No free photograph
Ballard Berkeley
British actor of stage and screen (1904-1988) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 83
Ballard Blascheck, known professionally as Ballard Berkeley, was an English actor of stage and screen. He is best remembered for playing Major Gowen in the British television sitcom Fawlty Towers.
Ballard Berkeley is read about 175 times a day, in 11 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 18 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
1988Died16 January 19881985
National Lampoon's European VacationFilm, English Motorist #21984
Fresh FieldsSeries, Guy Penrose1979
Confessions from the David Galaxy AffairFilm, Judge1976
The New AvengersSeries, Colonel Foster
Confessions of a Driving InstructorFilm, 1976Lord Edgar Snodley1972
Are You Being Served?Series, Angler1971
Bless This HouseSeries, Group Captain1970
The Weekend MurdersFilm, Peter, the butler1969
The Main ChanceSeries, Major Dibbyn1965
BBC Play of the MonthSeries, Cornford
The Night CallerFilm, 1965Cmdr. Savage1960
Coronation StreetSeries, Colonel Cantrill
Cone of SilenceFilm, 1960Commissioner1959
No Hiding PlaceSeries, Simmy Knowles1957
After the BallFilm, Andrews1956
The Adventures of Sir LancelotSeries, Sir Urgan1954
Dangerous CargoFilm, Findley1952
The Big FrameFilm, Doctor1951
BlackmailedFilm, Dr. McCormick1950
Sunday Night TheatreSeries, Bentley1947
They Made Me a FugitiveFilm, Rockliffe1942
In Which We ServeFilm, Engineer Commander1939
The Saint in LondonFilm, Richard Blake1904Born6 August 1904
National Lampoon's European VacationFilm, English Motorist #21984Fresh FieldsSeries, Guy Penrose1979Confessions from the David Galaxy AffairFilm, Judge1976The New AvengersSeries, Colonel FosterConfessions of a Driving InstructorFilm, 1976Lord Edgar Snodley1972Are You Being Served?Series, Angler1971Bless This HouseSeries, Group Captain1970The Weekend MurdersFilm, Peter, the butler1969The Main ChanceSeries, Major Dibbyn1965BBC Play of the MonthSeries, CornfordThe Night CallerFilm, 1965Cmdr. Savage1960Coronation StreetSeries, Colonel CantrillCone of SilenceFilm, 1960Commissioner1959No Hiding PlaceSeries, Simmy Knowles1957After the BallFilm, Andrews1956The Adventures of Sir LancelotSeries, Sir Urgan1954Dangerous CargoFilm, Findley1952The Big FrameFilm, Doctor1951BlackmailedFilm, Dr. McCormick1950Sunday Night TheatreSeries, Bentley1947They Made Me a FugitiveFilm, Rockliffe1942In Which We ServeFilm, Engineer Commander1939The Saint in LondonFilm, Richard Blake1904Born6 August 1904People around Ballard
Close ties
- John Gilling Directed The Frightened Man (1952)
John Stuart Also in The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954)- Mary Millington Also in The Playbirds (1978)
- John Horsley Also in The Big Frame and Delayed Action
- Dermot Walsh Also in The Frightened Man and The Blue Parrot
Norman Shelley Duets: Colonel Freddy Danby, also in The Archers- Leonard Sachs Also in The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954)
- Marjorie Rhodes Also in The Weak and the Wicked (1954)
Irene Handl Also in The Weak and the Wicked (1954)
Michael Anderson Directed Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957)
Connie Booth Also in Fawlty Towers and Little Lord Fauntleroy
Sybil Thorndike Also in Stage Fright and The Weak and the Wicked
Amy Heckerling Directed National Lampoon's European Vacation (1986)
Windsor Davies Also in Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976)
André Morell Also in Stage Fright and Cone of Silence
Michele Lupo Directed The Weekend Murders (1970)- Ralph Truman Also in The Saint in London (1939)
Joyce Grenfell Also in Stage Fright and Forbidden Cargo
Kenny Lynch Also in The Playbirds (1978)- Tony Booth Also in Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976)
Sally Gray Also in The Saint in London (1939)
Duncan Lamont Also in The Murder Game and The Big Frame- Conrad Phillips Also in The Murder Game (1965)
- Avice Landone Also in Operation Diplomat (1953)
Known for
View all 40 titles
Little Lord Fauntleroy 1980
Night of the Demon 1957
Stage Fright 1950
In Which We Serve 1942
They Made Me a Fugitive 1947
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
104 credits on file
Television 24
About this person
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1904 to 1988 · aged 83
