Actor Peter Bowles, best known for starring opposite Penelope Keith in BBC comedy series To the Manor Born, has died at the age of 85, his agent has confirmed.
He has also appeared in films such as The Bank Job and television shows such as Victoria, Magnolia Street and Only When I Laugh.
The actor’s agent said Bowles “sadly passed away from cancer.”
“He is survived by his wife Sue, who is in her 60s, and their three children, Guy, Adam and Sasha.”
The statement continued: “He began his career in 1956 at the Old Vic Theater and acted in 45 theatrical productions culminating at the age of 81 in The Exorcist at the Phoenix Theatre.
“He worked consistently on stage and screen and became a household name on television as the archetypal English gentleman in To The Manor Born, Only When I Laugh, The Bounder and Lytton’s Diary, which he developed himself.”
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