Peter Howell
Acting
1919-10-25 · Kensington, London, England, UK
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, and opposed their planned 1968-69 England cricket tour of apartheid-era South Africa, which was eventually cancelled. He helped to raise funds for the building of Watermans Arts Centre near his home in Chiswick, west London. Howell died at Denville Hall, a home for retired actors in Northwood, London, on 20 April 2015 after a short illness, aged 95
Filmography
Perfect Strangers
2001 · Series
Hippies
1999 · Series
Our Mutual Friend
1998 · Series
Princess Caraboo
1994 · Movie
Shadowlands
1993 · Movie
The Man Who Cried
1993 · Movie
My Sister-Wife
1992 · Movie
Jeeves and Wooster
1990 · Series
The Mountain and the Molehill
1989 · Movie
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Series
South of the Border
1988 · Series
Bellman and True
1987 · Movie
John and Yoko: A Love Story
1985 · Movie
A.D.
1985 · Series
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985 · Movie
John Wycliffe: The Morning Star
1984 · Movie
The Old Men at the Zoo
1983 · Series
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983 · Series
Dalgliesh
1983 · Series
Death of an Expert Witness
1983 · Series
'That Crazy Woman'
1980 · Movie
Pride and Prejudice
1980 · Series
The Errand
1980 · Movie
Scum
1979 · Movie
The Winter Ladies
1979 · Movie
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Series
The Mill on the Floss
1978 · Series
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978 · Movie
The Professionals
1977 · Series
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Series
Dickens of London
1976 · Series
Bill Brand
1976 · Series
Dad
1976 · Movie
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975 · Series
Brassneck
1975 · Movie
Edward the Seventh
1975 · Series
The Sweeney
1975 · Series
Churchill's People
1974 · Series
Screamer
1974 · Movie
Playhouse
1974 · Series
Heil Caesar
1973 · Series
Michael Regan
1971 · Movie
The Ten Commandments
1971 · Series
Elizabeth R
1971 · Series
The Champions
1968 · Series
The Prisoner
1967 · Series
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Series
Theatre 625
1964 · Series
Story Parade
1964 · Series
Doctor Who
1963 · Series
Espionage
1963 · Series
Incident at Midnight
1963 · Movie
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962 · Series
Two Letter Alibi
1962 · Movie
Raising the Wind
1961 · Movie
The Hellfire Club
1961 · Movie
No Kidding
1960 · Movie
Watch Your Stern
1960 · Movie
Tarzan the Magnificent
1960 · Movie
Somerset Maugham Hour
1960 · Series