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{{Short description|English actor and director}}
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'''Peter Alexander''' (born 15 October 1952, [[Midsomer Norton]], [[Somerset]]) is an English actor and director. He is probably best known for playing the character of [[Phil Pearce]] in ''[[Emmerdale|Emmerdale Farm]]'' for three years.
He holds the unusual distinction of having appeared in all the main UK-made TV soap operas of the last 25 years, including ''[[EastEnders]]'', ''[[Coronation Street]]'', ''[[Brookside (TV series)|Brookside]]'', ''[[Emmerdale]]'' and ''[[Hollyoaks]]''.
He returned briefly to ''[[Emmerdale]]'' as a different character in 2006 for the King's River House explosion plotline.<ref>http://www.emmerdale.me.uk {{webarchive
He has appeared in many national touring theatrical productions, and in recent years has directed and starred in many pantomimes.
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==Early life==
He was born in [[Midsomer Norton]] but spent the first seven years of his life in nearby [[Peasedown St John]], [[Somerset]]. He was one of five children, and his parents were May Alexandra and Thomas Henry Carlile. He attended boarding school at [[Woolverstone Hall School]] in [[Suffolk]]. After a spell at [[Chichester College]] he trained in drama at the [[Guildford School of Acting]].<ref name="corrie.net">{{cite web|url=http://www.corrie.net/profiles/actors/alexander_peter.html |title=Peter Alexander |publisher=Corrie.net |date= |accessdate=2012-01-30}}</ref>
==Career==
He has appeared in many UK TV series, notably as [[Phil Pearce]] in ''[[Emmerdale|Emmerdale Farm]]''.
More recently he has carved out a career as a performer and director of pantomime, notably at [[Leeds City Varieties]] theatre, Leeds <ref name="COLIN MEREDITH">{{cite web|title=COLIN MEREDITH|url=http://www.amberltd.co.uk/cvs/156/Colin%20Meredith.pdf|work=Amber Personal Management|
In 2008 he was employed as voice coach at [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera]], with [[Peter Hall (director)|Sir Peter Hall's]] production of ''[[Albert Herring]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=
==TV and film appearances==
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* ''[[Affairs of the Heart (TV series)|Affairs of the Heart]]''
* ''[[Emmerdale|Emmerdale Farm]]'' (1983–1986)
* ''[[All Creatures Great and Small (1978 TV series)|All Creatures Great and Small]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Medics]]'' (1990)
* ''Flash Back'' (1991)
* ''[[Singles (TV series)|Singles]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Brookside (TV series)|Brookside]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Mission Top Secret]]'' (1994)
* ''[[EastEnders]]'' (1996)
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* ''The Marchioness Disaster'' (2006)
* ''[[Emmerdale]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Heartbeat (
* ''[[The Royal Today]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Last Tango in Halifax]]'' (2016)
==Theatre career==
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He is married to Penny Stevenson,<ref name="corrie.net" /> who runs a dance school in [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]].<ref name=HC>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/diane-crabtree/Women39s-World--Actor-by.3722922.jp |title=Women's World - Actor by day, a dancer by night - Columnists |publisher=Halifax Courier |date=2008-01-28 |accessdate=2012-01-30}}</ref> For more than 25 years they have lived in [[Luddendenfoot]], [[Calderdale]], [[Yorkshire]].<ref name=HC /> He has two children, Emily, an actress, and Nicholas, a doctor.<ref>{{IMDb name|0018668|Peter Alexander}}</ref>
He is also a magistrate.<ref name="halifaxcourier.co.uk" /> He has been involved in relief work in [[Tanzania]].<ref name="halifaxcourier.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite web|author=
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.peteralexander.org Official website]
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