Ballard Berkeley
Department: Acting
Biography
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 series "Fawlty Towers" (1975).
Known For
Stage Fright
1950
The Blue Parrot
1953
The Night Caller
1965
The Murder Game
1965
The Stolen Airliner
1955
The Playbirds
1978
A Matter of Choice
1963
The Saint in London
1939
The Men of Sherwood Forest
1954
The Betrayal
1957
Operation Diplomat
1953
Dangerous Cargo
1954
Cone of Silence
1960
In Which We Serve
1942
The Gang's All Here
1939
Further Up the Creek
1958
Night of the Demon
1957
After the Ball
1957
My Teenage Daughter
1956
The Flying Squad
1940
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980
3 Steps to the Gallows
1953
The Chinese Bungalow
1930
Jennifer Hale
1937
Black Eyes
1939
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
1980
Impact
1963
Quiet Weekend
1946
London Melody
1930
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1957
East Meets West
1936
National Lampoon's European Vacation
1985
They Made Me a Fugitive
1947
The Long Dark Hall
1951
The Weak and the Wicked
1954
The Big Frame
1952
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1958
Chain of Events
1958
Forbidden Cargo
1954
The Frightened Man
1952
The Weekend Murders
1970
Queen of the Blues
1979
Confessions of a Driving Instructor
1976
Hostile Witness
1968
The BFG
1990
Circumstantial Evidence
1952
Delayed Action
1954
White Ensign
1934
Blackmailed
1951
The Night Won't Talk
1952
Britain and the Blitz
2025
Just My Luck
1957
Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair
1979
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
Are You Being Served?
1972
Fawlty Towers
1975
Fresh Fields
1984
Ivanhoe
1958
Ghost Squad
1961
The Buccaneers
1956
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
No Hiding Place
1959
The Main Chance
1969
United!
1965
Maigret
1960
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
Mike Yarwood In Persons
1976
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
Terry and June
1979
Terry and June
1979
The Goodies
1970
Hadleigh
1969
To the Manor Born
1979
Kelly Monteith
1979
Sykes
1972
Coronation Street
1960
Sherlock Holmes
1964
Sherlock Holmes
1964
The Wednesday Play
1964
Bless This House
1971
The Cheaters
1960
The Cheaters
1960
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
The Cheaters
1960
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Story Parade
1964
That's My Boy
1981
Till Death Us Do Part
1966
All Gas and Gaiters
1967
All Gas and Gaiters
1967
The New Avengers
1976
Oh, Father!
1973
No Hiding Place
1959