Peter Howell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 25, 1919
- Died
- April 20, 2015 (aged 95)
- Birthplace
- Kensington, London, England, UK
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
Known For
Filmography
Perfect Strangers
TV · as Ernest · 3 eps
Hippies
TV · as Judge · 1 ep
Our Mutual Friend
TV · as Fourth Guest, Third Guest · 3 eps
Princess Caraboo
Movie · as Clerk of the Court
Shadowlands
Movie · as College President
The Man Who Cried
Movie · as Judge Hazeldon
My Sister-Wife
Movie · as Harley Street Doctor
Jeeves and Wooster
TV · as Magistrate · 1 ep
The Mountain and the Molehill
Movie · as Churchill's Secretary
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV · as Mr. Paul · 1 ep
South of the Border
TV · as Sir Nigel Pearson · 1 ep
Bellman and True
Movie · as The Bellman
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
Movie · as Prison Governor
John and Yoko: A Love Story
Movie · as Canon Verney
A.D.
TV · as Atticus · 5 eps
John Wycliffe: The Morning Star
Movie · as Dr. John Wycliffe
Dalgliesh
TV · as Sir Charles Freeborn · 2 eps
Reilly: Ace of Spies
TV · as Rothschild · 1 ep
The Old Men at the Zoo
TV · as Mr. Lascelles · 1 ep
Death of an Expert Witness
TV · as Sir Charles Freeborn · 2 eps
The Errand
Movie · as The Major
'That Crazy Woman'
Movie · as Counsel
Pride and Prejudice
TV · as Sir William Lucas · 2 eps
Scum
Movie · as Governor
The Winter Ladies
Movie · as Solicitor
Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Louis Kendall · 1 ep
Thomas & Sarah
TV · as Lord Andover · 1 ep
Mr. and Ms. Bureaucrat
Movie · as Other H2A
The Mill on the Floss
TV · as Uncle Glegg · 6 eps
The Professionals
TV · as Howard · 1 ep
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV · as Other H2A · 1 ep
Dad
Movie · as Consultant
Bill Brand
TV · as Venables · 5 eps
Dickens of London
TV · as Mr. Black · 1 ep
Brassneck
Movie
The Sweeney
TV · as Alan Sevier · 1 ep
Rumpole of the Bailey
TV · as Judge Leonard Dover · 1 ep
Edward the Seventh
TV · as Francis Knollys · 5 eps
Screamer
Movie · as Ward
Playhouse
TV · as Consultant · 1 ep
Churchill's People
TV · as Samson · 1 ep
Heil Caesar
TV · as Julius Caesar · 3 eps
Michael Regan
Movie · as Gerald Frankiss
Elizabeth R
TV · as Lord Howard · 2 eps
The Ten Commandments
TV · as Michael Parkinson · 1 ep
The Champions
TV · as Admiral Cox · 1 ep
The Prisoner
TV · as Professor · 1 ep
ITV Playhouse
TV · as Geoff · 1 ep
Trapped
TV · as Bernard · 1 ep
Story Parade
TV · as Dean Welch · 1 ep
Theatre 625
TV · as Headmaster, Whale · 1 ep
Incident at Midnight
Movie · as Inspector Macready
Doctor Who
TV · as Investigator · 1 ep
Espionage
TV · as Professor Voekler · 1 ep
Two Letter Alibi
Movie · as Carlton
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
TV · as Mr Rayburn · 1 ep
Raising the Wind
Movie · as Prof. Lumb
The Hellfire Club
Movie · as William Pitt - Earl of Chatham
Watch Your Stern
Movie · as Admiral's secretary
No Kidding
Movie · as Father of Angus
Tarzan the Magnificent
Movie · as Dr. Blake
Somerset Maugham Hour
TV · as Arthur Lowe · 38 eps