Welsh actor Peter Halliday began a career as an auctioneer before joining the army.
The son of an auctioneer and estate agent, Halliday was brought up in Welshpool in Montgomeryshire, and attended Oswestry School in Shropshire. Peter Halliday (2 June 1924  18 February 2012) was a Welsh actor. He worked briefly for Rolls-Royce in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire before being called up by the Army during the Second World War, serving in Iraq, Palestine and Egypt. 
