Peter Swanwick

English actor (1922–1968)

Peter Swanwick
Swanwick in the TV series One Step Beyond, episode The Sorcerer, 1961
Born	Walter Peter Swanwick (1922-09-29)29 September 1922 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Died	14 November 1968(1968-11-14) (aged 46) London, England, UK
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1951–1968

Walter Peter Swanwick (29 September 1922 – 14 November 1968) was an English actor best remembered as the "Supervisor" (sometimes called the Controller) in the 1967 TV series, The Prisoner.^[1]

Swanwick's film career began with bit parts in films such as The African Queen (1951), and he became a recognisable face on British TV during the mid-1960s when he featured in a number of series, including The Avengers and Danger Man where he first worked with later Prisoner star and co-creator, Patrick McGoohan.^[2]^[3]^[4]

According to several biographies ^[5] Swanwick endured major health problems in the 1960s that resulted in his undergoing undisclosed operations that left him with a short time to live.

Swanwick played the non-singing part of Herr Zeller in the original London stage production of The Sound of Music.^[6]

Selected filmography

Lilli Marlene (1950) - Chief Interrogator
Madame Louise (1951) - Bradford businessman (uncredited)
The African Queen (1951) - First Officer of Fort Shona
Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure (1951) - Mr. Benson
Salute the Toff (1952) - Night Porter (uncredited)
Private Information (1952) - Minor Role (uncredited)
Emergency Call (1952) - Police Sergeant
Time Gentlemen, Please! (1952) - Jeremiah Higgins
No Haunt for a Gentleman (1952) - Brother Ravioli
Circumstantial Evidence (1952) - Charley Pott
Lady in the Fog (1952) - Smithers
Cosh Boy (1953) - Mr. Wimbush (uncredited)
Street Corner (1953) - Mr. Propert (uncredited)
The Red Beret (1953) - Minor Role (uncredited)
Albert R.N. (1953) - Obergefreiter
Stryker of the Yard (1953)
Devil on Horseback (1954) - Mr. Parfitt
Conflict of Wings (1954) - Sergeant, Working Party
Betrayed (1954) - Fat Major (uncredited)
The Black Rider (1954) - Holiday-maker
Delavine Affair (1955) - Meyerling
The Colditz Story (1955) - Lutyens
The Love Match (1955) - Mr. Hall
Windfall (1955) - (uncredited)
Passport to Treason (1955) - Cafe Proprietor
The March Hare (1956) - Nils Svenson
Bond of Fear (1956) - Travelling Salesman
Assignment Redhead (1956) - Mons. Paul Bonnet
Ill Met by Moonlight (1957) - German Officer with Gen. Brauer (uncredited)
You Pay Your Money (1957) - Hall Porter
Murder Reported (1957) - Hatter
Kill Me Tomorrow (1957) - Harrison
The Big Chance (1957) - Passport Official
Death Over My Shoulder (1958) - Nick Dayton
The Two-Headed Spy (1958) - Gen. Toppe
Operation Amsterdam (1959) - Peter
Life in Danger (1959) - Dr. Nichols
The Desperate Man (1959) - Hoad
Circus of Horrors (1960) - German Police Inspector Knopf
The Trunk (1961) - Nicholas Steiner
Double Bunk (1961) - Freighter Pilot
The Devil's Daffodil (1961) - Polizist (uncredited)
Invasion Quartet (1961) - Gun Commander
Fate Takes a Hand (1961) - Preeny
Mystery Submarine (1963) - Lt. Lyncker
The Gentle Terror (1963) - 1st Auditor
Secrets of a Windmill Girl (1966) - Len Mason
The Devil Rides Out (1968) - Satanist (uncredited)
The Looking Glass War (1970) - Finnish Policeman (final film role)

References

^ Marshall, Rodney; Denham, Sam; Ginez, Bernard; Cogzell, Richard; Shailes, Frank; Johnson, Piers; Hui, Frank; Burch, Darren; Gordon, Margaret J.; Ferguson, J. Z.; Swift, Sunday; Humphries-Brooks, Lauren; Lee, Matthew; Saunders, Mark; O'Shea, Dan (11 December 2014). Anticlockwise. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781326118204 – via Google Books.
^ "Peter Swanwick". Archived from the original on 26 April 2018.
^ "Peter Swanwick - Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
^ "Unmutual Prisoner Village People - Peter Swanwick (McGoohan/Portmeirion)". www.theunmutual.co.uk.
^ "The Avengers Forever: Peter Swanwick". theavengers.tv.
^ Monush, Barry (1 February 2015). The Sound of Music FAQ: All That's Left to Know About Maria, the von Trapps, and Our Favorite Things. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9781495025945 – via Google Books.