Acting
Peter Howell
EN cinema · 25 credits
Born
25 October 1919
Died
20 April 2015 (aged 95)
Birthplace
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
Known for
Filmography
Princess Caraboo
as Clerk of the Court
Shadowlands
as College President
The Man Who Cried
as Judge Hazeldon
My Sister-Wife
as Harley Street Doctor
The Mountain and the Molehill
as Churchill's Secretary
Bellman and True
as The Bellman
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
as Prison Governor
John and Yoko: A Love Story
as Canon Verney
John Wycliffe: The Morning Star
as Dr. John Wycliffe
The Errand
as The Major
'That Crazy Woman'
as Counsel
Scum
as Governor
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
as Other H2A
Dad
as Consultant
Screamer
as Ward
Michael Regan
as Gerald Frankiss
Incident at Midnight
as Inspector Macready
Two Letter Alibi
as Carlton
Raising the Wind
as Prof. Lumb
The Hellfire Club
as William Pitt - Earl of Chatham
Watch Your Stern
as Admiral's secretary
No Kidding
as Father of Angus
Tarzan the Magnificent
as Dr. Blake