Ballard Berkeley
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).
Born: August 6, 1904
Place of Birth: Margate, Kent, England, UK
Known For
Fawlty Towers
Owner Basil Fawlty, his wife Sybil, a chambermaid Polly, and Spanish waiter Manuel attempt to run their hotel amidst farcical situations and an array of demanding guests.
The Main Chance
The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.
The Goodies
A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and situation comedy.
Bless This House
Bless this house is a British sitcom starring Sid James and Diana Coupland that aired on ITV from the 2nd February 1971 to the 22nd April 1976. It was written by Derek Collyer, David Comming, B.C. Cummins, Harry Driver, George Evans, Dave Freeman, Carla Lane, Brian Platt, Vince Powell, Adele Rose, Mike Sharland, Bernie Sharp, Myra Taylor, Jon Watkins and Lawrie Wyman. It was made for the ITV network by Thames Television. In 2004, Bless this house came 67th in Britain's best sitcom.
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American. But after the death of the Earl's remaining son, he decides to accept Cedric as his heir.
Till Death Us Do Part
This English follows the East End working-class Garnett family, headed by patriarch Alf, a reactionary working-class man who wields racist and anti-Socialist views. His long-suffering wife Else manages to keep things in control... for the most part. Their progressive daughter Rita lives with them, as does her Irish husband Mike, who, with an array of liberal worldviews, often quarrels with his father-in-law. It inspired the American show "All In The Family" and several other international variations on the same theme.
Britain and the Blitz
Documentary looking back at a Britain during the darkest days of WWII using stunning new archived footage and interviews with people who lived through it.
Are You Being Served?
This comedy series, which follows the exploits of employees at London's fictional "Grace Brothers" department store, is full of sexual innuendo, slapstick, visual gags, and double entendres. Much of the show's humor parodies Britain's class system, and many of the show's characters are based on stereotypes of the period, including the effeminate Mr. Humphries and the rich, but stingy, store owner.
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire. In charge, Lietenant Commander Kerans was not however prepared for his crew and his ship to remain as a hostage for the Chinese to use as an international pawn.
Maigret
BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch and listen in order to solve crimes. The series ran from 1960-63 on British television.
Filmography
as Head of the Army (voice)
as English Motorist #2
as Comm. Buckley
as Harry Lorradaile
as Humphry Wills
as Colonel Culpepper
as Sir Arthur Forster-Carter
as Hartley
as Uncle Fred (as Ballard Barclay)
as Trainer
as Colonel Foster
as Lord Edgar Snodley
as Major Gowen
as Dr Grant
as Lord Plunket-Taylor
as Angler
as Group Captain
as Chairman of the British Olympic Committee
as Peter, the butler
as Lord Cranford
as Major Dibbyn
as Clerk of Court
as Lord Ringmould
as Golfer
as Cmdr. Savage
as Sir Colin Chalmers
as Cornford
as First Committee Member
as Sir Charles Baskerville
as Sir James Damery
as Bill MacKenzie
as Charles Grant
as Harry Tyler
as Jefford
as Mansion
as Colonel Cantrill
as Dr. Pardon
as Commissioner
as Simmy Knowles
as Whacker Payne
as Stockman
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
as Rand the Goldsmith
as Starter at Goodwood (uncredited)
as Andrews
as Lieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie
as Lawson
as Rafton
as Magistrate
as Count de Waldern
as Tybalt
as Mr. Noakes
as Mr. Briggs
as Mac
as Harry Bates
as Joe Magnus
as Charles Devenish
as Colonel
as Victor Dowson
as Mr Head
as Walter
as Insp. Crane
as Cooper
as Findley
as Police Detective
as Insp. Haley
as Inspector Austin
as Supt. Chester
as Det. Insp. Hall
as Doctor
as Inspector Bligh
as Supt. Maxey
as Dr. McCormick
as Sergeant Mellish
as Bentley
as Rockliffe
as Jim Brent
as Engineer Commander
as Smuggler in Airplane
as Richard Blake
as Diner
as Detective in Nightclub
as Richard Severn
as Nazim
as Jan Moor