Peter Howell
Known for Acting · 58 credits
- Born
- 1919-10-25
- Died
- 2015-04-20
- Place of birth
- 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
TV Shows (34)
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Mr. Paul
Doctor Who
1963
as Investigator
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Louis Kendall
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Judge Leonard Dover
The Professionals
1977
as Howard
Playhouse
1974
as Consultant
Theatre 625
1964
as Headmaster / Whale
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Geoff
The Sweeney
1975
as Alan Sevier
The Champions
1968
as Admiral Cox
Jeeves and Wooster
1990
as Magistrate
The Prisoner
1967
as Professor
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
as Mr Rayburn
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Other H2A
Churchill's People
1974
as Samson
Espionage
1963
as Professor Voekler
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Rothschild
Dalgliesh
1983
as Sir Charles Freeborn
Story Parade
1964
as Dean Welch
A.D.
1985
as Atticus
South of the Border
1988
as Sir Nigel Pearson
Somerset Maugham Hour
1960
as Arthur Lowe
Bill Brand
1976
as Venables
Our Mutual Friend
1998
as Fourth Guest / Third Guest
Elizabeth R
1971
as Lord Howard
Dickens of London
1976
as Mr. Black
Pride and Prejudice
1980
as Sir William Lucas
Hippies
1999
as Judge
Edward the Seventh
1975
as Francis Knollys
The Ten Commandments
1971
as Michael Parkinson
Perfect Strangers
2001
as Ernest
The Old Men at the Zoo
1983
as Mr. Lascelles
The Mill on the Floss
1978
as Uncle Glegg
Heil Caesar
1973
as Julius Caesar
Movies (24)
Shadowlands
1993
as College President
Princess Caraboo
1994
as Clerk of the Court
Scum
1979
as Governor
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985
as Prison Governor
Brassneck
1975
John and Yoko: A Love Story
1985
as Canon Verney
Tarzan the Magnificent
1960
as Dr. Blake
Bellman and True
1987
as The Bellman
Raising the Wind
1961
as Prof. Lumb
Watch Your Stern
1960
as Admiral's secretary
Screamer
1974
as Ward
The Hellfire Club
1961
as William Pitt - Earl of Chatham
John Wycliffe: The Morning Star
1984
as Dr. John Wycliffe
The Errand
1980
as The Major
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978
as Other H2A
Two Letter Alibi
1962
as Carlton
My Sister-Wife
1992
as Harley Street Doctor
No Kidding
1960
as Father of Angus
The Mountain and the Molehill
1989
as Churchill's Secretary
Dad
1976
as Consultant
Michael Regan
1971
as Gerald Frankiss
The Winter Ladies
1979
as Solicitor
'That Crazy Woman'
1980
as Counsel
Incident at Midnight
1963
as Inspector Macready
About 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… With 58 credits spanning from 1960 to 2001, Peter Howell has appeared in 24 films and 34 TV shows.
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Most Popular Peter Howell Movies
- Shadowlands (1993) — as College President
- Princess Caraboo (1994) — as Clerk of the Court
- Scum (1979) — as Governor
- Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985) — as Prison Governor
- Brassneck (1975)
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