and he is said to have once joked that he had cornered the market in unnamed police officers and barmen. From the late 1930s he became associated with Ealing Studios, appearing in dozens of their productions, from cheaply shot programmers through to the company's most prestigious films such as In Which We Serve (1942). Most of Piper's roles were fleeting and his name rarely appeared in promotional material, but there was an occasional more substantial part in films such as Nine Men (1943), The October Man (1947) and Hunted (1952). Other films include Hue and Cry, Passport to Pimlico (1949) and The Lavender Hill Mob (1951). From the early 1960s film work began to dry up, but Piper continued to find work in television, a medium on which he had first appeared as early as 1938 in a production of J. B. Priestley's play Laburnum Grove for the fledgling BBC. His TV credits during the 1960s included popular series such as Danger Man, Dixon of Dock Green and cult favourite The Prisoner. Piper's last credit however was in a film, a minor role in the 1971 production Burke & Hare. Piper died in London on 22 September 1979, one day short of his 77th birthday. Filmography 1933: The Good Companions - Ted Ogelthorpe 1934: Red Ensign - Mr. McWilliams (uncredited) 1934: The Man Who Knew Too Much - Policeman with Rifle (uncredited) 1935: The 39 Steps - The Milkman (uncredited) 1935: The Guv'nor - Gendarme (uncredited) 1936: Fame - Press Representative 1936: Everything Is Thunder - Policeman Denker 1936: Crown v. Stevens - Arthur Stevens 1936: Where There's a Will - Joe, Detective Taking Fingerprints (uncredited) 1936: Sabotage - Bus Conductor (uncredited) 1936: Jack of All Trades - Jimmy (Employment Clerk) (uncredited) 1937: Feather Your Nest - Mr. Green - The Recording Engineer (uncredited) 1937: Farewell Again - Minor Role (uncredited) 1937: Non-Stop New York - Barman (uncredited) 1937: Oh, Mr Porter! - Mr. Leadbetter - Railway Official (uncredited) 1937: Young and Innocent - Minor Role (uncredited) 1938: Climbing High - Official in Asylum Car (uncredited) 1938: They Drive by Night - Bartender (uncredited) 1939: Jamaica Inn - Davis - Sir Humphrey's Agent 1939: The Four Just Men - Pickpocket (uncredited) 1941: East of Piccadilly - Ginger Harris 1941: 49th Parallel - David 1942: The Big Blockade - Malta official (uncredited) 1942: In Which We Serve - Edgecombe 1943: Nine