Peter Howell
Actor · 1919–2015 · 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
Acted in 56
2000s
- 2001
Perfect Strangers
Ernest · 3 episodes
1990s
- 1999
Hippies
Judge · 1 episode
- 1998
- 1994
- 1993
Shadowlands
College President
The Man Who Cried
Judge Hazeldon
- 1992
My Sister-Wife
Harley Street Doctor
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
The Mountain and the Molehill
Churchill's Secretary
- 1988
South of the Border
Sir Nigel Pearson · 1 episode
- 1987
Bellman and True
The Bellman
- 1985
John and Yoko: A Love Story
Canon Verney
A.D.
Atticus · 5 episodes
- 1984
John Wycliffe: The Morning Star
Dr. John Wycliffe
- 1983
Death of an Expert Witness
Sir Charles Freeborn · 2 episodes
- 1980
'That Crazy Woman'
Counsel
The Errand
The Major
1970s
- 1979
Thomas & Sarah
Lord Andover · 1 episode
- 1978
The Mill on the Floss
Uncle Glegg · 6 episodes
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
Other H2A
- 1977
- 1976
Bill Brand
Venables · 5 episodes
Dad
Consultant
- 1975
Brassneck
Movie
Edward the Seventh
Francis Knollys · 5 episodes
- 1974
Screamer
Ward
- 1973
Heil Caesar
Julius Caesar · 3 episodes
- 1971
Michael Regan
Gerald Frankiss
1960s
- 1968
- 1967
- 1964
- 1963
Incident at Midnight
Inspector Macready
- 1962
Two Letter Alibi
Carlton
- 1961
Raising the Wind
Prof. Lumb
The Hellfire Club
William Pitt - Earl of Chatham
- 1960
No Kidding
Father of Angus
Watch Your Stern
Admiral's secretary
Tarzan the Magnificent
Dr. Blake
