Acting · Kensington, London, England, UK · Born October 25, 1919
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
TVPerfect Strangers
2001
as Ernest
TVHippies
1999
as Judge
TVOur Mutual Friend
1998
as Fourth Guest
MoviePrincess Caraboo
1994
as Clerk of the Court
MovieShadowlands
1993
as College President
MovieMy Sister-Wife
1992
as Harley Street Doctor
TVJeeves and Wooster
1990
as Magistrate
MovieThe Mountain and the Molehill
1989
as Churchill's Secretary
TVAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Mr. Paul
TVSouth of the Border
1988
as Sir Nigel Pearson
MovieBellman and True
1987
as The Bellman
MovieJohn and Yoko: A Love Story
1985
as Canon Verney
TVA.D.
1985
as Atticus
MovieHitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985
as Prison Governor
MovieJohn Wycliffe: The Morning Star
1984
as Dr. John Wycliffe
The Old Men at the Zoo
1983
as Mr. Lascelles
TVReilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Rothschild
TVDalgliesh
1983
as Sir Charles Freeborn
TVDeath of an Expert Witness
1983
as Sir Charles Freeborn
Movie'That Crazy Woman'
1980
as Counsel
TVPride and Prejudice
1980
as Sir William Lucas
MovieThe Errand
1980
as The Major
MovieScum
1979
as Governor
The Winter Ladies
1979
as Solicitor
TVTales of the Unexpected
1979
as Louis Kendall
TVThe Mill on the Floss
1978
as Uncle Glegg
MovieMr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978
as Other H2A
TVThe Professionals
1977
as Howard
TVBBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Other H2A
TVDickens of London
1976
as Mr. Black
TVBill Brand
1976
as Venables
MovieDad
1976
as Consultant
TVRumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Judge Leonard Dover
MovieBrassneck
1975
TVEdward the Seventh
1975
as Francis Knollys
TVThe Sweeney
1975
as Alan Sevier
TVChurchill's People
1974
as Samson
MovieScreamer
1974
as Ward
TVPlayhouse
1974
as Consultant
TVHeil Caesar
1973
as Julius Caesar
MovieMichael Regan
1971
as Gerald Frankiss
The Ten Commandments
1971
as Michael Parkinson
TVElizabeth R
1971
as Lord Howard
TVThe Champions
1968
as Admiral Cox
TVThe Prisoner
1967
as Professor
TVITV Playhouse
1967
as Geoff
TVTheatre 625
1964
as Headmaster
Story Parade
1964
as Dean Welch
TVDoctor Who
1963
as Investigator
TVEspionage
1963
as Professor Voekler
MovieIncident at Midnight
1963
as Inspector Macready
TVDr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
as Mr Rayburn
MovieTwo Letter Alibi
1962
as Carlton
MovieRaising the Wind
1961
as Prof. Lumb
MovieThe Hellfire Club
1961
as William Pitt - Earl of Chatham
MovieNo Kidding
1960
as Father of Angus
MovieWatch Your Stern
1960
as Admiral's secretary
MovieTarzan the Magnificent
1960
as Dr. Blake
Somerset Maugham Hour
1960
as Arthur Lowe
