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).
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Acting History
2025
Britain and the Blitz
1990The BFG as Head of the Army (voice)
1985National Lampoon's European Vacation as English Motorist #2
1984Fresh Fields as Guy Penrose
1981That's My Boy as Comm. Buckley
1980Little Lord Fauntleroy as Harry Lorradaile
1980The Wildcats of St. Trinian's as Humphry Wills
1979Kelly Monteith
1979Terry and June as Colonel Culpepper
1979Terry and June as Sir Arthur Forster-Carter
1979To the Manor Born as Hartley
1979Queen of the Blues as Uncle Fred (as Ballard Barclay)
1979Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair as Judge
1978The Playbirds as Trainer
1976Mike Yarwood In Persons
1976The New Avengers as Colonel Foster
1976Confessions of a Driving Instructor as Lord Edgar Snodley
1975Fawlty Towers as Major Gowen
1973Oh, Father! as Dr Grant
1972Sykes as Lord Plunket-Taylor
1972Are You Being Served? as Angler
1971Bless This House as Group Captain
1970The Goodies as Chairman of the British Olympic Committee
1970The Weekend Murders as Peter, the butler
1969Hadleigh as Lord Cranford
1969The Main Chance as Major Dibbyn
1968Hostile Witness as Clerk of Court
1967All Gas and Gaiters
1967All Gas and Gaiters as Lord Ringmould
1966Till Death Us Do Part as Golfer
1965The Night Caller as Cmdr. Savage
1965The Murder Game as Sir Colin Chalmers
1965BBC Play of the Month as Cornford
1965United!
1964The Wednesday Play as First Committee Member
1964Sherlock Holmes as Sir Charles Baskerville
1964Sherlock Holmes as Sir James Damery
1964Story Parade as General Sanctuary
1963Impact as Bill MacKenzie
1963A Matter of Choice as Charles Grant
1961Ghost Squad
1960The Cheaters as Harry Tyler
1960The Cheaters as Jefford
1960The Cheaters as Mansion
1960Coronation Street as Colonel Cantrill
1960Maigret as Dr. Pardon
1960Cone of Silence as Commissioner
1959No Hiding Place
1958Further Up the Creek as Whacker Payne
1958Chain of Events as Stockman
1958The Man Who Wouldn't Talk as Court Clerk (uncredited)
1958Ivanhoe as Rand the Goldsmith
1957Just My Luck as Starter at Goodwood (uncredited)
1957Night of the Demon
1957After the Ball as Andrews
1957Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst as Lieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie
1957The Betrayal as Lawson
1956The Buccaneers as Rafton
1956The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956My Teenage Daughter as Magistrate
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood as Count de Waldern
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood as Tybalt
1955Dixon of Dock Green as Mr. Noakes
1955Dixon of Dock Green as Mr. Briggs
1955Dixon of Dock Green as Mac
1955Dixon of Dock Green as Harry Bates
1955Dixon of Dock Green as Joe Magnus
1955Dixon of Dock Green as Charles Devenish
1955Dixon of Dock Green as Colonel
1955Dixon of Dock Green as Victor Dowson
1955The Stolen Airliner as Mr Head
1954The Men of Sherwood Forest as Walter
1954Delayed Action as Insp. Crane
1954Forbidden Cargo as Cooper
1954Dangerous Cargo as Findley
1954The Weak and the Wicked as Police Detective
19533 Steps to the Gallows as Insp. Haley
1953Operation Diplomat as Inspector Austin
1953The Blue Parrot as Supt. Chester
1952Circumstantial Evidence as Det. Insp. Hall
1952The Night Won't Talk
1952The Big Frame as Doctor
1952The Frightened Man as Inspector Bligh
1951The Long Dark Hall as Supt. Maxey
1951Blackmailed as Dr. McCormick
1950Stage Fright as Sergeant Mellish
1950Sunday Night Theatre as Bentley
1947They Made Me a Fugitive as Rockliffe
1946Quiet Weekend as Jim Brent
1942In Which We Serve as Engineer Commander
1940The Flying Squad as Smuggler in Airplane
1939The Saint in London as Richard Blake
1939Black Eyes as Diner
1939The Gang's All Here as Detective in Nightclub
1937Jennifer Hale as Richard Severn
1936East Meets West as Nazim
1934White Ensign
1930The Chinese Bungalow as Richard Marquess
1930London Melody as Jan Moor