Peter Firth Peter Firth Peter Macintosh Firth (born 27 October 1953) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Sir Harry Pearce in the BBC One show "Spooks"; he is the only actor to have appeared in every episode of the show's ten-series lifespan. He has given myriad additional television and film performances, most notably as Alan Strang in "Equus" (1977), earning a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for the role. Firth was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, the son of publicans Mavis (née Hudson) and Eric Macintosh Firth. He attended Hanson
Stage-to-film adaptation looking at a real location, finally gradually switching back to the Globe Theatre. On some occasions, playwrights re-write their stage dramas for the screen, as Peter Shaffer did for "Amadeus" (1984), and as Peter Morgan did with "Frost/Nixon" (2008). Shaffer's screenplay made much use of camera movements and scenery that could only be suggested on-stage, as did Morgan with "Frost/Nixon". For "Amadeus", Shaffer even added scenes and heavily revised others for his original creation to take advantage of the medium. The scene in which the ill Mozart dictates his "Requiem Mass" to Salieri, while his imagined music is heard on