Peter Swanwick


Walter Peter Swanwick was a British actor best remembered as the "Supervisor" in the 1967 TV series The Prisoner.
Swanwick's film career began with bit parts in films such as The African Queen, and he became a recognisable face on British TV during the mid-1960s when he featured in a number of series, including The Avengers and Danger Man, where he first worked with Patrick McGoohan, who later co-created and starred in The Prisoner.
Swanwick had major health problems in the 1960s that resulted in his undergoing multiple operations and leaving him with a short time to live.
Swanwick played the non-singing part of Herr Zeller in the original London stage production of The Sound of Music.

Selected filmography

Lilli Marlene – Chief InterrogatorMadame Louise – Bradford businessman The African Queen – First Officer of Fort ShonaOld Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure – Mr. BensonSalute the Toff – Night Porter Private Information – Minor Role Emergency Call – Police SergeantTime Gentlemen, Please! – Jeremiah HigginsNo Haunt for a Gentleman – Brother RavioliCircumstantial Evidence – Charley PottLady in the Fog – SmithersCosh Boy – Mr. Wimbush Street Corner – Mr. Propert The Red Beret – Minor Role Albert R.N. – ObergefreiterStryker of the Yard Devil on Horseback – Mr. ParfittConflict of Wings – Sergeant, Working PartyBetrayed – Fat Major The Black Rider – Holiday-makerDelavine Affair – MeyerlingThe Colditz Story – Lutyens The Love Match – Mr. HallWindfall – Passport to Treason – Cafe ProprietorThe March Hare – Nils SvensonBond of Fear – Travelling SalesmanAssignment Redhead – Mons. Paul BonnetIll Met by Moonlight – German Officer with Gen. Brauer You Pay Your Money – Hall PorterMurder Reported – HatterKill Me Tomorrow – HarrisonThe Big Chance – Passport OfficialDeath Over My Shoulder – Nick DaytonThe Two-Headed Spy – Gen. ToppeOperation Amsterdam – PeterLife in Danger – Dr. NicholsThe Desperate Man – HoadCircus of Horrors – German Police Inspector KnopfThe Trunk – Nicholas SteinerDouble Bunk – Freighter PilotThe Devil's Daffodil – Polizist Invasion Quartet – Gun CommanderFate Takes a Hand – PreenyMystery Submarine – Lt. LynckerThe Gentle Terror – 1st AuditorSecrets of a Windmill Girl – Len MasonThe Devil Rides Out – Satanist The Looking Glass War – Finnish Policeman