Peter Howell

Known for ActingBorn 1919-10-25Died 2015-04-20Kensington, 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 95Read more

Movies & web series

South of the Border

Espionage

My Sister-Wife

John Wycliffe: The Morning Star

Brassneck

Heil Caesar

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Jeeves and Wooster

Our Mutual Friend

The Sweeney

Michael Regan

Story Parade

Doctor Who

The Prisoner

Hippies

The Professionals

Elizabeth R

Screamer

Two Letter Alibi

Dickens of London

Bill Brand

Reilly: Ace of Spies

Scum

Theatre 625

Shadowlands

Pride and Prejudice

The Errand

BBC2 Play of the Week

Rumpole of the Bailey

Playhouse

Dalgliesh

John and Yoko: A Love Story

ITV Playhouse

Perfect Strangers

Incident at Midnight

Tales of the Unexpected

The Mill on the Floss

Edward the Seventh

Bellman and True

The Old Men at the Zoo

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

The Champions

Raising the Wind

No Kidding

Princess Caraboo

Watch Your Stern

Tarzan the Magnificent

A.D.