Ballard Berkeley

Born: 1904-08-06

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).


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National Lampoon's European Vacation

as 2nd Motorist
Released: 1985-07-25

The Griswolds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and so pack their bags for the continent....

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Little Lord Fauntleroy

as Harry Lorradaile
Released: 1980-12-01

Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the...

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The BFG

as Head of the Army (voice)
Released: 1989-12-25

Sophie is snatched from her orphanage early one morning by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), whom...

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Night of the Demon

as uncredited
Released: 1957-11-09

American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to...

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Stage Fright

as Sergeant Mellish
Released: 1950-02-23

A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering...

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In Which We Serve

as Engineer Commander
Released: 1942-09-17

The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during...

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They Made Me a Fugitive

as Rockliffe
Released: 1947-06-24

After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.

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The Saint in London

as Richard Blake
Released: 1939-06-30

Suave soldier of fortune Simon Templer gets mixed up with a gang of counterfeiters who've...

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Confessions of a Driving Instructor

as Lord Snodley
Released: 1976-09-01

Timothy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney decide upon opening a driving school as their latest...

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The Playbirds

as Trainer
Released: 1978-07-06

In order to unmask a pathological killer who is targeting the beautiful centrefolds of Playbirds...

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Hostile Witness

as Clerk of Court
Released: 1968-11-01

Simon Crawford is a barrister whose daughter is killed in a hit-and-run accident. When his...

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The Men of Sherwood Forest

as Walter
Released: 1954-11-01

Robin Hood is persuaded by two nobles whom he believes to be loyal to King Richard to recover...

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Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

as Lieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie
Released: 1957-04-01

While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to...

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The Night Caller

as Cmdr. Savage
Released: 1965-12-31

The inhabitants of Ganymede need to find mates from another world or they will become extinct....

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3 Steps to the Gallows

as Insp. Haley
Released: 1953-12-01

A U.S. sailor (Scott Brady) docks in London and in three days tries to save his brother from the...

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The Long Dark Hall

as Supt. Maxey
Released: 1951-02-06

A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the...

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The Weekend Murders

as Peter, the butler
Released: 1970-10-15

An aristocratic English family gather for the reading of their father's will. The family are...

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The Blue Parrot

as Supt. Chester
Released: 1953-10-01

'Rocks' Owen, the well-off owner of a car-hire business, is found murdered; the last place he...

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Dangerous Cargo

as Findley
Released: 1954-05-01

Inspired by the real events of the attempted heist at Heathrow Airport in 1952, a criminal...

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The Weak and the Wicked

as Police Detective
Released: 1954-02-02

Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison...

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The Wildcats of St. Trinian's

as Humphry Wills
Released: 1980-09-10

The girls of St. Trinian's decide they are being asked to do too much work so they go on strike.

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Forbidden Cargo

as Cooper
Released: 1954-05-04

Kenyon is a narcotics agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher attempts to trap a...

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Further Up the Creek

as Whacker Payne
Released: 1958-10-28

The sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant...

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Chain of Events

as Stockman
Released: 1958-09-30

When a clerk tries to dodge paying a bus fare, it sparks a series of unforseen consequences

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Black Eyes

as Diner
Released: 1939-04-08

Ivan Petrov has one weakness in his life, and one love: his little black-eyed daughter, Tania....

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Cone of Silence

as Commissioner
Released: 1960-05-10

A seasoned pilot is condemned for an error which causes a crash. The pilot later dies in a crash...

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Blackmailed

as Dr. McCormick
Released: 1951-01-30

A blackmailer is murdered, and those who witnessed the scene agree to keep quiet; the...

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The Flying Squad

as Smuggler in Airplane
Released: 1940-10-12

Inspector Bradley of Scotland Yard is on the trail of the murderous ringleader of a smuggling...

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The Gang's All Here

as Detective in Nightclub
Released: 1939-03-04

John Forrest is anticipating a quiet retirement spent penning detective fiction when he learns...

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Operation Diplomat

as Inspector Austin
Released: 1953-12-01

A physician is forced to operate on a mystery figure under shady circumstances.

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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

as Court Clerk (uncredited)
Released: 1958-01-21

American scientist Dr. Frank Smith is brought to Britain to help the C.I.A. There is a defecting...

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Circumstantial Evidence

as Det. Insp. Hall
Released: 1952-10-16

Long after being deserted by her husband, Linda Harrison will soon be free to marry her lover,...

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Quiet Weekend

as Jim Brent
Released: 1946-05-01

Comedy of a family trying to spend a country weekend which is disrupted by an unpleasant friend...

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The Big Frame

as Doctor
Released: 1952-09-01

An ex-GI wakes up with blood on his clothes in a strange hotel room. He can't remember the night...

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East Meets West

as Nazim
Released: 1936-08-26

The story of an Eastern sultan who is inordinately proud of his son. The young man bids fair to...

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The Betrayal

as Lawson
Released: 1957-01-01

Fourteen years after he was blinded in a WWII concentration camp, a Canadian perfume executive...

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After the Ball

as Andrews
Released: 1957-08-13

The life and loves of Music hall singer Vesta Tilley, who married into the nobility

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Impact

as Bill MacKenzie
Released: 1963-02-01

Crime reporter Jack Moir is framed by crooked nightclub owner, 'The Duke'. In prison, Moir plans...

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My Teenage Daughter

as Magistrate
Released: 1956-06-20

Magazine editor Valerie Carr lives in London with her two daughters Jan, aged seventeen, and...

