Peter Ellis was born 30 May, 1936 in Bristol. He is an English actor who played Chief Supt. Charles Brownlow in The Bill, Osborne in Edward & Mrs Simpson, Albert Ackerley in How We Used to Live, and he has been in Emmerdale, Coronation Street, Bad Girls, Z Cars, The Saint, Dixon of Dock Green, Crown Court, and Lytton's Diary.
In 2018, it was announced that Peter Ellis recorded a rare interview about his time on The Bill for a Christmas Special edition of The Bill Podcast