Peter Howell
Born in Kensington, London, England, UK — Oct 25 1919• Died Apr 20 2015
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…
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Peter Howell's Credits
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Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mr. Paul
Doctor Who
Investigator
The Professionals
Howard
Tales of the Unexpected
Louis Kendall
Theatre 625
Headmaster
The Sweeney
Alan Sevier
The Champions
Admiral Cox
Rumpole of the Bailey
Judge Leonard Dover
Playhouse
Consultant
Jeeves and Wooster
Magistrate
Story Parade
Dean Welch
Churchill's People
Samson
BBC2 Play of the Week
Other H2A
The Prisoner
Professor
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Mr Rayburn
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Rothschild
Dalgliesh
Sir Charles Freeborn
Somerset Maugham Hour
Arthur Lowe
Dickens of London
Mr. Black
A.D.
Atticus
Elizabeth R
Lord Howard
Bill Brand
Venables
South of the Border
Sir Nigel Pearson
Edward the Seventh
Francis Knollys
The Ten Commandments
Michael Parkinson
Our Mutual Friend
Fourth Guest
Hippies
Judge
The Old Men at the Zoo
Mr. Lascelles
Perfect Strangers
Ernest
Pride and Prejudice
Sir William Lucas
The Mill on the Floss
Uncle Glegg
Princess Caraboo
Clerk of the Court
Brassneck
Shadowlands
College President
Scum
Governor
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
Prison Governor
Raising the Wind
Prof. Lumb
Heil Caesar
Julius Caesar
Tarzan the Magnificent
Dr. Blake
Bellman and True
The Bellman
No Kidding
Father of Angus
Watch Your Stern
Admiral's secretary
John and Yoko: A Love Story
Canon Verney
The Mountain and the Molehill
Churchill's Secretary
Dad
Consultant
John Wycliffe: The Morning Star
Dr. John Wycliffe
My Sister-Wife
Harley Street Doctor
Michael Regan
Gerald Frankiss
Incident at Midnight
Inspector Macready
Screamer
Ward
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
Other H2A
The Errand
The Major
Two Letter Alibi
Carlton
'That Crazy Woman'
Counsel
The Winter Ladies
Solicitor