Peter Cartwright

Peter Cartwright (30 August 1935 – 18 November 2013) was a South African born British actor who made hundreds of appearances in television, film and radio and worked extensively in the theatre, both in the provinces and London's West End.

Cartwright was born in Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa, and educated at St. Andrew's College in Grahamstown. He arrived in Britain in 1959 and studied at RADA.

He was best known in South Africa for a series of television commercials in which he portrayed Charles Glass, the legendary founder of South African Breweries and the brewmaster who brewed Castle Lager. He died of cancer at his home in London on 18 November 2013, aged 78.

Selected TV credits He appeared in Softly, Softly: Task Force, Z-Cars, Rumpole of the Bailey, Danger UXB, Yes Prime Minister, Casualty, Shackleton, Longitude, The Vicar of Dibley, Doctor Who and Strangers and Brothers.

He also appeared in the British soap Emmerdale playing George Postlethwaite, the fictional bishop of Skipdale.

Selected film credits In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, he played the wizard Elphias Doge, a member of the Order of the Phoenix, escorting Harry to Grimmauld Place.

Other films include Wimbledon, Cry Freedom, Gandhi and The Fourth Protocol.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1978 Let's Get Laid Film Director 1979 A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square Major Treadwell 1982 Gandhi European Passenger 1987 The Fourth Protocol Jan Marais 1987 Cry Freedom Senior police officer 1996 The Innocent Sleep Gerald Phillips 2004 Wimbledon Elderly Man in Lift 2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Elphias Doge

Stage credits Sleuth (Fortune Theatre, West End), Habeas Corpus (Theatre Royal, Windsor), Don Carlos (Royal Exchange, Manchester),