Ballard Berkeley

Acting

Born August 6, 1904, Margate, Kent, England, UK

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).

Filmography

• 2025Britain and the Blitz
• 2005The Funny Blokes of British Comedy — Major Gowen (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1990The BFG — Head of the Army (voice)
• 1985National Lampoon's European Vacation — English Motorist #2
• Fresh Fields — Guy Penrose
• Me & My Girl — Major D'Arcy Pendleton
• That's My Boy — Comm. Buckley
• 1980Little Lord Fauntleroy — Harry Lorradaile
• 1980The Wildcats of St Trinian's — Humphry Wills
• 1979Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair — Judge
• Kelly Monteith
• 1979Queen of the Blues — Uncle Fred (as Ballard Barclay)
• Spooner's Patch — Bank Manager
• Terry and June — Colonel Culpepper, Sir Arthur Forster-Carter
• 1978The Playbirds — Trainer
• 1976Confessions of a Driving Instructor — Lord Edgar Snodley
• Mike Yarwood In Persons
• The New Avengers — Colonel Foster
• Fawlty Towers — Major Gowen
• Oh, Father! — Dr Grant
• Are You Being Served? — Angler
• Sykes — Lord Plunket-Taylor
• Bless This House — Group Captain
• The Goodies — Chairman of the British Olympic Committee
• 1970The Weekend Murders — Peter, the butler
• Hadleigh — Lord Cranford
• The Main Chance — Major Dibbyn
• 1968Hostile Witness — Clerk of Court
• All Gas and Gaiters — Lord Ringmould
• Till Death Us Do Part — Golfer
• BBC Play of the Month — Cornford
• 1965The Murder Game — Sir Colin Chalmers
• 1965The Night Caller — Cmdr. Savage
• United! — Dr. Newkes
• Sherlock Holmes — Sir Charles Baskerville, Sir James Damery
• Story Parade — General Sanctuary
• Swizzlewick — Major Lamb
• The Wednesday Play — First Committee Member
• 1963A Matter of Choice — Charles Grant
• 1963Impact — Bill MacKenzie
• Ghost Squad
• 1960Cone of Silence — Commissioner
• Coronation Street — Colonel Cantrill
• Maigret — Dr. Pardon
• The Cheaters — Harry Tyler, Jefford, Mansion
• No Hiding Place — Simmy Knowles
• 1958Chain of Events — Stockman
• 1958Further Up the Creek — Whacker Payne
• Ivanhoe — Rand the Goldsmith
• 1958The Man Who Wouldn't Talk — Court Clerk (uncredited)
• 1957After the Ball — Andrews
• 1957Just My Luck — Starter at Goodwood (uncredited)
• 1957Night of the Demon
• 1957The Betrayal — Lawson
• 1957Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst — Lieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie
• 1956My Teenage Daughter — Magistrate
• The Adventures of Sir Lancelot — Sir Urgan
• The Buccaneers — Rafton
• Dixon of Dock Green — Mr. Noakes, Mr. Briggs, Mac, Harry Bates, Joe Magnus, Charles Devenish, Colonel, Victor Dowson
• The Adventures of Robin Hood — Count de Waldern, Tybalt
• 1955The Stolen Airliner — Mr Head
• 1954Dangerous Cargo — Findley
• 1954Delayed Action — Insp. Crane
• 1954Forbidden Cargo — Cooper
• 1954The Men of Sherwood Forest — Walter
• 1954The Weak and the Wicked — Police Detective
• 19533 Steps to the Gallows — Insp. Haley
• 1953Operation Diplomat — Inspector Austin
• 1953The Blue Parrot — Supt. Chester
• 1952Circumstantial Evidence — Det. Insp. Hall
• 1952The Big Frame — Doctor
• 1952The Frightened Man — Inspector Bligh
• 1952The Night Won't Talk
• 1951Blackmailed — Dr. McCormick
• 1951The Long Dark Hall — Supt. Maxey
• 1950Stage Fright — Sergeant Mellish
• Sunday Night Theatre — Bentley
• 1947They Made Me a Fugitive — Rockliffe
• 1946Quiet Weekend — Jim Brent
• 1942In Which We Serve — Engineer Commander
• 1940The Flying Squad — Smuggler in Airplane
• 1939Black Eyes — Diner
• 1939The Gang's All Here — Detective in Nightclub
• 1939The Saint in London — Richard Blake
• 1937Jennifer Hale — Richard Severn
• 1936East Meets West — Nazim
• 1934White Ensign
• 1930London Melody — Jan Moor
• 1930The Chinese Bungalow — Richard Marquess