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).

Known For

Coronation Street

BBC Play of the Month

No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place

The Wednesday Play

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Maigret

All Movies (54)

• Britain and the Blitz2025
• The Funny Blokes of British Comedy2005 · as Major Gowen (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The BFG1990 · as Head of the Army (voice)
• National Lampoon's European Vacation1985 · as English Motorist #2
• Little Lord Fauntleroy1980 · as Harry Lorradaile
• The Wildcats of St Trinian's1980 · as Humphry Wills
• Queen of the Blues1979 · as Uncle Fred (as Ballard Barclay)
• Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair1979 · as Judge
• The Playbirds1978 · as Trainer
• Confessions of a Driving Instructor1976 · as Lord Edgar Snodley
• The Weekend Murders1970 · as Peter, the butler
• Hostile Witness1968 · as Clerk of Court
• The Night Caller1965 · as Cmdr. Savage
• The Murder Game1965 · as Sir Colin Chalmers
• Impact1963 · as Bill MacKenzie
• A Matter of Choice1963 · as Charles Grant
• Cone of Silence1960 · as Commissioner
• Further Up the Creek1958 · as Whacker Payne
• Chain of Events1958 · as Stockman
• The Man Who Wouldn't Talk1958 · as Court Clerk (uncredited)
• Just My Luck1957 · as Starter at Goodwood (uncredited)
• Night of the Demon1957
• After the Ball1957 · as Andrews
• Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst1957 · as Lieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie
• The Betrayal1957 · as Lawson
• My Teenage Daughter1956 · as Magistrate
• The Stolen Airliner1955 · as Mr Head
• The Men of Sherwood Forest1954 · as Walter
• Delayed Action1954 · as Insp. Crane
• Forbidden Cargo1954 · as Cooper
• Dangerous Cargo1954 · as Findley
• The Weak and the Wicked1954 · as Police Detective
• Operation Diplomat1953 · as Inspector Austin
• 3 Steps to the Gallows1953 · as Insp. Haley
• The Blue Parrot1953 · as Supt. Chester
• Circumstantial Evidence1952 · as Det. Insp. Hall
• The Night Won't Talk1952
• The Big Frame1952 · as Doctor
• The Frightened Man1952 · as Inspector Bligh
• The Long Dark Hall1951 · as Supt. Maxey
• Blackmailed1951 · as Dr. McCormick
• Stage Fright1950 · as Sergeant Mellish
• They Made Me a Fugitive1947 · as Rockliffe
• Quiet Weekend1946 · as Jim Brent
• In Which We Serve1942 · as Engineer Commander
• The Flying Squad1940 · as Smuggler in Airplane
• The Saint in London1939 · as Richard Blake
• Black Eyes1939 · as Diner
• The Gang's All Here1939 · as Detective in Nightclub
• Jennifer Hale1937 · as Richard Severn
• East Meets West1936 · as Nazim
• White Ensign1934
• The Chinese Bungalow1930 · as Richard Marquess
• London Melody1930 · as Jan Moor

All TV Shows (49)

• Me & My Girl1984 · as Major D'Arcy Pendleton
• Fresh Fields1984 · as Guy Penrose
• That's My Boy1981 · as Comm. Buckley
• Kelly Monteith1979
• Terry and June1979 · as Colonel Culpepper
• Terry and June1979 · as Sir Arthur Forster-Carter
• To the Manor Born1979 · as Hartley
• Spooner's Patch1979 · as Bank Manager
• Mike Yarwood In Persons1976
• The New Avengers1976 · as Colonel Foster
• Fawlty Towers1975 · as Major Gowen
• Oh, Father!1973 · as Dr Grant
• Sykes1972 · as Lord Plunket-Taylor
• Are You Being Served?1972 · as Angler
• Bless This House1971 · as Group Captain
• The Goodies1970 · as Chairman of the British Olympic Committee
• Hadleigh1969 · as Lord Cranford
• The Main Chance1969 · as Major Dibbyn
• All Gas and Gaiters1967
• All Gas and Gaiters1967 · as Lord Ringmould
• Till Death Us Do Part1966 · as Golfer
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Cornford
• United!1965
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as First Committee Member
• Sherlock Holmes1964 · as Sir Charles Baskerville
• Sherlock Holmes1964 · as Sir James Damery
• Story Parade1964 · as General Sanctuary
• Ghost Squad1961
• The Cheaters1960 · as Harry Tyler
• The Cheaters1960 · as Jefford
• The Cheaters1960 · as Mansion
• Coronation Street1960 · as Colonel Cantrill
• Maigret1960 · as Dr. Pardon
• No Hiding Place1959
• No Hiding Place1959 · as Simmy Knowles
• Ivanhoe1958 · as Rand the Goldsmith
• The Buccaneers1956 · as Rafton
• The Adventures of Sir Lancelot1956
• The Adventures of Robin Hood1955 · as Count de Waldern
• The Adventures of Robin Hood1955 · as Tybalt
• Dixon of Dock Green1955 · as Mr. Noakes
• Dixon of Dock Green1955 · as Mr. Briggs
• Dixon of Dock Green1955 · as Mac
• Dixon of Dock Green1955 · as Charles Devenish
• Dixon of Dock Green1955 · as Victor Dowson
• Dixon of Dock Green1955 · as Joe Magnus
• Dixon of Dock Green1955 · as Harry Bates
• Dixon of Dock Green1955 · as Colonel
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Bentley