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Ballard Blascheck, known professionally as Ballard Berkeley, was an English actor of stage and screen. He played Major Gowen in the British television sitcom Fawlty Towers.
Birth Name
Ballard Blascheck
Born
Saturday, 06 August 1904
Died
Saturday, 16 January 1988
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The BFG | Head Of The Army | 1989 |
National Lampoon's European Vacation | Second English Motorist / 2nd Motorist | 1985 |
Lame Ducks | Hector | 1984 |
Me and My Girl | Major D'Arcy Pendleton | 1984 |
Fresh Fields | Guy / Guy Penrose | 1984 |
Bullshot Crummond | Hotel Guest | 1983 |
Dramarama | Rupert Berkeley-Urquhart | 1983 |
That's My Boy | Commander Buckley | 1981 |
Little Lord Fauntleroy | Sir Harry / Harry Lorradaile | 1980 |
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's | Humphry Wills / Humphrey Wills | 1980 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The BFG | Head Of The Army | 1989 |
National Lampoon's European Vacation | Second English Motorist / 2nd Motorist | 1985 |
Lame Ducks | Hector | 1984 |
Me and My Girl | Major D'Arcy Pendleton | 1984 |
Fresh Fields | Guy / Guy Penrose | 1984 |
Bullshot Crummond | Hotel Guest | 1983 |
Dramarama | Rupert Berkeley-Urquhart | 1983 |
That's My Boy | Commander Buckley | 1981 |
Little Lord Fauntleroy | Sir Harry / Harry Lorradaile | 1980 |
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's | Humphry Wills / Humphrey Wills | 1980 |
Hi-de-Hi! | Gentleman | 1980 |
Terry and June | Sir Arthur Forster-Carter / Colonel Culpepper | 1979 |
To the Manor Born | Hartley | 1979 |
Queen of the Blues | Uncle Fred / Uncle Fred (as Ballard Barclay) | 1979 |
Spooner's Patch | Bank Manager | 1979 |
Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair | Judge | 1979 |
Antiques Roadshow | Major Gowan | 1979 |
The Playbirds | Trainer | 1978 |
Citizen Smith | Sid | 1977 |
Just William | Major Franklin | 1977 |
The New Avengers | Colonel Foster | 1976 |
Confessions of a Driving Instructor | Lord Snodley | 1976 |
The Many Wives of Patrick | Smythe-Robinson | 1976 |
Fawlty Towers | Major Gowen | 1975 |
Wodehouse Playhouse | Sir Alexander | 1974 |
Happy Ever After | Lucy's suitor | 1974 |
A Picture of Katherine Mansfield | Colonel | 1973 |
Sykes | Lord Plunket-Taylor | 1972 |
Are You Being Served? | Angler | 1972 |
The Shadow of the Tower | Sir Thomas Tyrrel | 1972 |
Bless This House | Group Captain | 1971 |
The Goodies | Chairman of the British Olympic Committee | 1970 |
The Weekend Murders | Peter, the butler | 1970 |
Hadleigh | Lord Cranford | 1969 |
As Good Cooks Go | Colonel Ball | 1969 |
Father, Dear Father | Mr. Bates / Colonel / Col. Battersby | 1968 |
Hostile Witness | Clerk of Court | 1968 |
The Ugliest Girl in Town | Man in Car | 1968 |
Sexton Blake | John Pollock | 1967 |
All Gas and Gaiters | Lord Ringmould | 1966 |
Blood Beast from Outer Space | Cmdr. Savage | 1965 |
The Murder Game | Sir Colin Chalmers | 1965 |
BBC Play of the Month | Cornford | 1965 |
Till Death Us Do Part | Golfer | 1965 |
The Wednesday Play | First Committee Member | 1964 |
Sherlock Holmes | Sir James Damery / Sir Charles Baskerville | 1964 |
