Peter Birrel

Monday, 2 August 2004 - Reported by Shaun Lyon

August 2, 2004 • Posted By Shaun Lyon

Peter Birrel, who played a Draconian prince in "Frontier in Space", died of cancer on June 23rd at the age of 68.

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