Peter Howell
Known for: Acting
Born: October 25, 1919
Died: April 20, 2015
Place of birth: Kensington, London, England, UK
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
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Filmography
25 movies · 35 TV shows, newest first
6.7
Perfect Strangers
2001
7.4
Hippies
1999
7.8
Our Mutual Friend
1998
5.5
Princess Caraboo
1994
6.9
Shadowlands
1993
6.3
The Man Who Cried
1993
9.0
My Sister-Wife
1992
8.1
Jeeves and Wooster
1990
NR
The Mountain and the Molehill
1989
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
10.0
South of the Border
1988
6.6
Bellman and True
1987
6.8
John and Yoko: A Love Story
1985
5.4
A.D.
1985
4.9
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985
9.0
John Wycliffe: The Morning Star
19846.5
The Old Men at the Zoo
1983
7.0
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
6.9
Dalgliesh
1983
6.5
Death of an Expert Witness
1983
NR
'That Crazy Woman'
1980
7.0
Pride and Prejudice
1980
7.0
The Errand
1980
7.1
Scum
1979NR
The Winter Ladies
1979
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
6.7
The Mill on the Floss
1978
NR
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978
7.6
The Professionals
1977
7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
7.3
Dickens of London
1976
7.3
Bill Brand
1976
NR
Dad
1976
7.1
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
9.0
Brassneck
1975
6.6
Edward the Seventh
1975
8.1
The Sweeney
1975
5.0
Churchill's People
1974
7.2
Screamer
1974
7.0
Playhouse
1974
9.0
Heil Caesar
1973
8.0
Michael Regan
1971NR
The Ten Commandments
1971
7.5
Elizabeth R
1971
6.5
The Champions
1968
7.7
The Prisoner
1967
7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
7.2
Theatre 625
19648.0
Story Parade
1964
7.9
Doctor Who
1963
10.0
Espionage
1963
7.0
Incident at Midnight
1963
6.7
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
7.5
Two Letter Alibi
1962
6.3
Raising the Wind
1961
5.4
The Hellfire Club
1961
6.1
No Kidding
1960
5.9
Watch Your Stern
1960
5.9
Tarzan the Magnificent
1960NR
Somerset Maugham Hour
1960