Peter Howell

Biography

Peter Howell was an English actor of stage and screen. Despite his relatively privileged life (he was educated at Winchester and at Christ Church, Oxford, leaving the latter when called up for service as an officer in the Rifle Brigade during WWII) Howell was a lifelong active member of the Labour Party and campaigned for a number of social issues. One of his most remembered roles is that of the governor in Alan Clarke's 1979 film version of Scum, which he took because he wanted to highlight the issues regarding the penal system. He was also a longtime member of the Marylebone Cricket Club, and opposed their planned 1968-69 England cricket tour of apartheid-era South Africa, which was eventually cancelled. He helped to raise funds for the building of Watermans Arts Centre near his home in Chiswick, west London. Howell died at Denville Hall, a home for retired actors in Northwood, London, on 20 April 2015 after a short illness, aged 95

Known For

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Doctor Who

Tales of the Unexpected

Rumpole of the Bailey

The Professionals

The Sweeney

Jeeves and Wooster

Playhouse

All Movies (24)

• Princess Caraboo1994 · as Clerk of the Court
• Shadowlands1993 · as College President
• My Sister-Wife1992 · as Harley Street Doctor
• The Mountain and the Molehill1989 · as Churchill's Secretary
• Bellman and True1987 · as The Bellman
• John and Yoko: A Love Story1985 · as Canon Verney
• Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil1985 · as Prison Governor
• John Wycliffe: The Morning Star1984 · as Dr. John Wycliffe
• 'That Crazy Woman'1980 · as Counsel
• The Errand1980 · as The Major
• Scum1979 · as Governor
• The Winter Ladies1979 · as Solicitor
• Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat1978 · as Other H2A
• Dad1976 · as Consultant
• Brassneck1975
• Screamer1974 · as Ward
• Michael Regan1971 · as Gerald Frankiss
• Incident at Midnight1963 · as Inspector Macready
• Two Letter Alibi1962 · as Carlton
• Raising the Wind1961 · as Prof. Lumb
• The Hellfire Club1961 · as William Pitt - Earl of Chatham
• No Kidding1960 · as Father of Angus
• Watch Your Stern1960 · as Admiral's secretary
• Tarzan the Magnificent1960 · as Dr. Blake

All TV Shows (37)

• Perfect Strangers2001 · as Ernest
• Hippies1999 · as Judge
• Our Mutual Friend1998 · as Fourth Guest
• Our Mutual Friend1998 · as Third Guest
• Jeeves and Wooster1990 · as Magistrate
• Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Mr. Paul
• South of the Border1988 · as Sir Nigel Pearson
• A.D.1985 · as Atticus
• The Old Men at the Zoo1983 · as Mr. Lascelles
• Reilly: Ace of Spies1983 · as Rothschild
• Dalgliesh1983 · as Sir Charles Freeborn
• Death of an Expert Witness1983 · as Sir Charles Freeborn
• Pride and Prejudice1980 · as Sir William Lucas
• Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Louis Kendall
• The Mill on the Floss1978 · as Uncle Glegg
• The Professionals1977 · as Howard
• BBC2 Play of the Week1977 · as Other H2A
• Dickens of London1976 · as Mr. Black
• Bill Brand1976 · as Venables
• Rumpole of the Bailey1975 · as Judge Leonard Dover
• Edward the Seventh1975 · as Francis Knollys
• The Sweeney1975 · as Alan Sevier
• Churchill's People1974 · as Samson
• Playhouse1974 · as Consultant
• Heil Caesar1973 · as Julius Caesar
• The Ten Commandments1971 · as Michael Parkinson
• Elizabeth R1971 · as Lord Howard
• The Champions1968 · as Admiral Cox
• The Prisoner1967 · as Professor
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Geoff
• Theatre 6251964 · as Headmaster
• Theatre 6251964 · as Whale
• Story Parade1964 · as Dean Welch
• Doctor Who1963 · as Investigator
• Espionage1963 · as Professor Voekler
• Dr. Finlay's Casebook1962 · as Mr Rayburn
• Somerset Maugham Hour1960 · as Arthur Lowe