Cast & creator
Peter Howell
Best known for Doctor Who, Agatha Christie's Poirot, ITV Playhouse
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
25
film credits
38
television credits
63
1960–2001 · acting roles
7.1
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (63)
Showing 63 of 63 credits
Doctor Who
Investigator
1963
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mr. Paul
1989
ITV Playhouse
Geoff
1967
Tales of the Unexpected
Louis Kendall
1979
Playhouse
Consultant
1974
The Professionals
Howard
1977
Theatre 625
Headmaster
1964Theatre 625
Whale
1964
Rumpole of the Bailey
Judge Leonard Dover
1975
The Champions
Admiral Cox
1968
Jeeves and Wooster
Magistrate
1990
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Mr Rayburn
1962
The Sweeney
Alan Sevier
1975
The Prisoner
Professor
1967
BBC2 Play of the Week
Other H2A
1977
Churchill's People
Samson
1974
Dalgliesh
Sir Charles Freeborn
1983
Espionage
Professor Voekler
1963Story Parade
Dean Welch
1964
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Rothschild
1983
Pride and Prejudice
Sir William Lucas
1980
Elizabeth R
Lord Howard
1971
Bill Brand
Venables
1976
A.D.
Atticus
1985
Our Mutual Friend
Fourth Guest
1998Our Mutual Friend
Third Guest
1998
South of the Border
Sir Nigel Pearson
1988
Dickens of London
Mr. Black
1976
Thomas & Sarah
Lord Andover
1979Somerset Maugham Hour
Arthur Lowe
1960
Hippies
Judge
1999The Ten Commandments
Michael Parkinson
1971The Old Men at the Zoo
Mr. Lascelles
1983
Edward the Seventh
Francis Knollys
1975
The Mill on the Floss
Uncle Glegg
1978
Death of an Expert Witness
Sir Charles Freeborn
1983
Shadowlands
College President
1993
Scum
Governor
1979
Princess Caraboo
Clerk of the Court
1994
Heil Caesar
Julius Caesar
1973
Perfect Strangers
Ernest
2001
John and Yoko: A Love Story
Canon Verney
1985
Tarzan the Magnificent
Dr. Blake
1960
Brassneck
1975
The Man Who Cried
Judge Hazeldon
1993
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
Prison Governor
1985
Bellman and True
The Bellman
1987
The Hellfire Club
William Pitt - Earl of Chatham
1961
Raising the Wind
Prof. Lumb
1961
Dad
Consultant
1976
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
Other H2A
1978
Watch Your Stern
Admiral's secretary
1960
John Wycliffe: The Morning Star
Dr. John Wycliffe
1984
The Mountain and the Molehill
Churchill's Secretary
1989
My Sister-Wife
Harley Street Doctor
1992
No Kidding
Father of Angus
1960
Michael Regan
Gerald Frankiss
1971
Incident at Midnight
Inspector Macready
1963
'That Crazy Woman'
Counsel
1980
Two Letter Alibi
Carlton
1962
Screamer
Ward
1974
The Errand
The Major
1980The Winter Ladies
Solicitor
1979