Acting
89 titles
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).
Britain and the Blitz
2025
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Major Gowen (archive footage) (uncredited)
The BFG
Head of the Army (voice)
National Lampoon's European Vacation
English Motorist #2
Me & My Girl
Major D'Arcy Pendleton
Fresh Fields
Guy Penrose
That's My Boy
Comm. Buckley
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Harry Lorradaile
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
Humphry Wills
Kelly Monteith
1979
Terry and June
Colonel Culpepper
To the Manor Born
Hartley
Queen of the Blues
Uncle Fred (as Ballard Barclay)
Spooner's Patch
Bank Manager
Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair
Judge
The Playbirds
Trainer
Mike Yarwood In Persons
1976
The New Avengers
Colonel Foster
Confessions of a Driving Instructor
Lord Edgar Snodley
Fawlty Towers
Major Gowen
Oh, Father!
Dr Grant
Sykes
Lord Plunket-Taylor
Are You Being Served?
Angler
Bless This House
Group Captain
The Goodies
Chairman of the British Olympic Committee
The Weekend Murders
Peter, the butler
Hadleigh
Lord Cranford
The Main Chance
Major Dibbyn
Hostile Witness
Clerk of Court
All Gas and Gaiters
1967
Till Death Us Do Part
Golfer
The Night Caller
Cmdr. Savage
The Murder Game
Sir Colin Chalmers
BBC Play of the Month
Cornford
United!
1965
The Wednesday Play
First Committee Member
Sherlock Holmes
Sir Charles Baskerville
Story Parade
General Sanctuary
Impact
Bill MacKenzie
A Matter of Choice
Charles Grant
Ghost Squad
1961
The Cheaters
Harry Tyler
Coronation Street
Colonel Cantrill
Maigret
Dr. Pardon
Cone of Silence
Commissioner
No Hiding Place
1959
Further Up the Creek
Whacker Payne
Chain of Events
Stockman
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Ivanhoe
Rand the Goldsmith
Just My Luck
Starter at Goodwood (uncredited)
Night of the Demon
1957
After the Ball
Andrews
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
Lieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie
The Betrayal
Lawson
The Buccaneers
Rafton
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956
My Teenage Daughter
Magistrate
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Count de Waldern
Dixon of Dock Green
Mr. Noakes
The Stolen Airliner
Mr Head
The Men of Sherwood Forest
Walter
Delayed Action
Insp. Crane
Forbidden Cargo
Cooper
Dangerous Cargo
Findley
The Weak and the Wicked
Police Detective
Operation Diplomat
Inspector Austin
3 Steps to the Gallows
Insp. Haley
The Blue Parrot
Supt. Chester
Circumstantial Evidence
Det. Insp. Hall
The Night Won't Talk
1952
The Big Frame
Doctor
The Frightened Man
Inspector Bligh
The Long Dark Hall
Supt. Maxey
Blackmailed
Dr. McCormick
Stage Fright
Sergeant Mellish
Sunday Night Theatre
Bentley
They Made Me a Fugitive
Rockliffe
Quiet Weekend
Jim Brent
In Which We Serve
Engineer Commander
The Flying Squad
Smuggler in Airplane
The Saint in London
Richard Blake
Black Eyes
Diner
The Gang's All Here
Detective in Nightclub
Jennifer Hale
Richard Severn
East Meets West
Nazim
White Ensign
1934
The Chinese Bungalow
Richard Marquess
London Melody
Jan Moor
