Acting • AGE 83
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 s...


Britain and the Blitz
2025

The BFG
Head of the Army (voice)
1990

National Lampoon's European Vacation
English Motorist #2
1985

Me & My Girl
Major D'Arcy Pendleton
1984

Fresh Fields
Guy Penrose
1984

That's My Boy
Comm. Buckley
1981

Little Lord Fauntleroy
Harry Lorradaile
1980

The Wildcats of St Trinian's
Humphry Wills
1980

Terry and June
Colonel Culpepper
1979

To the Manor Born
Hartley
1979

Queen of the Blues
Uncle Fred (as Ballard Barclay)
1979

Spooner's Patch
Bank Manager
1979

Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair
Judge
1979

The Playbirds
Trainer
1978

Mike Yarwood In Persons
1976

The New Avengers
Colonel Foster
1976

Confessions of a Driving Instructor
Lord Edgar Snodley
1976

Fawlty Towers
Major Gowen
1975

Oh, Father!
Dr Grant
1973

Sykes
Lord Plunket-Taylor
1972

Are You Being Served?
Angler
1972

Bless This House
Group Captain
1971

The Goodies
Chairman of the British Olympic Committee
1970

The Weekend Murders
Peter, the butler
1970

Hadleigh
Lord Cranford
1969

The Main Chance
Major Dibbyn
1969

Hostile Witness
Clerk of Court
1968

All Gas and Gaiters
1967

Till Death Us Do Part
Golfer
1966

The Night Caller
Cmdr. Savage
1965

The Murder Game
Sir Colin Chalmers
1965

BBC Play of the Month
Cornford
1965

The Wednesday Play
First Committee Member
1964

Sherlock Holmes
Sir Charles Baskerville
1964

Impact
Bill MacKenzie
1963

A Matter of Choice
Charles Grant
1963

Ghost Squad
1961

The Cheaters
Harry Tyler
1960

Coronation Street
Colonel Cantrill
1960

Maigret
Dr. Pardon
1960

Cone of Silence
Commissioner
1960

No Hiding Place
1959

Further Up the Creek
Whacker Payne
1958

Chain of Events
Stockman
1958

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Court Clerk (uncredited)
1958

Ivanhoe
Rand the Goldsmith
1958

Just My Luck
Starter at Goodwood (uncredited)
1957

Night of the Demon
1957

After the Ball
Andrews
1957

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
Lieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie
1957

The Betrayal
Lawson
1957

The Buccaneers
Rafton
1956

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956

My Teenage Daughter
Magistrate
1956

The Adventures of Robin Hood
Count de Waldern
1955

Dixon of Dock Green
Mr. Noakes
1955

The Stolen Airliner
Mr Head
1955

The Men of Sherwood Forest
Walter
1954

Delayed Action
Insp. Crane
1954

Forbidden Cargo
Cooper
1954

Dangerous Cargo
Findley
1954

The Weak and the Wicked
Police Detective
1954

Operation Diplomat
Inspector Austin
1953

3 Steps to the Gallows
Insp. Haley
1953

The Blue Parrot
Supt. Chester
1953

Circumstantial Evidence
Det. Insp. Hall
1952

The Night Won't Talk
1952

The Big Frame
Doctor
1952

The Frightened Man
Inspector Bligh
1952

The Long Dark Hall
Supt. Maxey
1951

Blackmailed
Dr. McCormick
1951

Stage Fright
Sergeant Mellish
1950

Sunday Night Theatre
Bentley
1950

They Made Me a Fugitive
Rockliffe
1947

Quiet Weekend
Jim Brent
1946

In Which We Serve
Engineer Commander
1942

The Flying Squad
Smuggler in Airplane
1940

The Saint in London
Richard Blake
1939

Black Eyes
Diner
1939

The Gang's All Here
Detective in Nightclub
1939

Jennifer Hale
Richard Severn
1937

East Meets West
Nazim
1936

London Melody
Jan Moor
1930