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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1904-08-06 (120 years old)

Place of Birth

Margate, Kent, England, UK

Ballard Berkeley

Biography:

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

Acting

1989

The BFG as Head of the Army (voice)

1985

1984

Fresh Fields as Guy Penrose

1981

1980

Little Lord Fauntleroy as Harry Lorradaile

1979

Queen of the Blues as Uncle Fred (as Ballard Barclay)
Terry and June as Colonel Culpepper
Terry and June as Sir Arthur Forster-Carter

1978

The Playbirds as Trainer

1976

1975

Fawlty Towers as Major Gowen

1972

Sykes as Lord Plunket-Taylor

1971

Bless This House as Group Captain

1970

The Weekend Murders as Peter, the butler
The Goodies as Chairman of the British Olympic Committee

1969

The Main Chance as Major Dibbyn
Hadleigh as Lord Cranford

1968

Hostile Witness as Clerk of Court

1965

The Night Caller as Cmdr. Savage
The Murder Game as Sir Colin Chalmers

1964

Sherlock Holmes as Sir Charles Baskerville
Sherlock Holmes as Sir James Damery
The Wednesday Play as First Committee Member

1963

A Matter of Choice as Charles Grant
Impact as Bill MacKenzie

1961

1960

Cone of Silence as Commissioner
Maigret as Dr. Pardon
Coronation Street as Colonel Cantrill
The Cheaters as Harry Tyler
The Cheaters as Jefford
The Cheaters as Mansion

1959

1958

Further Up the Creek as Whacker Payne
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk as Court Clerk (uncredited)
Chain of Events as Stockman
Ivanhoe as Rand the Goldsmith

1957

The Betrayal as Lawson
After the Ball as Andrews
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst as Lieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie

1956

My Teenage Daughter as Magistrate
The Buccaneers as Rafton

1955

The Adventures of Robin Hood as Count de Waldern
Dixon of Dock Green as Mr. Noakes
Dixon of Dock Green as Mr. Briggs
Dixon of Dock Green as Harry Bates
Dixon of Dock Green as Joe Magnus
Dixon of Dock Green as Charles Devenish
Dixon of Dock Green as Victor Dowson

1954

Dangerous Cargo as Findley
The Weak and the Wicked as Police Detective
Forbidden Cargo as Cooper
Delayed Action as Insp. Crane

1953

The Blue Parrot as Supt. Chester
Operation Diplomat as Inspector Austin
3 Steps to the Gallows as Insp. Haley

1952

The Big Frame as Doctor
The Frightened Man as Inspector Bligh
Circumstantial Evidence as Det. Insp. Hall

1951

The Long Dark Hall as Supt. Maxey
Blackmailed as Dr. McCormick

1950

Stage Fright as Sergeant Mellish

1947

1946

Quiet Weekend as Jim Brent

1942

In Which We Serve as Engineer Commander

1940

The Flying Squad as Smuggler in Airplane

1939

The Saint in London as Richard Blake
The Gang's All Here as Detective in Nightclub
Black Eyes as Diner

1937

Jennifer Hale as Richard Severn

1936

1934

1930

The Chinese Bungalow as Richard Marquess
London Melody as Jan Moor