Peter Howell

1919-10-25 Kensington, London, England, UK

Biografia

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

Películas

	Princess Caraboo	Clerk of the Court	1994-09-16
	Shadowlands	College President	1993-12-25
	My Sister-Wife	Harley Street Doctor	1992-02-23
	The Mountain and the Molehill	Churchill's Secretary	1989-10-15
	Bellman and True	The Bellman	1987-11-12
	John and Yoko: A Love Story	Canon Verney	1985-12-02
	Hitler's SS : Portrait In Evil	Prison Governor	1985-02-17
	John Wycliffe: The Morning Star	Dr. John Wycliffe	1984-01-01
	'That Crazy Woman'	Counsel	1980-02-21
	The Errand	Major	1980-01-01
	Scum	Governor	1979-09-12
	The Winter Ladies	Solicitor	1979-05-15
	Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat	Other H2A	1978-01-18
	Dad	Consultant	1976-04-23
	Brassneck		1975-05-22
	Screamer	Ward	1974-11-02
	Michael Regan	Gerald Frankiss	1971-11-18
	Two Letter Alibi	Carlton	1962-01-01
	Raising the Wind	Prof. Lumb	1961-09-06
	Watch Your Stern	Admiral's secretary	1960-10-14
	No Kidding	Father of Angus	1960-11-01
	Tarzan the Magnificent	Dr. Blake	1960-07-20