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Ballard Berkeley

Known For: Acting
Born: August 6, 1904
Place of Birth: Margate, Kent, England, UK
Died: January 16, 1988

Ballard Berkeley

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).

Filmography

Britain and the Blitz

2025

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

2005 · Major Gowen (archive footage) (uncredited)

The BFG

1990 · Head of the Army (voice)

National Lampoon's European Vacation

1985 · English Motorist #2

Me & My Girl

1984 · Major D'Arcy Pendleton

Fresh Fields

1984 · Guy Penrose

That's My Boy

1981 · Comm. Buckley

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1980 · Harry Lorradaile

The Wildcats of St Trinian's

1980 · Humphry Wills

Kelly Monteith

1979

Terry and June

1979 · Colonel Culpepper, Sir Arthur Forster-Carter

To the Manor Born

1979 · Hartley

Queen of the Blues

1979 · Uncle Fred (as Ballard Barclay)

Spooner's Patch

1979 · Bank Manager

Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair

1979 · Judge

The Playbirds

1978 · Trainer

Mike Yarwood In Persons

1976

The New Avengers

1976 · Colonel Foster

Confessions of a Driving Instructor

1976 · Lord Edgar Snodley

Fawlty Towers

1975 · Major Gowen

Oh, Father!

1973 · Dr Grant

Sykes

1972 · Lord Plunket-Taylor

Are You Being Served?

1972 · Angler

Bless This House

1971 · Group Captain

The Goodies

1970 · Chairman of the British Olympic Committee

The Weekend Murders

1970 · Peter, the butler

Hadleigh

1969 · Lord Cranford

The Main Chance

1969 · Major Dibbyn

Hostile Witness

1968 · Clerk of Court

All Gas and Gaiters

1967 · , Lord Ringmould

Till Death Us Do Part

1966 · Golfer

The Night Caller

1965 · Cmdr. Savage

The Murder Game

1965 · Sir Colin Chalmers

BBC Play of the Month

1965 · Cornford

United!

1965 · Dr. Newkes

The Wednesday Play

1964 · First Committee Member

Swizzlewick

1964 · Major Lamb

Sherlock Holmes

1964 · Sir Charles Baskerville, Sir James Damery

Story Parade

1964 · General Sanctuary

Impact

1963 · Bill MacKenzie

A Matter of Choice

1963 · Charles Grant

Ghost Squad

1961

The Cheaters

1960 · Harry Tyler, Jefford, Mansion

Coronation Street

1960 · Colonel Cantrill

Maigret

1960 · Dr. Pardon

Cone of Silence

1960 · Commissioner

No Hiding Place

1959 · , Simmy Knowles

Further Up the Creek

1958 · Whacker Payne

Chain of Events

1958 · Stockman

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

1958 · Court Clerk (uncredited)

Ivanhoe

1958 · Rand the Goldsmith

Just My Luck

1957 · Starter at Goodwood (uncredited)

Night of the Demon

1957

After the Ball

1957 · Andrews

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

1957 · Lieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie

The Betrayal

1957 · Lawson

The Buccaneers

1956 · Rafton

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

1956

My Teenage Daughter

1956 · Magistrate

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955 · Count de Waldern, Tybalt

Dixon of Dock Green

1955 · Mr. Noakes, Mr. Briggs, Mac, Harry Bates, Joe Magnus, Charles Devenish, Colonel, Victor Dowson

The Stolen Airliner

1955 · Mr Head

The Men of Sherwood Forest

1954 · Walter

Delayed Action

1954 · Insp. Crane

Forbidden Cargo

1954 · Cooper

Dangerous Cargo

1954 · Findley

The Weak and the Wicked

1954 · Police Detective

Operation Diplomat

1953 · Inspector Austin

3 Steps to the Gallows

1953 · Insp. Haley

The Blue Parrot

1953 · Supt. Chester

Circumstantial Evidence

1952 · Det. Insp. Hall

The Night Won't Talk

1952

The Big Frame

1952 · Doctor

The Frightened Man

1952 · Inspector Bligh

The Long Dark Hall

1951 · Supt. Maxey

Blackmailed

1951 · Dr. McCormick

Stage Fright

1950 · Sergeant Mellish

Sunday Night Theatre

1950 · Bentley

They Made Me a Fugitive

1947 · Rockliffe

Quiet Weekend

1946 · Jim Brent

In Which We Serve

1942 · Engineer Commander

The Flying Squad

1940 · Smuggler in Airplane

The Saint in London

1939 · Richard Blake

Black Eyes

1939 · Diner

The Gang's All Here

1939 · Detective in Nightclub

Jennifer Hale

1937 · Richard Severn

East Meets West

1936 · Nazim

White Ensign

1934

The Chinese Bungalow

The Chinese Bungalow

1930 · Richard Marquess

London Melody

1930 · Jan Moor

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