Peter Howell
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Perfect Strangers
2001
as Ernest
Hippies
1999
as Judge
Our Mutual Friend
1998
as Fourth Guest
Our Mutual Friend
1998
as Third Guest
Princess Caraboo
1994
as Clerk of the Court
Shadowlands
1993
as College President
The Man Who Cried
1993
as Judge Hazeldon
My Sister-Wife
1992
as Harley Street Doctor
Jeeves and Wooster
1990
as Magistrate
The Mountain and the Molehill
1989
as Churchill's Secretary
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Mr. Paul
South of the Border
1988
as Sir Nigel Pearson
Bellman and True
1987
as The Bellman
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985
as Prison Governor
John and Yoko: A Love Story
1985
as Canon Verney
A.D.
1985
as Atticus
John Wycliffe: The Morning Star
1984
as Dr. John Wycliffe
Dalgliesh
1983
as Sir Charles Freeborn
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Rothschild
The Old Men at the Zoo
1983
as Mr. Lascelles
Death of an Expert Witness
1983
as Sir Charles Freeborn
The Errand
1980
as The Major
'That Crazy Woman'
1980
as Counsel
Pride and Prejudice
1980
as Sir William Lucas
Scum
1979
as Governor
The Winter Ladies
1979
as Solicitor
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Louis Kendall
Thomas & Sarah
1979
as Lord Andover
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978
as Other H2A
The Mill on the Floss
1978
as Uncle Glegg
The Professionals
1977
as Howard
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Other H2A
Dad
1976
as Consultant
Bill Brand
1976
as Venables
Dickens of London
1976
as Mr. Black
Brassneck
1975
The Sweeney
1975
as Alan Sevier
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Judge Leonard Dover
Edward the Seventh
1975
as Francis Knollys
Screamer
1974
as Ward
Playhouse
1974
as Consultant
Churchill's People
1974
as Samson
Heil Caesar
1973
as Julius Caesar
Michael Regan
1971
as Gerald Frankiss
Elizabeth R
1971
as Lord Howard
The Ten Commandments
1971
as Michael Parkinson
The Champions
1968
as Admiral Cox
The Prisoner
1967
as Professor
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Geoff
Story Parade
1964
as Dean Welch
Theatre 625
1964
as Headmaster
Theatre 625
1964
as Whale
Incident at Midnight
1963
as Inspector Macready
Doctor Who
1963
as Investigator
Espionage
1963
as Professor Voekler
Two Letter Alibi
1962
as Carlton
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
as Mr Rayburn
Raising the Wind
1961
as Prof. Lumb
The Hellfire Club
1961
as William Pitt - Earl of Chatham
Watch Your Stern
1960
as Admiral's secretary
No Kidding
1960
as Father of Angus
Tarzan the Magnificent
1960
as Dr. Blake
Somerset Maugham Hour
1960
as Arthur Lowe