- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 25, 1919
- Place of Birth
- Kensington, London, England, UK
- Died
- April 20, 2015
Peter Howell
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…
Filmography
tvPerfect Strangers
2001 · Ernest
tvHippies
1999 · Judge
tvOur Mutual Friend
1998 · Fourth Guest, Third Guest
moviePrincess Caraboo
1994 · Clerk of the Court
movieShadowlands
1993 · College President
movieMy Sister-Wife
1992 · Harley Street Doctor
tvJeeves and Wooster
1990 · Magistrate
movieThe Mountain and the Molehill
1989 · Churchill's Secretary
tvAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Mr. Paul
tvSouth of the Border
1988 · Sir Nigel Pearson
movieBellman and True
1987 · The Bellman
movieJohn and Yoko: A Love Story
1985 · Canon Verney
tvA.D.
1985 · Atticus
movieHitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985 · Prison Governor
movieJohn Wycliffe: The Morning Star
1984 · Dr. John Wycliffe
The Old Men at the Zoo
1983 · Mr. Lascelles
tvReilly: Ace of Spies
1983 · Rothschild
tvDalgliesh
1983 · Sir Charles Freeborn
tvDeath of an Expert Witness
1983 · Sir Charles Freeborn
movie'That Crazy Woman'
1980 · Counsel
tvPride and Prejudice
1980 · Sir William Lucas
movieThe Errand
1980 · The Major
movieScum
1979 · Governor
The Winter Ladies
1979 · Solicitor
tvTales of the Unexpected
1979 · Louis Kendall
tvThe Mill on the Floss
1978 · Uncle Glegg
movieMr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978 · Other H2A
tvThe Professionals
1977 · Howard
tvBBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Other H2A
tvDickens of London
1976 · Mr. Black
tvBill Brand
1976 · Venables
movieDad
1976 · Consultant
tvRumpole of the Bailey
1975 · Judge Leonard Dover
movieBrassneck
1975
tvEdward the Seventh
1975 · Francis Knollys
tvThe Sweeney
1975 · Alan Sevier
tvChurchill's People
1974 · Samson
movieScreamer
1974 · Ward
tvPlayhouse
1974 · Consultant
tvHeil Caesar
1973 · Julius Caesar
movieMichael Regan
1971 · Gerald Frankiss
The Ten Commandments
1971 · Michael Parkinson
tvElizabeth R
1971 · Lord Howard
tvThe Champions
1968 · Admiral Cox
tvThe Prisoner
1967 · Professor
tvITV Playhouse
1967 · Geoff
tvTheatre 625
1964 · Headmaster, Whale
Story Parade
1964 · Dean Welch
tvDoctor Who
1963 · Investigator
tvEspionage
1963 · Professor Voekler
movieIncident at Midnight
1963 · Inspector Macready
tvDr. Finlay's Casebook
1962 · Mr Rayburn
movieTwo Letter Alibi
1962 · Carlton
movieRaising the Wind
1961 · Prof. Lumb
movieThe Hellfire Club
1961 · William Pitt - Earl of Chatham
movieNo Kidding
1960 · Father of Angus
movieWatch Your Stern
1960 · Admiral's secretary
movieTarzan the Magnificent
1960 · Dr. Blake
Somerset Maugham Hour
1960 · Arthur Lowe