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