play of the Month1 episode
Moonbase 3MacadamMiniseries, 1 episode
1974Matlock PolicePeter EdwardsTV series, 1 episode
Silent NumberRichard TV series, 1 episode
Out of LoveMiniseries, 2 episodes
1974-75Division 4Barry Morgan / Bill ReedTV series, 2 episodes
1975HomicideJosh Hartley / David ChambersTV series, 2 episodes
1976Luke's KingdomLieutenant RobertsMiniseries, 13 episodes
Orde Wingate ChinditMiniseries, 1 episode
The ExpertPolice InspectorTV series, 1 episode
The EmigrantsAustralian Miniseries, 1 episode
When the Boat Comes InBuellTV series, 1 episode
1977Miss Jones and SonBrianTV series, 1 episode
Rough JusticeBarry TomlinTV series, 1 episode
Follow Me!FormanMiniseries, 4 episodes
Doctor Who MeekerTV series, 1 episode
It Ain't Half Hot MumAustralian ColonelTV series, 1 episode
Secret ArmyTeddy MarshTV series, 1 episode
1978Life at StakeNewsreader TV series, 1 episode
Get Some In!PilotTV series, 1 episode
Return of the SaintPolice OfficerTV series, 1 episode
1979SkywaysSnr Detective Meggs TV series, 2 episodes
1979-80Cop ShopLex Connors / Howard EllisTV series, 3 episodes
1980Spring & FallCharlesTV series, 1 episode
Juliet BravoBarman TV series, 1 episode
1980-82Home Sweet HomeFather MurphyTV series, 26 episodes
1981A Sharp Intake of BreathP.C. Wilkins TV series, 1 episode
The Day of the TriffidsWalterMiniseries, 1 episode
AngelsMalcolm RoystonTV series, 1 episode
Codename IcarusNaval OfficerMiniseries, 2 episodes
1981-82TenkoBernard WebsterTV series, 3 episodes
1982Bird of PreyLanchbury TV series, 1 episode
Sorry!Mr Thropley / 1st LieutenantTV series, 1 episode
1983The Winds of WarAir Commodore Byrne-WilkeMiniseries, 2 episodes
1985One by OneCo-pilotTV series
GemsTerence MoranTV series, 3 episodes
Howards' WayBasilTV series, 1 episode
AnzacsCaptain Young Miniseries, 2 episodes
Big DealJonathan TurnbullTV series, 3 episodes
1986Chance in a MillionGerryTV series, 1 episode
1987The MistressMan next door TV series, 1 episode
TruckersDenzil SweetmanTV series, 1 episode
1988AustraliansGeneral PercivalTV series, 1 episode
1989BoonMr AllsopTV series, 1 episode
Gentlemen and PlayersMetcalfeTV series, 1 episode
1991Golden FiddlesMr CraigTV series, 2 episodes
The River KingsFred ThompsonTV series, 4 episodes
Major ChapmanMiniseries, 2 episodes
1992The BillChief Inspector Hutchinson TV series, 1 episode
1997Heartbreak HighGeorge Freedom TV series, 1 episode
1998Murder CallJames HartmanTV series, 1 episode
2000The Potato FactoryBank ExecutiveMiniseries, 4 episodes
2003DoctorsGraham HuntleyTV series, 1 episode
2004JessicaSneddonMiniseries
2006Rosemary & ThymeCharlie GudgeonTV series, 1 episode
2016Wolf CreekTravelling SalesmanTV series, 1 episode

References

  1. http://nashonomroll.org/f_nominalroll2.asp?NominalRollID=91420 Nashos Nominal Roll
  2. https://glamadelaide.com.au/book-review-forever-horatio-an-actors-life-by-edmund-pegge/ Book Review: Forever Horatio: An Actor's Life, by Edmund Pegge
  3. "The Many Hats of Edmund Pegge...", The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 April 1982 (pg.43)
  4. Web site: The Phoenix Files . 11 June 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170510152354/http://www.preachrspodcast.net/Preachrs_Podcast_-_OnLine_and_OnStage/The_Phoenix_Files.html . 10 May 2017 . dead .
  5. https://www.pressreader.com/australia/the-chronicle8992/20180301/281951723312269 Forever Horatio - PressReader

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