Peter Howell
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
Acted in
Our Mutual Friend
1998
Princess Caraboo
1994
as Clerk of the Court
Shadowlands
1993
as College President
My Sister-Wife
1992
as Harley Street Doctor
Jeeves and Wooster
1990
as Magistrate
The Mountain and the Molehill
1989
as Churchill's Secretary
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Mr. Paul
South Of The Border
1988
as Sir Nigel Pearson
Bellman and True
1987
as The Bellman
John and Yoko: A Love Story
1985
as Canon Verney
A.D.
1985
as Atticus
Hitler's SS : Portrait In Evil
1985
as Prison Governor
John Wycliffe: The Morning Star
1984
as Dr. John Wycliffe
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983
as Rothschild
Dalgliesh
1983
as Sir Charles Freeborn
'That Crazy Woman'
1980
as Counsel
Pride and Prejudice
1980
The Errand
1980
as Major
Scum
1979
as Governor
The Winter Ladies
1979
as Solicitor
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Louis Kendall
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978
as Other H2A
The Professionals
1977
as Howard
Bill Brand
1976
as Venables
Dad
1976
as Consultant
Brassneck
1975
The Sweeney
1975
as Alan Sevier
Screamer
1974
as Ward
Michael Regan
1971
as Gerald Frankiss
Elizabeth R
1971
as Lord Howard
The Champions
1968
as Admiral Cox
The Prisoner
1967
as Professor
Doctor Who
1963
as Investigator
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962
as Mr Rayburn
Two Letter Alibi
1962
as Carlton
Raising the Wind
1961
as Prof. Lumb
No Kidding
1960
as Father of Angus
Watch Your Stern
1960
as Admiral's secretary
Tarzan the Magnificent
1960
as Dr. Blake