Ballard Berkeley
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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).
Known for
Credits
National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
as English Motorist #2
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
as Harry Lorradaile
Night of the Demon (1957)
Actor
They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)
as Rockliffe
Stage Fright (1950)
as Sergeant Mellish
My Teenage Daughter (1956)
as Magistrate
In Which We Serve (1942)
as Engineer Commander
The BFG (1990)
as Head of the Army (voice)
Britain and the Blitz (2025)
Actor
The Night Won't Talk (1952)
Actor
The Playbirds (1978)
as Trainer
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (2005)
as Major Gowen (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Gang's All Here (1939)
as Detective in Nightclub
The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954)
as Walter
Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976)
as Lord Edgar Snodley
The Weak and the Wicked (1954)
as Police Detective
The Long Dark Hall (1951)
as Supt. Maxey
The Night Caller (1965)
as Cmdr. Savage
Cone of Silence (1960)
as Commissioner
The Saint in London (1939)
as Richard Blake
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957)
as Lieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie
Chain of Events (1958)
as Stockman
The Frightened Man (1952)
as Inspector Bligh
3 Steps to the Gallows (1953)
as Insp. Haley
Hostile Witness (1968)
as Clerk of Court
The Wildcats of St Trinian's (1980)
as Humphry Wills
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958)
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
Black Eyes (1939)
as Diner
A Matter of Choice (1963)
as Charles Grant
Circumstantial Evidence (1952)
as Det. Insp. Hall
Forbidden Cargo (1954)
as Cooper
The Big Frame (1952)
as Doctor
Blackmailed (1951)
as Dr. McCormick
Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair (1979)
as Judge
Further Up the Creek (1958)
as Whacker Payne
Dangerous Cargo (1954)
as Findley
The Weekend Murders (1970)
as Peter, the butler
Just My Luck (1957)
as Starter at Goodwood (uncredited)
Quiet Weekend (1946)
as Jim Brent
The Murder Game (1965)
as Sir Colin Chalmers
Operation Diplomat (1953)
as Inspector Austin
East Meets West (1936)
as Nazim
The Blue Parrot (1953)
as Supt. Chester
Delayed Action (1954)
as Insp. Crane
Impact (1963)
as Bill MacKenzie
London Melody (1930)
as Jan Moor
The Betrayal (1957)
as Lawson
Queen of the Blues (1979)
as Uncle Fred (as Ballard Barclay)
The Flying Squad (1940)
as Smuggler in Airplane
After the Ball (1957)
as Andrews
The Stolen Airliner (1955)
as Mr Head
Jennifer Hale (1937)
as Richard Severn
The Chinese Bungalow (1930)
as Richard Marquess
White Ensign (1934)
Actor