Peter Cotes


Peter Cotes was an English director, producer, actor, writer and production manager.
Cotes was born as Sydney Boulting in Maidenhead, Berkshire. His brothers John and Roy Boulting became noted film makers. He began as an actor, before concentrating on theatre production. He was the original director of the world's longest-running production The Mousetrap, still playing at the St Martins Theatre, London. He wrote several books, including an acclaimed biography of Charlie Chaplin in 1951.
Cotes travelled to Australia in 1961 to direct some television plays. He was fired during the filming of Bitter Harvest.
He was twice married: Myfanwy Jones and Joan Miller. He died from natural causes in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, aged 86.

Cinema and television credits

As actorPal O'Mine ... ArchiePastor Hall ... Erwin KohnFingers The Gentle Sex ...TaffyDon't Take It to Heart ...Patterson, Junior CounselThe Way to the Stars ...AircraftsmanBeware of Pity ...KosmaThe Upturned Glass ... Questioner
As writer London Playhouse
As producerLondon Playhouse
As director

Selected theatre credits

  • ''The Mousetrap''