Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 25, 1919
Place of Birth:
Kensington, London, England, UK
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Peter Howell
Biography
Peter Howell was an English actor of stage and screen. Despite his relatively privileged life (he was educated at Winchester and at Christ Church, Oxford, leaving the latter when called up for service as an officer in the Rifle Brigade during WWII) Howell was a lifelong active member of the Labour Party and campaigned for a number of social issues. One of his most remembered roles is that of the governor in Alan Clarke's 1979 film version of Scum, which he took because he wanted to highlight the issues regarding the penal system. He was also a longtime member of the Marylebone Cricket Club, and opposed their planned 1968-69 England cricket tour of apartheid-era South Africa, which was eventually cancelled. He helped to raise funds for the building of Watermans Arts Centre near his home in Chiswick, west London. Howell died at Denville Hall, a home for retired actors in Northwood, London, on 20 April 2015 after a short illness, aged 95
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Princess Caraboo | Clerk of the Court |
| 1993 | Shadowlands | College President |
| 1992 | My Sister-Wife | Harley Street Doctor |
| 1989 | The Mountain and the Molehill | Churchill's Secretary |
| 1987 | Bellman and True | The Bellman |
| 1985 | Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil | Prison Governor |
| 1985 | John and Yoko: A Love Story | Canon Verney |
| 1984 | John Wycliffe: The Morning Star | Dr. John Wycliffe |
| 1980 | The Errand | Major |
| 1980 | 'That Crazy Woman' | Counsel |
| 1979 | Scum | Governor |
| 1979 | The Winter Ladies | Solicitor |
| 1978 | Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat | Other H2A |
| 1976 | Dad | Consultant |
| 1975 | Brassneck | |
| 1974 | Screamer | Ward |
| 1971 | Michael Regan | Gerald Frankiss |
| 1962 | Two Letter Alibi | Carlton |
| 1961 | Raising the Wind | Prof. Lumb |
| 1960 | Watch Your Stern | Admiral's secretary |
| 1960 | No Kidding | Father of Angus |
| 1960 | Tarzan the Magnificent | Dr. Blake |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Our Mutual Friend | |
| 1990 | Jeeves and Wooster | Magistrate |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Mr. Paul |
| 1988 | South Of The Border | Sir Nigel Pearson |
| 1985 | A.D. | Atticus |
| 1983 | Dalgliesh | Sir Charles Freeborn |
| 1983 | Reilly: Ace of Spies | Rothschild |
| 1983 | The Old Men at the Zoo | Mr. Lascelles |
| 1980 | Pride and Prejudice | |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Louis Kendall |
| 1977 | The Professionals | Howard |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Other H2A |
| 1976 | Bill Brand | Venables |
| 1976 | Dickens of London | Mr. Black |
| 1975 | The Sweeney | Alan Sevier |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Consultant |
| 1973 | Heil Caesar | Julius Caesar |
| 1971 | Elizabeth R | Lord Howard |
| 1971 | The Ten Commandments | Michael Parkinson |
| 1968 | The Champions | Admiral Cox |
| 1967 | The Prisoner | Professor |
| 1964 | Story Parade | Dean Welch |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Investigator |
| 1962 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook | Mr Rayburn |
| 1960 | Somerset Maugham Hour | Arthur Lowe |