Acting
Ben Howard
EN cinema · 20 credits
Born
1 January 1940 (age 86)
Birthplace
UK
Ben Howard is a retired British actor famous for playing cockney hardmen and squaddies. He starred in the Richard Attenborough films, Oh What a Lovely War and A Bridge Too Far, and starred in the big police series of the 60s and 70s; Z Cars, The Sweeney and Dixon of Dock Green - the latter as DC Len Clayton in the long running show's final series in 1976. Away from acting Ben designed and created the Benjyboard skateboard which is still admired by skaters to this day as a classic.
Known for
Filmography
Who Dares Wins
as Terrorist
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
as Josef Wojcik
That Summer!
as Borstal Officer
Red Shift
as Officer
Talkin' Blues
as Stevie
A Bridge Too Far
as Sergeant Towns
From Beyond the Grave
as Burglar
The Sex Victims
as Jack Piper
Running Scared
as Charlie
Villain
as Henry
Bread
as Gerry
Zeppelin
as Jamie Fergusson
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Pte Garbett
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
as PC Robertson
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Trumpeter Pridmore
Three Clear Sundays
as Charlie
Up the Junction
as In the pub