Ballard Berkeley
Born in Margate, Kent, England, UK — Aug 06 1904• Died Jan 16 1988
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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).
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Ballard Berkeley's Credits
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Coronation Street
Colonel Cantrill
BBC Play of the Month
Cornford
Sunday Night Theatre
Bentley
No Hiding Place
The Wednesday Play
First Committee Member
Story Parade
General Sanctuary
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Count de Waldern
The New Avengers
Colonel Foster
Maigret
Dr. Pardon
Sykes
Lord Plunket-Taylor
Fawlty Towers
Major Gowen
The Main Chance
Major Dibbyn
Dixon of Dock Green
Mr. Noakes
Are You Being Served?
Angler
The Buccaneers
Rafton
Terry and June
Colonel Culpepper
The Goodies
Chairman of the British Olympic Committee
Till Death Us Do Part
Golfer
United!
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
Sherlock Holmes
Sir Charles Baskerville
Hadleigh
Lord Cranford
National Lampoon's European Vacation
English Motorist #2
The Cheaters
Harry Tyler
Ivanhoe
Rand the Goldsmith
Fresh Fields
Guy Penrose
To the Manor Born
Hartley
That's My Boy
Comm. Buckley
Ghost Squad
All Gas and Gaiters
Bless This House
Group Captain
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Harry Lorradaile
Mike Yarwood In Persons
Night of the Demon
Stage Fright
Sergeant Mellish
Confessions of a Driving Instructor
Lord Edgar Snodley
Kelly Monteith
In Which We Serve
Engineer Commander
Oh, Father!
Dr Grant
The Long Dark Hall
Supt. Maxey
Just My Luck
Starter at Goodwood (uncredited)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Major Gowen (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Big Frame
Doctor
The Men of Sherwood Forest
Walter
Blackmailed
Dr. McCormick
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Cone of Silence
Commissioner
They Made Me a Fugitive
Rockliffe
Further Up the Creek
Whacker Payne
The BFG
Head of the Army (voice)
Impact
Bill MacKenzie
The Blue Parrot
Supt. Chester
East Meets West
Nazim
Chain of Events
Stockman
Quiet Weekend
Jim Brent
Black Eyes
Diner
Forbidden Cargo
Cooper
The Weak and the Wicked
Police Detective
Hostile Witness
Clerk of Court
Dangerous Cargo
Findley
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
Humphry Wills
The Saint in London
Richard Blake
3 Steps to the Gallows
Insp. Haley
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
Lieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie
The Night Caller
Cmdr. Savage
The Betrayal
Lawson
The Frightened Man
Inspector Bligh
The Weekend Murders
Peter, the butler
After the Ball
Andrews
Operation Diplomat
Inspector Austin
Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair
Judge
The Gang's All Here
Detective in Nightclub
The Playbirds
Trainer
Britain and the Blitz
The Flying Squad
Smuggler in Airplane
Circumstantial Evidence
Det. Insp. Hall
The Night Won't Talk
The Murder Game
Sir Colin Chalmers
My Teenage Daughter
Magistrate
The Stolen Airliner
Mr Head
Queen of the Blues
Uncle Fred (as Ballard Barclay)
A Matter of Choice
Charles Grant
Delayed Action
Insp. Crane
Jennifer Hale
Richard Severn
White Ensign
The Chinese Bungalow
Richard Marquess
London Melody
Jan Moor