Peter Cotes

Who was Peter Cotes?

Peter Cotes was an English director, producer, actor, writer and production manager.

Cotes was born as Sydney Boulting in Maidenhead, Berkshire. His twin brothers John and Roy Boulting became noted film makers. He began as an actor, before concentrating on theatre production. He was the original director of the world's longest-running production The Mousetrap, still playing at the St Martins Theatre, London. He wrote several books, including an acclaimed biography of Charlie Chaplin in 1951.

He was twice married: Myfanwy Jones and Joan Miller. He died from natural causes in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, aged 86.