Peter Cleall


Peter Cleall is an actors' agent and former actor who is probably best known for playing wise-cracking Eric Duffy in the London Weekend Television comedy series Please Sir! which ran from 1968 to 1972, and its sequel The Fenn Street Gang from 1971 to 1973. He also advertised Tunes menthol sweets, as a passenger buying a train ticket to Nottingham, in 1985.

Early life

Cleall's father was a draughtsman. He was educated at Brighton College and trained as an actor at East 15 Acting School.

Career

Cleall began his acting career at Watford Palace Theatre and appeared at many theatres throughout the country including a number of seasons at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. His first screen appearance was in the horror feature Theatre of Death which starred Christopher Lee, and his other film roles included Confessions of a Pop Performer, Under the Doctor, Adventures of a Plumber's Mate, and the film version of Please Sir! in 1971.
Cleall played at the Edinburgh Festival and on tour in a one-person show titled The World Turned Upside Down which told of the experiences of an ordinary man caught up in the aftermath of the English Civil War.
He played Detective Sergeant Harrison in the BBC Radio 7 / Radio 4 Extra audio series "Detective", written by Raymond Barr.
Cleall has worked as an agent for over 20 years helping to run Pelham Associates, which is based in Brighton, East Sussex.

Personal life

Cleall is married to Dione Inman with whom he has two sons, Daniel and Spencer. Previously, he was married to Catherine McNamara by whom he also had two sons, Miles and Damian.

Television appearances

  • Please Sir
  • The Fenn Street Gang
  • D.H. Lawrence Playhouse
  • Thirty-Minute Theatre
  • Mickey Dunne
  • Dixon of Dock Green
  • The Paul Hogan Show
  • Spooner's Patch
  • Dempsey and Makepeace
  • Minder
  • Are You Being Served?
  • Unipart TV advert: "Thousands of Parts for Millions of Cars"
  • Tunes TV advert: "Tunes help you breathe more easily"
  • Fire Doors public information film: "Fire Doors Save Lives"
  • Grange Hill
  • Peak Practice
  • A Tale of Two Cities
  • The Bill
  • Casualty
  • Growing Pains
  • Thief Takers
  • Big Deal
  • Till Death Us Do Part
  • EastEnders
  • Special Branch
  • ''Silent Witness''