
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
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South of the Border
1988 · Series
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Espionage
1963 · Series
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My Sister-Wife
1992 · Movie
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John Wycliffe: The Morning Star
1984 · Movie
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Brassneck
1975 · Movie
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Heil Caesar
1973 · Series
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Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Series
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Jeeves and Wooster
1990 · Series
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Our Mutual Friend
1998 · Series
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The Sweeney
1975 · Series
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Michael Regan
1971 · Movie
Story Parade
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Story Parade
1964 · Series
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Doctor Who
1963 · Series
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The Prisoner
1967 · Series
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Hippies
1999 · Series
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The Professionals
1977 · Series
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Elizabeth R
1971 · Series
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Screamer
1974 · Movie
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Two Letter Alibi
1962 · Movie
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Dickens of London
1976 · Series
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Bill Brand
1976 · Series
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Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983 · Series
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Scum
1979 · Movie
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Theatre 625
1964 · Series
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Shadowlands
1993 · Movie
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Pride and Prejudice
1980 · Series
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The Errand
1980 · Movie
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BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Series
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Rumpole of the Bailey
1975 · Series
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Playhouse
1974 · Series
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Dalgliesh
1983 · Series
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John and Yoko: A Love Story
1985 · Movie
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ITV Playhouse
1967 · Series
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Perfect Strangers
2001 · Series
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Incident at Midnight
1963 · Movie
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Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Series
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The Mill on the Floss
1978 · Series
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Edward the Seventh
1975 · Series
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Bellman and True
1987 · Movie
The Old Men at the Zoo
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The Old Men at the Zoo
1983 · Series
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Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962 · Series
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The Champions
1968 · Series
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Raising the Wind
1961 · Movie
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No Kidding
1960 · Movie
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Princess Caraboo
1994 · Movie
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Watch Your Stern
1960 · Movie
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Tarzan the Magnificent
1960 · Movie
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A.D.
1985 · Series