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Ballard Berkeley(1904-1988)

  • Actor
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Ballard Berkeley in Fresh Fields (1984)
A young orphan girl, Sophie, gets taken away to a faraway land populated by Giants and Dreams.
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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).
BornAugust 6, 1904
DiedJanuary 16, 1988(83)
BornAugust 6, 1904
DiedJanuary 16, 1988(83)
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Marlene Dietrich and Ballard Berkeley in Stage Fright (1950)
Ballard Berkeley, Alastair Sim, and Michael Wilding in Stage Fright (1950)
Ballard Berkeley, Alastair Sim, and Michael Wilding in Stage Fright (1950)
Ballard Berkeley in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955)

Known for

Fawlty Towers (1975)
Fawlty Towers
8.8
TV Series
  • Major Gowen
Marlene Dietrich, Richard Todd, Michael Wilding, and Jane Wyman in Stage Fright (1950)
Stage Fright
7.0
  • Sergeant Mellish
  • 1950
Leave It to Todhunter
TV Series
  • Det. Chief Insp. Moresby
Operation Diplomat (1953)
Operation Diplomat
6.4
  • Inspector Austin
  • 1953

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Actor

  • The BFG (1989)
    The BFG
    • Head Of The Army (voice)
    • 1989
  • Terry and June (1979)
    Terry and June
    • Colonel Culpepper
    • Sir Arthur Forster-Carter
    • TV Series
    • 1982–1987
  • Richard O'Sullivan in Me and My Girl (1984)
    Me and My Girl
    • Major D'Arcy Pendleton
    • TV Series
    • 1987
  • Fresh Fields (1984)
    Fresh Fields
    • Guy
    • Guy Penrose
    • TV Series
    • 1984–1986
  • Dramarama (1983)
    Dramarama
    • Rupert Berkeley-Urquhart
    • TV Series
    • 1986
  • Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Dana Hill, and Jason Lively in National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
    National Lampoon's European Vacation
    • Second English Motorist
    • 1985
  • Lame Ducks (1984)
    Lame Ducks
    • Hector
    • TV Series
    • 1984
  • That's My Boy (1981)
    That's My Boy
    • Commander Buckley
    • TV Series
    • 1984
  • Su Pollard in Hi-de-Hi! (1980)
    Hi-de-Hi!
    • Gentleman
    • TV Series
    • 1983
  • Bullshot Crummond (1983)
    Bullshot Crummond
    • Hotel Guest
    • 1983
  • Trevor Bannister, Arthur Brough, John Inman, Wendy Richard, Mollie Sugden, and Frank Thornton in Are You Being Served? (1972)
    Are You Being Served?
    • Angler
    • TV Series
    • 1983
  • Kelly Monteith in Kelly Monteith (1979)
    Kelly Monteith
    • TV Series
    • 1982
  • Janet and Company
    • TV Series
    • 1982
  • Peter Bowles and Penelope Keith in To the Manor Born (1979)
    To the Manor Born
    • Hartley
    • TV Series
    • 1981
  • Thank You, P.G. Wodehouse (1981)
    Thank You, P.G. Wodehouse
    • Lord Ickenham
    • TV Movie
    • 1981

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  • Alternative names
    • Ballard Barclay
  • Height
    • 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
  • Born
    • August 6, 1904
    • Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK
  • Died
    • January 16, 1988
    • Westminster, London, England, UK(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Dorothy Long1929 - ?
  • Other works
    Replaced late actor Norman Shelley as Colonel Freddy Danby in the long-running BBC Radio 4 series, "The Archers".

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  • Trivia
    Along with Jack Hulbert, he was a special constable with the London Metropolitan Police during World War II.

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