
Ballard Berkeley
Biography
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).
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Stage Fright
as Sergeant Mellish
1950

The Blue Parrot
as Supt. Chester
1953

The Night Caller
as Cmdr. Savage
1965

The Murder Game
as Sir Colin Chalmers
1965

The Stolen Airliner
as Mr Head
1955

The Playbirds
as Trainer
1978

A Matter of Choice
as Charles Grant
1963

The Saint in London
as Richard Blake
1939

The Men of Sherwood Forest
as Walter
1954

The Betrayal
as Lawson
1957

Operation Diplomat
as Inspector Austin
1953

Dangerous Cargo
as Findley
1954

Cone of Silence
as Commissioner
1960

In Which We Serve
as Engineer Commander
1942

The Gang's All Here
as Detective in Nightclub
1939

Further Up the Creek
as Whacker Payne
1958

Night of the Demon
1957

After the Ball
as Andrews
1957

My Teenage Daughter
as Magistrate
1956

The Flying Squad
as Smuggler in Airplane
1940
TV Appearances

Are You Being Served?
as Angler
1972

Fawlty Towers
as Major Gowen
1975
Fresh Fields
as Guy Penrose
1984

Ivanhoe
as Rand the Goldsmith
1958

Ghost Squad
1961

The Buccaneers
as Rafton
1956

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956

The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Count de Waldern
1955

No Hiding Place
1959

The Main Chance
as Major Dibbyn
1969
United!
1965

Maigret
as Dr. Pardon
1960