Peter Cotes (19 March 1912 – 10 November 1998) was an English director, producer, actor, writer and production manager.[1]
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]
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^ abcGussow, Mel (18 November 1998). "Peter Cotes, 86, Producer and Director of 'Mousetrap'". The New York Times.
^ ab"Obituary: Peter Cotes". Independent.co.uk. 23 October 2011. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.
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of Robert Cotes, an apothecary (Francis's younger brother Samuel Cotes (1734–1818) also became an artist, specialising in miniatures). Cotes trained with...
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The French Riviera, known in French as the Côte d'Azur (IPA: [kot dazyʁ]; Provençal: Còsta d'Azur, IPA: [ˈkwɔstɔ daˈzyʀ]; lit. 'Azure Coast'), is the Mediterranean...
smile", as The Times said, but eventually withdrew from it. His colleague PeterCotes said that the part made him into a well known "personality", and although...
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Sheila Huntington as 1st girl student Susan Shaw as 2nd girl student PeterCotes as male student Nuna Davey as Mrs. Deva Judith Carol as Joan Scott-Trotter...
as Aunt Agatha (4 episodes) The series was produced by Michael Mills, PeterCotes, and Frank Muir, with music by Sandy Wilson. The episodes were adapted...
Cocktails With Elvira. 12 November 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2018. PeterCotes, "The Trial of Elvira Barney" (Celebrated Trials Series), David & Charles...
Jones, a new American play written by Robert P. Hillier and directed by PeterCotes. The cast included American actress Marlene Warfield. The play had its...
October BBC Two airs Blue Peter Night, a selection of programmes celebrating 40 years of the long-running children's series Blue Peter. UK Play launches. Originally...
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