Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 06, 1904
Died
Jan 16, 1988
Place of Birth
Margate, Kent, England, UK
Credits
90 titles
Ballard Berkeley
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
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Major Gowen (archive footage) (uncredited)
The BFG
Head of the Army (voice)
National Lampoon's European Vacation
English Motorist #2
Me & My Girl
Major D'Arcy Pendleton
Fresh Fields
Guy Penrose
That's My Boy
Comm. Buckley
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Harry Lorradaile
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
Humphry Wills
Kelly Monteith
Terry and June
Colonel Culpepper
To the Manor Born
Hartley
Queen of the Blues
Uncle Fred (as Ballard Barclay)
Spooner's Patch
Bank Manager
Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair
Judge
The Playbirds
Trainer
Mike Yarwood In Persons
The New Avengers
Colonel Foster
Confessions of a Driving Instructor
Lord Edgar Snodley
Fawlty Towers
Major Gowen
Oh, Father!
Dr Grant
Sykes
Lord Plunket-Taylor
Are You Being Served?
Angler
Bless This House
Group Captain
The Goodies
Chairman of the British Olympic Committee
The Weekend Murders
Peter, the butler
Hadleigh
Lord Cranford
The Main Chance
Major Dibbyn
Hostile Witness
Clerk of Court
All Gas and Gaiters
Till Death Us Do Part
Golfer
The Night Caller
Cmdr. Savage
The Murder Game
Sir Colin Chalmers
BBC Play of the Month
Cornford
United!
Dr. Newkes
The Wednesday Play
First Committee Member
Swizzlewick
Major Lamb
Sherlock Holmes
Sir James Damery
Story Parade
General Sanctuary
Impact
Bill MacKenzie
A Matter of Choice
Charles Grant
Ghost Squad
The Cheaters
Harry Tyler
Coronation Street
Colonel Cantrill
Maigret
Dr. Pardon
Cone of Silence
Commissioner
No Hiding Place
Further Up the Creek
Whacker Payne
Chain of Events
Stockman
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Court Clerk (uncredited)