Ballard Berkeley

Aug 06, 1904 - Jan 16, 1988 (83 years old) in Margate, Kent, England, UK

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).

Known For

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Coronation Street

Colonel Cantrill

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No Hiding Place

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The Adventures of Robin Hood

Count de Waldern

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The Goodies

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Are You Being Served?

Angler

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The Wednesday Play

First Committee Member

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Dixon of Dock Green

Mr. Noakes

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Sunday Night Theatre

Bentley

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Hadleigh

Lord Cranford

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The Main Chance

Major Dibbyn

Credits

The BFG 1989

Head of the Army (voice)

★ 6.4
National Lampoon's European Vacation 1985

Second English Motorist

★ 6.2
Fresh Fields 1984

Guy Penrose

★ 6.7
That's My Boy 1981

★ 6.1
Little Lord Fauntleroy 1980

Harry Lorradaile

★ 7.3
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's 1980

Humphry Wills

★ 4.1
Kelly Monteith 1979

★ 6
Terry and June 1979

Colonel Culpepper

★ 6.2
To the Manor Born 1979

Hartley

★ 6.9
Queen of the Blues 1979

Uncle Fred (as Ballard Barclay)

★ 3.4
The Playbirds 1978

Trainer

★ 4.7
Mike Yarwood In Persons 1976

★ 7
The New Avengers 1976

★ 7
Confessions of a Driving Instructor 1976

Lord Snodley

★ 4.5
Fawlty Towers 1975

Major Gowen

★ 8.3
Sykes 1972

Lord Plunket-Taylor

★ 6.4
Are You Being Served? 1972

Angler

★ 7.2
Bless This House 1971

Group Captain

★ 7.4
The Goodies 1970

★ 7.5
The Weekend Murders 1970

Peter, the butler

★ 6
Hadleigh 1969

Lord Cranford

★ 5.5
The Main Chance 1969

Major Dibbyn

★ 7.7
Hostile Witness 1968

Clerk of Court

★ 6.2
The Night Caller 1965

Cmdr. Savage

★ 5.3
The Murder Game 1965

Sir Colin Chalmers

★ NR
United! 1965

★ NR
The Wednesday Play 1964

First Committee Member

★ 4.5
Sherlock Holmes 1964

Sir Charles Baskerville

★ 6.4
Impact 1963

Bill MacKenzie

★ 4.2
A Matter of Choice 1963

Charles Grant

★ 6.7
Ghost Squad 1961

★ 5
The Cheaters 1960

Harry Tyler

★ NR
Coronation Street 1960

Colonel Cantrill

★ 5.3
Maigret 1960

Dr. Pardon

★ 6.9
Cone of Silence 1960

Commissioner

★ 6.7
No Hiding Place 1959

★ 3.7
Further Up the Creek 1958

Whacker Payne

★ 6
Chain of Events 1958

Stockman

★ 6.3
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk 1958

Court Clerk (uncredited)

★ 6
Ivanhoe 1958

Rand the Goldsmith

★ 6.3
Night of the Demon 1957

★ 7
After the Ball 1957

Andrews

★ 6
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst 1957

Lieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie

★ 7.2
The Betrayal 1957

Lawson

★ 6
The Buccaneers 1956

Rafton

★ 5.5
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot 1956

★ 6.5
My Teenage Daughter 1956

Magistrate

★ 6
The Adventures of Robin Hood 1955

Count de Waldern

★ 6.1
Dixon of Dock Green 1955

Mr. Noakes

★ 5.3
The Stolen Airliner 1955

Mr Head

★ NR
The Men of Sherwood Forest 1954

Walter

★ 6.7
Delayed Action 1954

Insp. Crane

★ 5.2
Forbidden Cargo 1954

Cooper

★ 6.4
Dangerous Cargo 1954

Findley

★ 5.2
The Weak and the Wicked 1954

Police Detective

★ 6.4
Operation Diplomat 1953

Inspector Austin

★ 5.8
3 Steps to the Gallows 1953

Insp. Haley

★ 6.4
The Blue Parrot 1953

Supt. Chester

★ 5.3
Circumstantial Evidence 1952

Det. Insp. Hall

★ 5.5
The Night Won't Talk 1952

★ NR
The Big Frame 1952

Doctor

★ 3.8
The Frightened Man 1952

Inspector Bligh

★ 6.2
The Long Dark Hall 1951

Supt. Maxey

★ 6.4
Blackmailed 1951

Dr. McCormick

★ 3.5
Stage Fright 1950

Sergeant Mellish

★ 6.8
Sunday Night Theatre 1950

Bentley

★ 3.5
They Made Me a Fugitive 1947

Rockliffe

★ 6.7
Quiet Weekend 1946

Jim Brent

★ 4.8
In Which We Serve 1942

Engineer Commander

★ 6.8
The Flying Squad 1940

Smuggler in Airplane

★ 6
The Saint in London 1939

Richard Blake

★ 5.5
Black Eyes 1939

Diner

★ 5.5
The Gang's All Here 1939

Detective in Nightclub

★ 5
Jennifer Hale 1937

Richard Severn

★ 5
East Meets West 1936

Nazim

★ NR
White Ensign 1934

★ NR
The Chinese Bungalow 1930

Richard Marquess

★ NR
London Melody 1930

Jan Moor

★ NR

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