Peter Howell
Acting
1919-10-25 · 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
tvPerfect Strangers
as Ernest · 2001 · 6.6
tvHippies
as Judge · 1999 · 7.3
tvOur Mutual Friend
as Fourth Guest · 1998 · 7.9
tvOur Mutual Friend
as Third Guest · 1998 · 7.9
moviePrincess Caraboo
as Clerk of the Court · 1994 · 5.5
movieShadowlands
as College President · 1993 · 6.9
movieMy Sister-Wife
as Harley Street Doctor · 1992 · 9.0
tvJeeves and Wooster
as Magistrate · 1990 · 8.1
movieThe Mountain and the Molehill
as Churchill's Secretary · 1989 · 0.0
tvAgatha Christie's Poirot
as Mr. Paul · 1989 · 8.2
tvSouth of the Border
as Sir Nigel Pearson · 1988 · 10.0
movieBellman and True
as The Bellman · 1987 · 6.5
movieJohn and Yoko: A Love Story
as Canon Verney · 1985 · 6.8
tvA.D.
as Atticus · 1985 · 5.4
movieHitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
as Prison Governor · 1985 · 4.9
movieJohn Wycliffe: The Morning Star
as Dr. John Wycliffe · 1984 · 9.0
tvThe Old Men at the Zoo
as Mr. Lascelles · 1983 · 6.5
tvReilly: Ace of Spies
as Rothschild · 1983 · 7.0
tvDalgliesh
as Sir Charles Freeborn · 1983 · 6.9
movie'That Crazy Woman'
as Counsel · 1980 · 0.0
tvPride and Prejudice
as Sir William Lucas · 1980 · 7.0
movieThe Errand
as The Major · 1980 · 7.0
movieScum
as Governor · 1979 · 7.1
movieThe Winter Ladies
as Solicitor · 1979 · 0.0