Peter Howell
25 movies · 36 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 25, 1919
- Died
- Apr 20, 2015 (age 95)
- Place of birth
- Kensington, London, England, UK
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
Peter Howell: movies and TV shows
Acting (61)
- 2001
- 1999
- 1998
- 1994 Princess Caraboo
as Clerk of the Court
- 1993 Shadowlands
as College President
- 1993 The Man Who Cried
as Judge Hazeldon
- 1992 My Sister-Wife
as Harley Street Doctor
- 1990
- 1989 The Mountain and the Molehill
as Churchill's Secretary
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987 Bellman and True
as The Bellman
- 1985 John and Yoko: A Love Story
as Canon Verney
- 1985
- 1985 Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
as Prison Governor
- 1984 John Wycliffe: The Morning Star
as Dr. John Wycliffe
- 1983
- 1983
- 1983
- 1983
- 1980 'That Crazy Woman'
as Counsel
- 1980
- 1980 The Errand
as The Major
- 1979 Scum
as Governor
- 1979 The Winter Ladies
as Solicitor
- 1979
- 1979
- 1978
- 1978 Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
as Other H2A
- 1977
- 1977
- 1976
- 1976
- 1976 Dad
as Consultant
- 1975
- 1975
- 1975
- 1975
- 1974
- 1974 Screamer
as Ward
- 1974
- 1973
- 1971 Michael Regan
as Gerald Frankiss
- 1971
- 1971
- 1968
- 1967
- 1967
- 1964
- 1964
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963 Incident at Midnight
as Inspector Macready
- 1962
- 1962 Two Letter Alibi
as Carlton
- 1961 Raising the Wind
as Prof. Lumb
- 1961 The Hellfire Club
as William Pitt - Earl of Chatham
- 1960 No Kidding
as Father of Angus
- 1960 Watch Your Stern
as Admiral's secretary
- 1960 Tarzan the Magnificent
as Dr. Blake
- 1960