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Frederick Peisley
Frederick Walter James Peisley (6 December 1904 – 22 March 1975) was a British stage, film and television actor and theatre director whose career spanned five decades. He is known for ''The Secret of the Loch'' (1934), ''Gentlemen's Agreement'' (1935) and ''Murder at the Cabaret'' (1936). His later career was mostly in television.
Fred Peisley was born in Finchley in London in 1904, the son of Annie Emily and Walter John Peisley, a baker.
==Theatre==
Early stage appearances included ''The Mental Athletes'' at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith (1922); Jim Hawkins in matinee performances of ''Treasure Island'' at the Strand Theatre (1923),〔('Treasure Island at the Strand Theatre' – ''The Spectator'' – 6 January 1923, Page 26 )〕〔(''Treasure Island'' on the Robb Wilton Theatricalia website )〕 and ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (1924).〔(Peisley on the Theatricalia website )〕 In 1925 he appeared in "a dull and stodgy production" of Dryden's ''The Assignation'' at the Aldwych Theatre, in the same year touring in the musical romance ''Derby Day''.〔( Graham, Majorie ''Up in Lights: The Memoirs of a 1920s Chorus Girl'' Dobson Books Ltd, London (1980) pg 29 Google Books )〕〔(Wearing, J.P. ''The London Stage 1920–1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel'' Rowman & Littlefield (2014) pg 342 Google Books )〕 In 1927 he appeared alongside John Gielgud in ''The Great God Brown'' at the Strand Theatre,〔(''The Great God Brown'' on the University of Birmingham Cadbury Research Library Special Collections )〕 while in 1928 he played Taya in ''Contraband'' at the Q Theatre. In 1936 he appeared in Ivor Novello's ''Careless Rapture'' at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and in 1938 he acted in ''Heaven and Charing Cross'' at the St Martin's Theatre and in ''The Ascent of F6'' at The Old Vic.〔〔(Cast of ''Heaven and Charing Cross'' on the Theatricalia website )〕
In 1940 he directed a production of ''The Dominant Sex'' for the Dundee Repertory Theatre Company, featuring an early performance by Patrick Cargill.〔(''The Dominant Sex'' in the University of Glasgow Special Collections – Scottish Theatre Archive )〕 In 1947 Peisley joined the touring company of Donald Wolfit with whom he appeared as Puck in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' on Broadway and in Canada. ''Billboard'' said of Peisley's performance, "Frederick Peisley as Puck is adequate only, much of the wit of Shakespeare's lines being lost in the excessive bounce and speed Peisley puts into the chore."〔('Midsummer Night's Dream In Montreal: All Wolfit' – ''Billboard'' – 17 January 1948 pg 42 Google Books )〕
The year 1949 saw Peisley portraying "a remarkably lifelike Swinburne" at the Royal Opera House in a controversial production of ''Salome'', directed by Peter Brook and with costumes and sets designed by Salvador Dali.〔('The artists behind opera and ballet set design' – The Royal Opera House website )〕〔('Outstanding Acting in ''Salome'' – ''The Glasgow Herald'' – 14 November 1949 pg 3 )〕 In 1951 Peisley directed productions of ''High Temperature'' and ''Arsenic and Old Lace'' at the Chesterfield Theatre.〔(''High Temperature'' on the Chesterfield Theatre Friends website )〕〔(''Aresenic and Lace'' on the Chesterfield Theatre Friends website )〕
In 1953 he appeared as Cribb in ''The Drunkard'' at the Irving Theatre in London;〔( Peisley in ''The Drunkard'' – Getty Images website )〕 at the Salisbury Playhouse he played Man Friday in the pantomime ''Robinson Crusoe'' (1955); John of Gaunt in ''Richard II'' (1955), with Gerald Flood in the title role;〔'Current Theater Notes', ''Shakespeare Quarterly'' – Vol. 6, No. 1, Winter, 1955 pg 76〕 Mr Charles Dumby in ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' (1956); in ''Book of the Month'' (1956) with Leonard Rossiter, and General Mackenzie in Agatha Christie's ''Ten Little Niggers'' (1957). He appeared in ''Flowering Cherry'' by Robert Bolt at the Bristol Hippodrome (1958).〔〔(''Book of the Month'' on the Leonard Rossiter website )〕
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