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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 6, 1904
Died
January 16, 1988
Place of Birth
Margate, Kent, England, UK
Also Known As
- Ballard Blascheck
Ballard Berkeley
0.6 Popularity
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
7.3
Britain and the Blitz
2025
6.4
Head of the Army (voice)
The BFG
1990
6.2
English Motorist #2
National Lampoon's European Vacation
1985
🎬
6.7
Guy Penrose
Fresh Fields
1984
6.1
Comm. Buckley
That's My Boy
1981
7.4
Harry Lorradaile
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980
3.9
Humphry Wills
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
1980
🎬
6.0
Kelly Monteith
1979
6.2
Colonel Culpepper
Terry and June
1979
6.2
Sir Arthur Forster-Carter
Terry and June
1979
Credits
Britain and the Blitz
2025
7.3
The BFG
as Head of the Army (voice)
1990
6.4
National Lampoon's European Vacation
as English Motorist #2
1985
6.2
🎬
Fresh Fields
as Guy Penrose
1984
6.7
That's My Boy
as Comm. Buckley
1981
6.1
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Harry Lorradaile
1980
7.4
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
as Humphry Wills
1980
3.9
🎬
Kelly Monteith
1979
6.0
Terry and June
as Colonel Culpepper
1979
6.2
Terry and June
as Sir Arthur Forster-Carter
1979
6.2
To the Manor Born
as Hartley
1979
6.9
Queen of the Blues
as Uncle Fred (as Ballard Barclay)
1979
3.1
Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair
as Judge
1979
2.5
The Playbirds
as Trainer
1978
4.5
Mike Yarwood In Persons
1976
7.0
The New Avengers
as Colonel Foster
1976
7.0
Confessions of a Driving Instructor
as Lord Edgar Snodley
1976
4.3
Fawlty Towers
as Major Gowen
1975
8.3
Oh, Father!
as Dr Grant
1973
6.0
Sykes
as Lord Plunket-Taylor
1972
6.4
Are You Being Served?
as Angler
1972
7.2
Bless This House
as Group Captain
1971
7.4
The Goodies
as Chairman of the British Olympic Committee
1970
7.5
The Weekend Murders
as Peter, the butler
1970
6.0
Hadleigh
as Lord Cranford
1969
5.5
The Main Chance
as Major Dibbyn
1969
7.7
Hostile Witness
as Clerk of Court
1968
6.2
All Gas and Gaiters
1967
5.7
All Gas and Gaiters
as Lord Ringmould
1967
5.7
Till Death Us Do Part
as Golfer
1966
7.4
The Night Caller
as Cmdr. Savage
1965
5.3
The Murder Game
as Sir Colin Chalmers
1965
0.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Cornford
1965
5.0
🎬
United!
1965
0.0
The Wednesday Play
as First Committee Member
1964
4.5
Sherlock Holmes
as Sir Charles Baskerville
1964
6.6
Sherlock Holmes
as Sir James Damery
1964
6.6
🎬
Story Parade
as General Sanctuary
1964
8.0
Impact
as Bill MacKenzie
1963
4.2
A Matter of Choice
as Charles Grant
1963
6.7
Ghost Squad
1961
5.0
The Cheaters
as Harry Tyler
1960
0.0
The Cheaters
as Jefford
1960
0.0
The Cheaters
as Mansion
1960
0.0
Coronation Street
as Colonel Cantrill
1960
5.3
Maigret
as Dr. Pardon
1960
7.2
Cone of Silence
as Commissioner
1960
6.7
No Hiding Place
1959
3.7
Further Up the Creek
as Whacker Payne
1958
6.0
Chain of Events
as Stockman
1958
6.3
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
1958
6.0
Ivanhoe
as Rand the Goldsmith
1958
6.3
Just My Luck
as Starter at Goodwood (uncredited)
1957
6.0
Night of the Demon
1957
7.0
After the Ball
as Andrews
1957
6.0
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
as Lieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie
1957
7.2
The Betrayal
as Lawson
1957
6.0
The Buccaneers
as Rafton
1956
5.5
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956
6.5
My Teenage Daughter
as Magistrate
1956
6.0
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Count de Waldern
1955
6.3
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Tybalt
1955
6.3
Dixon of Dock Green
as Mr. Noakes
1955
5.3
Dixon of Dock Green
as Mr. Briggs
1955
5.3
Dixon of Dock Green
as Mac
1955
5.3
Dixon of Dock Green
as Charles Devenish
1955
5.3
Dixon of Dock Green
as Victor Dowson
1955
5.3
Dixon of Dock Green
as Joe Magnus
1955
5.3
Dixon of Dock Green
as Harry Bates
1955
5.3
Dixon of Dock Green
as Colonel
1955
5.3
The Stolen Airliner
as Mr Head
1955
0.0
The Men of Sherwood Forest
as Walter
1954
6.7
Delayed Action
as Insp. Crane
1954
5.2
Forbidden Cargo
as Cooper
1954
6.4
Dangerous Cargo
as Findley
1954
5.2
The Weak and the Wicked
as Police Detective
1954
6.4
3 Steps to the Gallows
as Insp. Haley
1953
6.4
Operation Diplomat
as Inspector Austin
1953
5.8
The Blue Parrot
as Supt. Chester
1953
5.3
Circumstantial Evidence
as Det. Insp. Hall
1952
5.5
The Night Won't Talk
1952
0.0
The Big Frame
as Doctor
1952
3.8
The Frightened Man
as Inspector Bligh
1952
6.2
The Long Dark Hall
as Supt. Maxey
1951
6.4
Blackmailed
as Dr. McCormick
1951
2.7
Stage Fright
as Sergeant Mellish
1950
6.8
Sunday Night Theatre
as Bentley
1950
3.5
They Made Me a Fugitive
as Rockliffe
1947
6.6
Quiet Weekend
as Jim Brent
1946
4.8
In Which We Serve
as Engineer Commander
1942
6.8
The Flying Squad
as Smuggler in Airplane
1940
6.0
The Saint in London
as Richard Blake
1939
5.6
Black Eyes
as Diner
1939
5.5
The Gang's All Here
as Detective in Nightclub
1939
5.0
Jennifer Hale
as Richard Severn
1937
5.0
East Meets West
as Nazim
1936
0.0
🎬
White Ensign
1934
0.0
🎬
The Chinese Bungalow
as Richard Marquess
1930
0.0
London Melody
as Jan Moor
1930
0.0