Peter Howell
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
Filmography (59 titles)
6.6ShowPerfect Strangers
Ernest · 2001
7.4ShowHippies
Judge · 1999
7.8ShowOur Mutual Friend
Fourth Guest · 1998
5.5MoviePrincess Caraboo
Clerk of the Court · 1994
6.9MovieShadowlands
College President · 1993
9.0MovieMy Sister-Wife
Harley Street Doctor · 1992
8.1ShowJeeves and Wooster
Magistrate · 1990
MovieThe Mountain and the Molehill
Churchill's Secretary · 1989
8.2ShowAgatha Christie's Poirot
Mr. Paul · 1989
10.0ShowSouth of the Border
Sir Nigel Pearson · 1988
6.5MovieBellman and True
The Bellman · 1987
6.8MovieJohn and Yoko: A Love Story
Canon Verney · 1985
5.4ShowA.D.
Atticus · 1985
4.9MovieHitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
Prison Governor · 1985
9.0MovieJohn Wycliffe: The Morning Star
Dr. John Wycliffe · 1984
The Old Men at the Zoo
Mr. Lascelles · 1983
7.0ShowReilly: Ace of Spies
Rothschild · 1983
6.9ShowDalgliesh
Sir Charles Freeborn · 1983
6.5ShowDeath of an Expert Witness
Sir Charles Freeborn · 1983
Movie'That Crazy Woman'
Counsel · 1980
7.0ShowPride and Prejudice
Sir William Lucas · 1980
7.0MovieThe Errand
The Major · 1980
7.1MovieScum
Governor · 1979
The Winter Ladies
Solicitor · 1979
6.8ShowTales of the Unexpected
Louis Kendall · 1979
6.7ShowThe Mill on the Floss
Uncle Glegg · 1978
MovieMr and Mrs Bureaucrat
Other H2A · 1978
7.6ShowThe Professionals
Howard · 1977
7.0ShowBBC2 Play of the Week
Other H2A · 1977
7.3ShowDickens of London
Mr. Black · 1976