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A Matter of Choice

as Charles Grant
Released: 1963-01-01

A philandering woman finds herself in deep trouble when her diabetic lover is accidentally...

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The Frightened Man

as Inspector Bligh
Released: 1952-03-01

Kicked out of Oxford, a junk dealer's son joins a gang of thieves fenced by his father.

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The Murder Game

as Sir Colin Chalmers
Released: 1965-12-12

A woman abandons her husband, changes her name, and remarries again. Complications ensue.

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London Melody

as Jan Moor
Released: 1930-09-04

A film musical directed by Geoffrey Malins.

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Delayed Action

as Insp. Crane
Released: 1954-07-01

Robert Ayres plays a moody author with a suicide complex. Ayres' melancholia plays right into...

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Queen of the Blues

as Uncle Fred (as Ballard Barclay)
Released: 1979-07-26

A seedy striptease club in London's West End becomes the target for unpleasant crooks.

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Coronation Street

as Colonel Cantrill
First aired: 1960-12-09

The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them...

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The Adventures of Robin Hood

as Count de Waldern
First aired: 1955-09-26

The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the...

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The Adventures of Robin Hood

as Tybalt
First aired: 1955-09-26

The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the...

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No Hiding Place

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-16

No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by...

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The Wednesday Play

as First Committee Member
First aired: 1964-09-30

The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from...

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The New Avengers

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-10-22

The New Avengers is a British secret agent fantasy adventure television series broadcast during...

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The Goodies

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-11-08

A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and...

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The Goodies

as Chairman of the British Olympic Committee
First aired: 1970-11-08

A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and...

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Fawlty Towers

as Major Gowen
First aired: 1975-09-19

Owner Basil Fawlty, his wife Sybil, a chambermaid Polly, and Spanish waiter Manuel attempt to...

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The Main Chance

as Major Dibbyn
First aired: 1969-06-18

The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972...

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Maigret

as Dr. Pardon
First aired: 1960-10-31

BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector...

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The Buccaneers

as Rafton
First aired: 1956-09-19

The adventures of privateer Captain Dan Tempest and his crew of former pirates as they make...

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Are You Being Served?

as Angler
First aired: 1972-09-08

This comedy series, which follows the exploits of employees at London's fictional "Grace...

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Dixon of Dock Green

as Mr. Noakes
First aired: 1955-07-09

Created by Ted Willis. Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities...

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Dixon of Dock Green

as Mr. Briggs
First aired: 1955-07-09

Created by Ted Willis. Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities...

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Dixon of Dock Green

as Mac
First aired: 1955-07-09

Created by Ted Willis. Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities...

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Dixon of Dock Green

as Harry Bates
First aired: 1955-07-09

Created by Ted Willis. Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities...

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Dixon of Dock Green

as Joe Magnus
First aired: 1955-07-09

Created by Ted Willis. Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities...

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Dixon of Dock Green

as Charles Devenish
First aired: 1955-07-09

Created by Ted Willis. Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities...

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Dixon of Dock Green

as Colonel
First aired: 1955-07-09

Created by Ted Willis. Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities...

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Dixon of Dock Green

as Victor Dowson
First aired: 1955-07-09

Created by Ted Willis. Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities...

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Fresh Fields

as Guy Penrose
First aired: 1984-03-07

Fresh Fields is a British situation comedy written by John T. Chapman and produced by Thames...

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The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

as uncredited
First aired: 1956-09-15

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot is a British television series first broadcast in 1956, produced...

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Sherlock Holmes

as Sir Charles Baskerville
First aired: 1964-05-17

Sherlock Holmes is a series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations produced by British television...

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Sherlock Holmes

as Sir James Damery
First aired: 1964-05-17

Sherlock Holmes is a series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations produced by British television...

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To the Manor Born

as Hartley
First aired: 1979-09-30

Sitcom about the love-hate relationship between upper-class Audrey fforbes Hamilton and Richard...

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Terry and June

as Colonel Culpepper
First aired: 1979-10-24

Terry and June Medford are both middle aged and beginning to find the trials of life are more...

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Terry and June

as Sir Arthur Forster-Carter
First aired: 1979-10-24

Terry and June Medford are both middle aged and beginning to find the trials of life are more...

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Mike Yarwood In Persons

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-12-27

Popular and ratings-winning BBC sketch and impressions series with Mike Yarwood.

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Bless This House

as Group Captain
First aired: 1971-02-02

Bless this house is a British sitcom starring Sid James and Diana Coupland that aired on ITV...

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Sunday Night Theatre

as Bentley
First aired: 1950-01-01

Sunday Night Theatre was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by...

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Sykes

as Lord Plunket-Taylor
First aired: 1972-09-14

Classic sitcom starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques as brother and sister twins who have to...

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Hadleigh

as Lord Cranford
First aired: 1969-09-16

Hadleigh was a British television series made by Yorkshire Television which originally ran from...

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Ivanhoe

as Rand the Goldsmith
First aired: 1958-01-05

Ivanhoe is a British television series first shown on ITV in 1958-59. The show features Roger...

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Ghost Squad

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-09-09

Ghost Squad, known as G.S.5 for its third series, was a crime drama series about an elite...

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The Cheaters

as Harry Tyler
First aired: 1960-12-10

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The Cheaters

as Jefford
First aired: 1960-12-10

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The Cheaters

as Mansion
First aired: 1960-12-10

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That's My Boy

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-10-23

That's My Boy is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1981 to 1986. Starring Mollie Sugden,...

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