1919Born, Kensington
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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…
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Doctor WhoInvestigator
Agatha Christie's PoirotMr. Paul
ShadowlandsCollege President
ScumGovernor
The PrisonerProfessor2001Perfect StrangersErnest · 3 episodesShow
1999HippiesJudge · 1 episodeShow
1998Our Mutual FriendFourth Guest, Third Guest · 3 episodesShow
1994Princess CarabooClerk of the CourtMovie
1993ShadowlandsCollege PresidentMovie
1993The Man Who CriedJudge HazeldonMovie
1992My Sister-WifeHarley Street DoctorMovie
1990Jeeves and WoosterMagistrate · 1 episodeShow
1989The Mountain and the MolehillChurchill's SecretaryMovie
1988South of the BorderSir Nigel Pearson · 1 episodeShow
1987Bellman and TrueThe BellmanMovie
1985John and Yoko: A Love StoryCanon VerneyMovie
1985A.D.Atticus · 5 episodesShow
1985Hitler's SS: Portrait in EvilPrison GovernorMovie
1984John Wycliffe: The Morning StarDr. John WycliffeMovie
1983The Old Men at the ZooMr. Lascelles · 1 episodeShow
1983Reilly: Ace of SpiesRothschild · 1 episodeShow
1983DalglieshSir Charles Freeborn · 2 episodesShow
1983Death of an Expert WitnessSir Charles Freeborn · 2 episodesShow
1980'That Crazy Woman'CounselMovie
1980Pride and PrejudiceSir William Lucas · 2 episodesShow
1980The ErrandThe MajorMovie
1979ScumGovernorMovie
1979The Winter LadiesSolicitorMovie
1979Tales of the UnexpectedLouis Kendall · 1 episodeShow
1979Thomas & SarahLord Andover · 1 episodeShow
1978The Mill on the FlossUncle Glegg · 6 episodesShow
1978Mr. and Ms. BureaucratOther H2AMovie
1977The ProfessionalsHoward · 1 episodeShow
1977BBC2 Play of the WeekOther H2A · 1 episodeShow
1976Dickens of LondonMr. Black · 1 episodeShow
1976Bill BrandVenables · 5 episodesShow
1976DadConsultantMovie
1975Rumpole of the BaileyJudge Leonard Dover · 1 episodeShow
1975BrassneckMovie
1975Edward the SeventhFrancis Knollys · 5 episodesShow
1975The SweeneyAlan Sevier · 1 episodeShow
1974Churchill's PeopleSamson · 1 episodeShow
1974ScreamerWardMovie
1974PlayhouseConsultant · 1 episodeShow
1973Heil CaesarJulius Caesar · 3 episodesShow
1971Michael ReganGerald FrankissMovie
1971The Ten CommandmentsMichael Parkinson · 1 episodeShow
1968The ChampionsAdmiral Cox · 1 episodeShow
1967The PrisonerProfessor · 1 episodeShow
1967ITV PlayhouseGeoff · 1 episodeShow
1967TrappedBernard · 1 episodeShow
1964Theatre 625Headmaster, Whale · 1 episodeShow
1964Story ParadeDean Welch · 1 episodeShow
1963Doctor WhoInvestigator · 1 episodeShow
1963EspionageProfessor Voekler · 1 episodeShow
1963Incident at MidnightInspector MacreadyMovie
1962Dr. Finlay's CasebookMr Rayburn · 1 episodeShow
1962Two Letter AlibiCarltonMovie
1961Raising the WindProf. LumbMovie
1961The Hellfire ClubWilliam Pitt - Earl of ChathamMovie
1960No KiddingFather of AngusMovie
1960Watch Your SternAdmiral's secretaryMovie
1960Tarzan the MagnificentDr. BlakeMovie
1960Somerset Maugham HourArthur Lowe · 38 episodesShow
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