Acting
Ballard Berkeley
Aug 6, 1904 (died Jan 16, 1988, aged 83) Margate, Kent, England, UK
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
5.3
Coronation Street
Colonel Cantrill
6.2
National Lampoon's European Vacation
English Motorist #2
8.3
Fawlty Towers
Major Gowen
6.8
Stage Fright
Sergeant Mellish
7.0
Night of the Demon
1957 · Movie
7.3
Are You Being Served?
Angler
7.3
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Harry Lorradaile
7.2
The New Avengers
Colonel Foster
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
Cornford
6.4
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Count de Waldern
6.4
The BFG
Head of the Army (voice)
7.7
The Goodies
Chairman of the British Olympic Committee
7.6
Till Death Us Do Part
Golfer
6.7
In Which We Serve
Engineer Commander
7.1
Maigret
Dr. Pardon
Filmography
7.2
Britain and the Blitz
2025
6.4
The BFG
1990 · Head of the Army (voice)
6.2
National Lampoon's European Vacation
1985 · English Motorist #2
6.8
Fresh Fields
1984 · Guy Penrose
5.7
Me & My Girl
1984 · Major D'Arcy Pendleton
6.6
That's My Boy
1981 · Comm. Buckley
7.3
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980 · Harry Lorradaile
4.4
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
1980 · Humphry Wills
6.5
Terry and June
1979 · Colonel Culpepper
3.1
Queen of the Blues
1979 · Uncle Fred (as Ballard Barclay)
3.1
Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair
1979 · Judge
8.0
Spooner's Patch
1979 · Bank Manager
4.6
The Playbirds
1978 · Trainer
7.2
The New Avengers
1976 · Colonel Foster
4.7
Confessions of a Driving Instructor
1976 · Lord Edgar Snodley
7.5
Mike Yarwood In Persons
1976
8.3
Fawlty Towers
1975 · Major Gowen
7.5
Oh, Father!
1973 · Dr Grant
7.3
Are You Being Served?
1972 · Angler
6.7
Sykes
1972 · Lord Plunket-Taylor
7.5
Bless This House
1971 · Group Captain
7.7
The Goodies
1970 · Chairman of the British Olympic Committee
6.1
The Weekend Murders
1970 · Peter, the butler
8.2
The Main Chance
1969 · Major Dibbyn
7.8
Hadleigh
1969 · Lord Cranford
6.5
Hostile Witness
1968 · Clerk of Court
6.2
All Gas and Gaiters
1967
7.6
Till Death Us Do Part
1966 · Golfer
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Cornford
5.6
The Night Caller
1965 · Cmdr. Savage