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Ballard Berkeley

Actor

Ballard Berkeley

Born August 6, 1904 in Margate, Kent, England, UKDied January 16, 198852 films

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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Little Lord Fauntleroy posterFirst watchLittle Lord Fauntleroy19807.3as Harry LorradaileYoung Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his…View film

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Filmography

52 films as actor
  1. 1990The BFGHead of the Army (voice)
  2. 1985National Lampoon's European VacationEnglish Motorist #2
  3. 1980Little Lord FauntleroyHarry Lorradaile
  4. 1980The Wildcats of St Trinian'sHumphry Wills
  5. 1979Queen of the BluesUncle Fred (as Ballard Barclay)
  6. 1979Confessions from the David Galaxy AffairJudge
  7. 1978The PlaybirdsTrainer
  8. 1976Confessions of a Driving InstructorLord Edgar Snodley
  9. 1970The Weekend MurdersPeter, the butler
  10. 1968Hostile WitnessClerk of Court
  11. 1965The Night CallerCmdr. Savage
  12. 1965The Murder GameSir Colin Chalmers
  13. 1963ImpactBill MacKenzie
  14. 1963A Matter of ChoiceCharles Grant
  15. 1960Cone of SilenceCommissioner
  16. 1958Further Up the CreekWhacker Payne
  17. 1958Chain of EventsStockman
  18. 1958The Man Who Wouldn't TalkCourt Clerk (uncredited)
  19. 1957Just My LuckStarter at Goodwood (uncredited)
  20. 1957Night of the Demon
  21. 1957After the BallAndrews
  22. 1957Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. AmethystLieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie
  23. 1957The BetrayalLawson
  24. 1956My Teenage DaughterMagistrate
  25. 1955The Stolen AirlinerMr Head
  26. 1954The Men of Sherwood ForestWalter
  27. 1954Delayed ActionInsp. Crane
  28. 1954Forbidden CargoCooper
  29. 1954Dangerous CargoFindley
  30. 1954The Weak and the WickedPolice Detective
  31. 1953Operation DiplomatInspector Austin
  32. 19533 Steps to the GallowsInsp. Haley
  33. 1953The Blue ParrotSupt. Chester
  34. 1952Circumstantial EvidenceDet. Insp. Hall
  35. 1952The Night Won't Talk
  36. 1952The Big FrameDoctor
  37. 1952The Frightened ManInspector Bligh
  38. 1951The Long Dark HallSupt. Maxey
  39. 1951BlackmailedDr. McCormick
  40. 1950Stage FrightSergeant Mellish
  41. 1947They Made Me a FugitiveRockliffe
  42. 1946Quiet WeekendJim Brent
  43. 1942In Which We ServeEngineer Commander
  44. 1940The Flying SquadSmuggler in Airplane
  45. 1939The Saint in LondonRichard Blake
  46. 1939Black EyesDiner
  47. 1939The Gang's All HereDetective in Nightclub
  48. 1937Jennifer HaleRichard Severn
  49. 1936East Meets WestNazim
  50. 1934White Ensign
  51. 1930The Chinese BungalowRichard Marquess
  52. 1930London MelodyJan Moor