In a business that burns through people quickly, Peter-Hugo Daly is a long-distance runner whose career has outlived most of the formats it was recorded on. Ask a viewer to place Peter-Hugo Daly and the answer usually comes back 'Gangs of New York'. He also turns up in 'Cassandra's Dream'. Television and film have both stayed in regular use across the career.
Peter-Hugo Daly
Actor
70 years (Jan 1, 1956)Islington, UKIslington, London, England, UK
In a business that burns through people quickly, Peter-Hugo Daly is a long-distance runner whose career has outlived most of the formats it was recorded on. Ask a viewer to place Peter-Hugo Daly and the answer usually comes back 'Gangs of New York'. He also turns up in 'Cassandra's Dream'. Television and film have both stayed in regular use across the career.
1956-01-01 · Islington, UKIslington, London, England, UK
Peter-Hugo Daly (born 1956 in Islington, London) is an actor and musician. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he was a member of new wave band the Cross along with fellow actor Phil Daniels. The band released a 1979 single, "Kill Another Night", on RCA Records. In 1980, Daly appeared with Daniels as drummer Mick "Lethal" in the Hazel O'Connor film Breaking Glass.
Extensive television appearances include Minder, Bergerac, The Bill, Birds of a Feather, Foyle's War, Martin Chuzzlewit, Silent Witness, New Tricks, Midsomer Murders, Between the Lines, Little Dorrit, The History Man, Lark Rise to Candleford, Alan Bleasdale's G.B.H. and as Dave Morris in McLibel!. He appeared in two of the Sharpe television films: Sharpe's Gold (1995) and Sharpe's Challenge (2006).