Peter Howell
Acting
Born: 1919-10-25 · Kensington, London, England, UK
Died: 2015-04-20
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 th
🎬 Movies (20)
Princess Caraboo
1994
Clerk of the Court
Shadowlands
1993
College President
My Sister-Wife
1992
Harley Street Doctor
The Mountain and the Molehill
1989
Churchill's Secretary
Bellman and True
1987
The Bellman
John and Yoko: A Love Story
1985
Canon Verney
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985
Prison Governor
John Wycliffe: The Morning Star
1984
Dr. John Wycliffe
'That Crazy Woman'
1980
Counsel
The Errand
1980
The Major
Scum
1979
Governor
The Winter Ladies
1979
Solicitor
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978
Other H2A
Dad
1976
Consultant
Brassneck
1975
Screamer
1974
Ward
Michael Regan
1971
Gerald Frankiss
Incident at Midnight
1963
Inspector Macready
Two Letter Alibi
1962
Carlton
Raising the Wind
1961
Prof. Lumb
📺 TV Shows (20)
Perfect Strangers
2001
Ernest
Hippies
1999
Judge
Our Mutual Friend
1998
Fourth Guest
Our Mutual Friend
1998
Third Guest
Jeeves and Wooster
1990
Magistrate
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Mr. Paul
South of the Border
1988
Sir Nigel Pearson
A.D.
1985
Atticus
The Old Men at the Zoo
1983
Mr. Lascelles
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
Rothschild
Dalgliesh
1983
Sir Charles Freeborn
Pride and Prejudice
1980
Sir William Lucas
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Louis Kendall
The Mill on the Floss
1978
Uncle Glegg
The Professionals
1977
Howard
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
Other H2A
Dickens of London
1976
Mr. Black
Bill Brand
1976
Venables
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
Judge Leonard Dover
Edward the Seventh
1975
Francis Knollys