Acting credits
83
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Ballard Berkeley
Acting
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Movies: 51Series: 32
TMDB ID: 129033
IMDb ID: nm0075326
Known for: Acting
Born: August 6, 1904
Died: January 16, 1988
Age: 83
Place of birth: Margate, Kent, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1930 - 2025
Years active: 96
Average TMDB rating: 6.61
Wikidata: Q1990442
Also known as
Ballard Blascheck
Biography
Ballard Berkeley made his professional stage debut in 1928, and performed for many years in London's West End and in New York theatres. He is best remembered as Major Gowen in the British television series "Fawlty Towers" (1975).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Ballard Berkeley.
Britain and the Blitz
2025 • Movie
as Head of the Army (voice)
The BFG
1990 • Movie
as English Motorist #2
National Lampoon's European Vacation
1985 • Movie
as Harry Lorradaile
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980 • Movie
as Humphry Wills
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
1980 • Movie
as Uncle Fred (as Ballard Barclay)
Queen of the Blues
1979 • Movie
as Judge
Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair
1979 • Movie
as Trainer
The Playbirds
1978 • Movie
as Lord Edgar Snodley
Confessions of a Driving Instructor
1976 • Movie
as Peter, the butler
The Weekend Murders
1970 • Movie
as Clerk of Court
Hostile Witness
1968 • Movie
as Cmdr. Savage
The Night Caller
1965 • Movie
as Sir Colin Chalmers
The Murder Game
1965 • Movie
as Bill MacKenzie
Impact
1963 • Movie
as Charles Grant
A Matter of Choice
1963 • Movie
as Commissioner
Cone of Silence
1960 • Movie
as Whacker Payne
Further Up the Creek
1958 • Movie
as Stockman
Chain of Events
1958 • Movie
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1958 • Movie
as Starter at Goodwood (uncredited)
Just My Luck
1957 • Movie
Night of the Demon
1957 • Movie
as Andrews
After the Ball
1957 • Movie
as Lieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1957 • Movie
as Lawson
The Betrayal
1957 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ballard Berkeley.
as Major D'Arcy Pendleton • 1 eps
Me & My Girl
1984 • Series
as Guy Penrose • 10 eps
Fresh Fields
1984 • Series
as Comm. Buckley • 1 eps
That's My Boy
1981 • Series
as Colonel Culpepper • 1 eps
Terry and June
1979 • Series
as Hartley • 1 eps
To the Manor Born
1979 • Series
as Bank Manager • 1 eps
Spooner's Patch
1979 • Series
1 eps
Mike Yarwood In Persons
1976 • Series
as Colonel Foster • 1 eps
The New Avengers
1976 • Series
as Major Gowen • 12 eps
Fawlty Towers
1975 • Series
as Dr Grant • 1 eps
Oh, Father!
1973 • Series
as Lord Plunket-Taylor • 1 eps
Sykes
1972 • Series
as Angler • 1 eps
Are You Being Served?
1972 • Series
as Group Captain • 1 eps
Bless This House
1971 • Series
as Chairman of the British Olympic Committee • 1 eps
The Goodies
1970 • Series
as Lord Cranford • 1 eps
Hadleigh
1969 • Series
as Major Dibbyn • 1 eps
The Main Chance
1969 • Series
1 eps
All Gas and Gaiters
1967 • Series
as Golfer • 1 eps
Till Death Us Do Part
1966 • Series
as Cornford • 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
1965 • Series
as First Committee Member • 1 eps
The Wednesday Play
1964 • Series
as Sir James Damery • 1 eps
Sherlock Holmes
1964 • Series
1 eps
Ghost Squad
1961 • Series
as Harry Tyler • 1 eps
The Cheaters
1960 • Series
as Colonel Cantrill • 1 eps
Coronation Street
1960 • Series