Ballard Berkeley

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1904-08-06 (84 years old)

Deathday

1988-01-16

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).

Acting

1950

Stage Fright

as Sergeant Mellish

1953

The Blue Parrot

as Supt. Chester

1965

The Night Caller

as Cmdr. Savage

1965

The Murder Game

as Sir Colin Chalmers

1955

1978

The Playbirds

as Trainer

1963

A Matter of Choice

as Charles Grant

1939

The Saint in London

as Richard Blake

1957

The Betrayal

as Lawson

1953

Operation Diplomat

as Inspector Austin

1954

Dangerous Cargo

as Findley

1960

Cone of Silence

as Commissioner

1942

In Which We Serve

as Engineer Commander

1939

The Gang's All Here

as Detective in Nightclub

1958

Further Up the Creek

as Whacker Payne

1957

After the Ball

as Andrews

1956

My Teenage Daughter

as Magistrate

1940

The Flying Squad

as Smuggler in Airplane

1980

Little Lord Fauntleroy

as Harry Lorradaile

1953

1930

The Chinese Bungalow

as Richard Marquess

1937

Jennifer Hale

as Richard Severn

1939

Black Eyes

as Diner

1980

1963

Impact

as Bill MacKenzie

1946

Quiet Weekend

as Jim Brent

1930

London Melody

as Jan Moor

1957

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

as Lieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie

1936

1985

National Lampoon's European Vacation

as Second English Motorist

1947

1951

The Long Dark Hall

as Supt. Maxey

1954

The Weak and the Wicked

as Police Detective

1952

The Big Frame

as Doctor

1958

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

as Court Clerk (uncredited)

1958

Chain of Events

as Stockman

1954

1952

The Frightened Man

as Inspector Bligh

1970

The Weekend Murders

as Peter, the butler

1979

Queen of the Blues

as Uncle Fred (as Ballard Barclay)

1968

Hostile Witness

as Clerk of Court

1989

The BFG

as Head of the Army (voice)

1952

Circumstantial Evidence

as Det. Insp. Hall

1954

Delayed Action

as Insp. Crane

1951

Blackmailed

as Dr. McCormick

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