Personal Info
Peter Howell
Acting
Biography
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, a…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Princess Caraboo
as Clerk of the Court
Shadowlands
as College President
My Sister-Wife
as Harley Street Doctor
The Mountain and the Molehill
as Churchill's Secretary
Bellman and True
as The Bellman
John and Yoko: A Love Story
as Canon Verney
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
as Prison Governor
John Wycliffe: The Morning Star
as Dr. John Wycliffe
The Errand
as The Major
'That Crazy Woman'
as Counsel
TV Shows
Perfect Strangers
as Ernest · 3 ep.
Hippies
as Judge · 1 ep.
Our Mutual Friend
as Third Guest · 1 ep.
Jeeves and Wooster
as Magistrate · 1 ep.
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Mr. Paul · 1 ep.
South of the Border
as Sir Nigel Pearson · 1 ep.
A.D.
as Atticus · 5 ep.
Dalgliesh
as Sir Charles Freeborn · 2 ep.
Reilly: Ace of Spies
as Rothschild · 1 ep.
The Old Men at the Zoo
as Mr. Lascelles · 1 ep.