Biography
Peter Howell
Acting
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 wa…
Career works
58
Movies
24
Series
34
Career average
7.2/10
Birth date
10/25/1919
Place of birth
Kensington, London, England, UK
Date of death
04/20/2015
Filmography highlights
Movies
Princess Caraboo
1994 · 5.5
Shadowlands
1993 · 6.9
My Sister-Wife
1992 · 9.0
The Mountain and the Molehill
1989
Bellman and True
1987 · 6.5
John and Yoko: A Love Story
1985 · 6.8
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985 · 4.9
John Wycliffe: The Morning Star
1984 · 9.0
'That Crazy Woman'
1980
The Errand
1980 · 7.0
Scum
1979 · 7.1
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978
Dad
1976
Brassneck
1975 · 9.0
Screamer
1974 · 7.4
Series
Perfect Strangers
2001 · 6.6
Hippies
1999 · 7.3
Our Mutual Friend
1998 · 7.9
Jeeves and Wooster
1990 · 8.1
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · 8.2
South of the Border
1988 · 10.0
A.D.
1985 · 5.4
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983 · 7.0
Dalgliesh
1983 · 6.9
Pride and Prejudice
1980 · 7.0
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · 6.8
The Mill on the Floss
1978 · 6.7
The Professionals
1977 · 7.6
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · 7.0
Dickens of London
1976 · 7.3