Peter Leonard Coe (18 April 1929 – 25 May 1987), was an English film and theatre director and actor.
His first London success came in 1959 with the musical Lock Up Your Daughters and by 1961 he had three hits running simultaneously.
He also directed both the West End and Broadway productions of Oliver!
His operatic credits included The Love of Three Oranges, The Angel of Fire, and Ernani.
His appointments included artistic director for the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, Canada in 1980, and the American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, in United States and prior to his death artistic director of the Churchill Theatre in Bromley, Kent.