Peter Bland

Born: 1934-05-12

Peter Bland was born on May 12, 1934 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England as Peter Gordon Bland. He emigrated to New Zealand at the age of 20 and graduated from the Victoria University of Wellington. He worked as a radio producer for the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation. He became closely associated with the Wellington Group which included James K. Baxter and Louis Johnson. He worked in theatre, as co-founder and artistic director of Downstage Theatre from 1964–68. He returned to Britain in 1970 for a short time but now lives in Auckland, New Zealand.


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Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!

as Inspector Ruff
Released: 1973-10-17

Based on the hit play. A British Government Minister puts forward a bill to battle filth in the...

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Came a Hot Friday

as Wes Pennington
Released: 1985-10-04

Set in post-war (1949) rural New Zealand, this film traces the efforts of two con men to run a...

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Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective

as George Tilth
Released: 1981-01-04

When D. C. Dangerous Davies, not held in high regard by his superiors, is assigned to find a...

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Savage Play

as Prince of Wales
Released: 1995-01-01

During a rugby tour of Britain and Ireland in 1888, a young New Zealander searches for his...

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Queen City Rocker

as Ryder
Released: 1986-10-14

In the turbulence of Auckland, Ska (Hunter) is a streetwise 19 year old, whose father is a...

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Dangerous Orphans

as Jacobs
Released: 1985-01-01

Three orphaned boys - O'Malley, Rossi and Moir - become blood brothers. When they grow up, they...

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Minder

as Charlie
First aired: 1979-10-29

This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and...

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Terry and June

as Gendarme
First aired: 1979-10-24

Terry and June Medford are both middle aged and beginning to find the trials of life are more...

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Murder Most Horrid

as Editor
First aired: 1991-11-14

A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various...

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