Kinsey Peile

Peile left the army and made his professional stage debut in 1892 at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, as the White Admiral in Blue Eyed Susan. He joined the company of the actor-manager George Alexander, first on tour and then at its London base, the St James's Theatre, appearing in Liberty Hall and other productions, including the premiere of The Importance of Being Earnest, in which he created the role of Lane. On the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, though over fifty, he successfully sought a commission as a lieutenant in his old regiment, resuming his stage career in 1918. |group=n and Richard Twining in Maugham's The Moon and Sixpence.

Writer and later years In addition to acting, Peile was a playwright. His works written for the West End included Solomon's Twins, 1897; An Interrupted Honeymoon, 1899; Lyre and Lancet, 1902; The Man Who Was, 1903; Money and the Girl, 1910; Bill, Twelve o'clock, and The Shooting Star, all 1912; The Pink Nightgown, 1913; and Who Laughs Last, 1919.

In the view of The Era, Peile was best known for his adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's story "The Man Who Was", which Herbert Beerbohm Tree mounted with considerable success at His Majesty's in 1903 and revived frequently. Also for Tree, Peile adapted Robert Louis Stevenson's story "The Door upon the Latch". He collaborated in the 1920s with Algernon Blackwood on several projects, including a three-act farce and a ballet based on Blackwood's story "The Wings of Horus", neither of which reached the stage.

Peile appeared in films, including The Face at the Window (1920), Three Live Ghosts (1922), The Presumption of Stanley Hay, MP (1925), Settled Out of Court (1926), The Vortex (1928), The Burgomaster of Stilemonde (1929) and High Society (1932).

Peile died in London on 13 April 1934, aged 72, survived by his widow and daughter.

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