Acting credits
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Peter Howell
Acting
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Movies: 23Series: 31
TMDB ID: 222496
Known for: Acting
Born: October 25, 1919
Died: April 20, 2015
Age: 95
Place of birth: Kensington, London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1960 - 2001
Years active: 42
Average TMDB rating: 7.25
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
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Peter Howell.
as Clerk of the Court
Princess Caraboo
1994 • Movie
as College President
Shadowlands
1993 • Movie
as Harley Street Doctor
My Sister-Wife
1992 • Movie
as Churchill's Secretary
The Mountain and the Molehill
1989 • Movie
as The Bellman
Bellman and True
1987 • Movie
as Canon Verney
John and Yoko: A Love Story
1985 • Movie
as Prison Governor
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985 • Movie
as Dr. John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe: The Morning Star
1984 • Movie
as Counsel
'That Crazy Woman'
1980 • Movie
as The Major
The Errand
1980 • Movie
as Governor
Scum
1979 • Movie
as Other H2A
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978 • Movie
as Consultant
Dad
1976 • Movie
Brassneck
1975 • Movie
as Ward
Screamer
1974 • Movie
as Gerald Frankiss
Michael Regan
1971 • Movie
as Inspector Macready
Incident at Midnight
1963 • Movie
as Carlton
Two Letter Alibi
1962 • Movie
as Prof. Lumb
Raising the Wind
1961 • Movie
as William Pitt - Earl of Chatham
The Hellfire Club
1961 • Movie
as Father of Angus
No Kidding
1960 • Movie
as Admiral's secretary
Watch Your Stern
1960 • Movie
as Dr. Blake
Tarzan the Magnificent
1960 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Peter Howell.
as Ernest • 3 eps
Perfect Strangers
2001 • Series
as Judge • 1 eps
Hippies
1999 • Series
as Fourth Guest • 3 eps
Our Mutual Friend
1998 • Series
as Magistrate • 1 eps
Jeeves and Wooster
1990 • Series
as Mr. Paul • 1 eps
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 • Series
as Sir Nigel Pearson • 1 eps
South of the Border
1988 • Series
as Atticus • 5 eps
A.D.
1985 • Series
as Rothschild • 1 eps
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983 • Series
as Sir Charles Freeborn • 2 eps
Dalgliesh
1983 • Series
as Sir Charles Freeborn • 2 eps
Death of an Expert Witness
1983 • Series
as Sir William Lucas • 2 eps
Pride and Prejudice
1980 • Series
as Louis Kendall • 1 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 • Series
as Uncle Glegg • 6 eps
The Mill on the Floss
1978 • Series
as Howard • 1 eps
The Professionals
1977 • Series
as Other H2A • 1 eps
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 • Series
as Mr. Black • 1 eps
Dickens of London
1976 • Series
as Venables • 5 eps
Bill Brand
1976 • Series
as Judge Leonard Dover • 1 eps
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975 • Series
as Francis Knollys • 5 eps
Edward the Seventh
1975 • Series
as Alan Sevier • 1 eps
The Sweeney
1975 • Series
as Samson • 1 eps
Churchill's People
1974 • Series
as Consultant • 1 eps
Playhouse
1974 • Series
as Julius Caesar • 3 eps
Heil Caesar
1973 • Series
as Lord Howard • 2 eps
Elizabeth R
1971 • Series