Ballard Berkeley
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Ballard Berkeley made his professional stage debut in 1928, and performed for many years in London's West End and in New York theatres. He is best remembered as Major Gowen in the British television series "Fawlty Towers" (1975).
Known For
Filmography
Britain and the Blitz
2025
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Major Gowen (archive footage) (uncredited)
The BFG
1990
as Head of the Army (voice)
National Lampoon's European Vacation
1985
as English Motorist #2
Fresh Fields
1984
as Guy Penrose
Me & My Girl
1984
as Major D'Arcy Pendleton
That's My Boy
1981
as Comm. Buckley
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980
as Harry Lorradaile
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
1980
as Humphry Wills
Queen of the Blues
1979
as Uncle Fred (as Ballard Barclay)
Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair
1979
as Judge
Terry and June
1979
as Colonel Culpepper
Terry and June
1979
as Sir Arthur Forster-Carter
Kelly Monteith
1979
Spooner's Patch
1979
as Bank Manager
The Playbirds
1978
as Trainer
Confessions of a Driving Instructor
1976
as Lord Edgar Snodley
Mike Yarwood In Persons
1976
The New Avengers
1976
as Colonel Foster
Fawlty Towers
1975
as Major Gowen
Oh, Father!
1973
as Dr Grant
Are You Being Served?
1972
as Angler
Sykes
1972
as Lord Plunket-Taylor
Bless This House
1971
as Group Captain
The Weekend Murders
1970
as Peter, the butler
The Goodies
1970
as Chairman of the British Olympic Committee
The Main Chance
1969
as Major Dibbyn
Hadleigh
1969
as Lord Cranford
Hostile Witness
1968
as Clerk of Court
All Gas and Gaiters
1967
All Gas and Gaiters
1967
as Lord Ringmould
Till Death Us Do Part
1966
as Golfer
The Night Caller
1965
as Cmdr. Savage
The Murder Game
1965
as Sir Colin Chalmers
United!
1965
as Dr. Newkes
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Cornford
The Wednesday Play
1964
as First Committee Member
Sherlock Holmes
1964
as Sir Charles Baskerville
Sherlock Holmes
1964
as Sir James Damery
Story Parade
1964
as General Sanctuary
Swizzlewick
1964
as Major Lamb
A Matter of Choice
1963
as Charles Grant
Impact
1963
as Bill MacKenzie
Ghost Squad
1961
Cone of Silence
1960
as Commissioner
Maigret
1960
as Dr. Pardon
Coronation Street
1960
as Colonel Cantrill
The Cheaters
1960
as Harry Tyler
The Cheaters
1960
as Jefford
The Cheaters
1960
as Mansion
No Hiding Place
1959
No Hiding Place
1959
as Simmy Knowles
Further Up the Creek
1958
as Whacker Payne
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1958
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
Chain of Events
1958
as Stockman
Ivanhoe
1958
as Rand the Goldsmith
The Betrayal
1957
as Lawson
Night of the Demon
1957
After the Ball
1957
as Andrews
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1957
as Lieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie
Just My Luck
1957
as Starter at Goodwood (uncredited)
My Teenage Daughter
1956
as Magistrate
The Buccaneers
1956
as Rafton
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956
as Sir Urgan
The Stolen Airliner
1955
as Mr Head
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as Count de Waldern
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Mr. Noakes
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as Tybalt
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Mr. Briggs
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Mac
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Charles Devenish
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Victor Dowson
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Joe Magnus
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Harry Bates
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Colonel
The Men of Sherwood Forest
1954
as Walter
Dangerous Cargo
1954
as Findley
The Weak and the Wicked
1954
as Police Detective
Forbidden Cargo
1954
as Cooper
Delayed Action
1954
as Insp. Crane
The Blue Parrot
1953
as Supt. Chester
Operation Diplomat
1953
as Inspector Austin
3 Steps to the Gallows
1953
as Insp. Haley
The Big Frame
1952
as Doctor
The Frightened Man
1952
as Inspector Bligh
Circumstantial Evidence
1952
as Det. Insp. Hall
The Night Won't Talk
1952
The Long Dark Hall
1951
as Supt. Maxey
Blackmailed
1951
as Dr. McCormick
Stage Fright
1950
as Sergeant Mellish
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Bentley
They Made Me a Fugitive
1947
as Rockliffe
Quiet Weekend
1946
as Jim Brent
In Which We Serve
1942
as Engineer Commander
The Flying Squad
1940
as Smuggler in Airplane
The Saint in London
1939
as Richard Blake
The Gang's All Here
1939
as Detective in Nightclub
Black Eyes
1939
as Diner
Jennifer Hale
1937
as Richard Severn
East Meets West
1936
as Nazim
White Ensign
1934
The Chinese Bungalow
1930
as Richard Marquess
London Melody
1930
as Jan Moor