ACTOR · FROM MARGATE, UK
Ballard Berkeley
1904–198889 credits since 1930
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ABOUT BALLARD
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).
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born6 August 1904
Died16 January 1988
BirthplaceMargate, UK
Known forActing
On Cineora36 of 89 titles
Known for
The titles people know Ballard from.
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MovieCareer
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 36
- Average IMDb
- 6.4
- Highest rated
- Fawlty TowersIMDb 8.8
- Working since
- 1930
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 2000s
1 titleThe Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Not on Cineoraas Major Gowen (archive footage) (uncredited)
The 1990s
1 title · IMDb 6.7 on averageMovieas Head of the Army (voice)
The 1980s
6 titles · IMDb 6.0 on average
Movieas English Motorist #2
as Major D'Arcy Pendleton · 1 episode
Seriesas Guy Penrose · 10 episodes
as Comm. Buckley · 1 episode
Movieas Harry Lorradaile
Movieas Humphry Wills
The 1970s
17 titles · IMDb 6.0 on averageKelly Monteith
Not on Cineora1 episode
Seriesas Colonel Culpepper · 1 episode
Movieas Uncle Fred (as Ballard Barclay)
as Bank Manager · 1 episode
Movieas Judge
Movieas Trainer
Mr Big
Not on Cineoraas Hotel Manager · 1 episode
1 episode
The 1960s
20 titles · IMDb 6.7 on average
as Lord Cranford · 1 episode
as Major Dibbyn · 1 episode
Movieas Clerk of Court
as Lord Ringmould · 1 episode
Seriesas Golfer · 1 episode
Movieas Cmdr. Savage
as Sir Colin Chalmers
as Cornford · 1 episode
The 1950s
32 titles · IMDb 6.6 on average
as Simmy Knowles · 1 episode
as Whacker Payne
Movieas Stockman
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
as Rand the Goldsmith · 1 episode
Movieas Starter at Goodwood (uncredited)
Movie
as Andrews
The 1940s
4 titles · IMDb 7.2 on average
Movieas Rockliffe
as Jim Brent
Movieas Engineer Commander
as Smuggler in Airplane
The 1930s
8 titles · IMDb 6.5 on average
Movieas Richard Blake
as Diner
as Detective in Nightclub
as Richard Severn
as Nazim
White Ensign
Not on CineoraThe Chinese Bungalow
Not on Cineoraas Richard Marquess
as Jan Moor
Often works with
The people who keep turning up in Ballard’s titles.
Mary MillingtonThe Playbirds, Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair and 1 more
Athene SeylerNight of the Demon, The Saint in London and 1 more
Anthony BoothConfessions of a Driving Instructor, Till Death Us Do Part and 1 more
Willy RoeDirector · The Playbirds, Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair and 1 more
Leighton LucasComposer · Stage Fright, Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst and 1 more
Peter CushingSherlock Holmes and Cone of Silence
Maureen LipmanNational Lampoon's European Vacation and The Wildcats of St Trinian's
