Peter Howell
Acting
- Born:
- 1919-10-25
- Died:
- 2015-04-20
- 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
Filmography
Perfect Strangers
Hippies
Our Mutual Friend
Princess Caraboo
Shadowlands
The Man Who Cried
My Sister-Wife
Jeeves and Wooster
The Mountain and the Molehill
Agatha Christie's Poirot
South of the Border
Bellman and True
John and Yoko: A Love Story
A.D.
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
John Wycliffe: The Morning Star
The Old Men at the Zoo
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Dalgliesh
Death of an Expert Witness
'That Crazy Woman'
Pride and Prejudice
The Errand
Scum
The Winter Ladies
Tales of the Unexpected
Thomas & Sarah
The Mill on the Floss
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
The Professionals
BBC2 Play of the Week
Dickens of London
Bill Brand
Dad
Rumpole of the Bailey
Brassneck
Edward the Seventh
The Sweeney
Churchill's People
Screamer
Playhouse
Heil Caesar
Michael Regan
The Ten Commandments
Elizabeth R
The Champions
The Prisoner
ITV Playhouse
Theatre 625
Story Parade
Doctor Who
Espionage
Incident at Midnight
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Two Letter Alibi
Raising the Wind
The Hellfire Club
No Kidding
Watch Your Stern
Tarzan the Magnificent
Somerset Maugham Hour