Peter Howell

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-10-25 (96 years old)

Deathday

2015-04-20

Place of Birth

Kensington, London, England, UK

Peter Howell

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 t...

Acting

1979

Scum

as Governor

1985

1985

1960

Watch Your Stern

as Admiral's secretary

1984

1992

My Sister-Wife

as Harley Street Doctor

1962

1979

The Winter Ladies

as Solicitor

1987

Bellman and True

as The Bellman

1971

Michael Regan

as Gerald Frankiss

1960

No Kidding

as Father of Angus

1961

Raising the Wind

as Prof. Lumb

1960

1980

The Errand

as Major

1980

1993

Shadowlands

as College President

1974

Screamer

as Ward

1994

Princess Caraboo

as Clerk of the Court

1989

The Mountain and the Molehill

as Churchill's Secretary

1976

Dad

as Consultant

1978

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