Ballard Berkeley
ActingBallard 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).
Movies
Britain and the Blitz
2025
Head of the Army (voice)
The BFG
1990
English Motorist #2
National Lampoon's European Vacation
1985
Harry Lorradaile
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980
Humphry Wills
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
1980
Uncle Fred (as Ballard Barclay)
Queen of the Blues
1979
Judge
Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair
1979
Trainer
The Playbirds
1978
Lord Edgar Snodley
Confessions of a Driving Instructor
1976
Peter, the butler
The Weekend Murders
1970
Clerk of Court
Hostile Witness
1968
Cmdr. Savage
The Night Caller
1965
Sir Colin Chalmers
The Murder Game
1965
Bill MacKenzie
Impact
1963
Charles Grant
A Matter of Choice
1963
Commissioner
Cone of Silence
1960
Whacker Payne
Further Up the Creek
1958
Stockman
Chain of Events
1958
Court Clerk (uncredited)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1958
Starter at Goodwood (uncredited)
Just My Luck
1957
TV Shows
Major D'Arcy Pendleton
Me & My Girl
1984
Guy Penrose
Fresh Fields
1984
Comm. Buckley
That's My Boy
1981
Colonel Culpepper
Terry and June
1979
Sir Arthur Forster-Carter
Terry and June
1979
Bank Manager
Spooner's Patch
1979
Mike Yarwood In Persons
1976
Colonel Foster
The New Avengers
1976
Major Gowen
Fawlty Towers
1975
Dr Grant
Oh, Father!
1973
Lord Plunket-Taylor
Sykes
1972
Angler
Are You Being Served?
1972
Group Captain
Bless This House
1971
Chairman of the British Olympic Committee
The Goodies
1970
Lord Cranford
Hadleigh
1969
Major Dibbyn
The Main Chance
1969
All Gas and Gaiters
1967
Lord Ringmould
All Gas and Gaiters
1967
Golfer
Till Death Us Do Part
1966
Cornford
BBC Play of the Month
1965