Detective | Assistant Commissioner | 1964 |
The Sentimental Agent | Doctor | 1963 |
Impact | Bill MacKenzie | 1963 |
A Matter of Choice | Charles Grant | 1963 |
Dr. Finlay's Casebook | Colonel Cayley / Sir Thomas MacNab | 1962 |
Brothers in Law | The Magistrate | 1962 |
Comedy Playhouse | Mr. Roddie / Col. Satchwell-Simpson | 1961 |
Ghost Squad | Lieber | 1961 |
The Cheaters | Harry Tyler / Jefford / Mansion | 1960 |
Maigret | Dr. Pardon | 1959 |
Here's Harry | Minister | 1960 |
On Trial | Mr. Knowlys / L.W. Kershaw | 1960 |
Deadline Midnight | Desmond | 1960 |
Trouble in the Sky | Commissioner | 1960 |
Life Is a Circus | 1960 | |
No Hiding Place | Simmy Knowles / Beverley | 1959 |
Probation Officer | Guy Hunter | 1959 |
Further Up the Creek | Whacker Payne | 1958 |
Chain of Events | Stockman | 1958 |
The Invisible Man | Manton | 1958 |
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | Court Clerk | 1958 |
Ivanhoe | Rand the Goldsmith | 1958 |
Just My Luck | Starter at Goodwood | 1957 |
Curse of the Demon | 1st Reporter | 1957 |
After the Ball | Andrews | 1957 |
The New Adventures of Charlie Chan | Runnals | 1957 |
The Army Game | Colonel Savage | 1957 |
Battle Hell | Lt. Col. Dewar-Durie / Lieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie | 1957 |
The Betrayal | Lawson | 1957 |
The Buccaneers | Rafton | 1956 |
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot | Sir Urgan the Strong | 1956 |
Teenage Bad Girl | Magistrate | 1956 |
Passport to Treason | Inspector Threadgold | 1956 |
The Adventures of Robin Hood | Tybalt / Count de Waldern | 1955 |
ITV Television Playhouse | Mr. John Lawson QC / Findley | 1955 |
This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
Dixon of Dock Green | Victor Dowson / Mr. Noakes / Mr. Briggs / Mac / Joe Magnus / Harry Bates / Colonel / Charles Devenish | 1955 |
The Stolen Airliner | Mr. Head / Mr Head | 1955 |
The Men of Sherwood Forest | Walter | 1954 |
Delayed Action | Insp. Crane / Inspector Crane | 1954 |
Forbidden Cargo | Cooper | 1954 |
Dangerous Cargo | Findley | 1954 |
Young and Willing | Police Detective | 1954 |
Child's Play | Dr. Nightingale | 1954 |
Operation Diplomat | Inspector Austin | 1953 |
White Fire | Insp. Haley | 1953 |
The Blue Parrot | Supt. Chester | 1953 |
Rheingold Theatre | Edward Preston | 1953 |
Evidence for Hire | Det. Insp. Hall | 1952 |
The Night Won't Talk | Inspector West | 1952 |
The Big Frame | Doctor | 1952 |
The Frightened Man | Inspector Bligh | 1952 |
Mr Drake's Duck | Maj. Deans | 1951 |
The Long Dark Hall | Superintendent Maxey / Supt. Maxey | 1951 |
Blackmailed | Dr. McCormick | 1951 |
Stage Fright | Sergeant Mellish | 1950 |
Third Time Lucky | Bertram | 1949 |
I Became a Criminal | Rockliffe | 1947 |
Quiet Weekend | Jim Brent | 1946 |
In Which We Serve | Engineer Commander | 1942 |
Unpublished Story | Injured AFS Fireman | 1942 |
The Flying Squad | Smuggler in Airplane | 1940 |
The Saint in London | Sir Richard Blake / Richard Blake | 1939 |
False Rapture | Diner | 1939 |
The Amazing Mr. Forrest | Detective in Nightclub | 1939 |
Murder in the Night | Head Waiter | 1939 |
Dangerous Masquerade | Franklin's publisher's partner | 1939 |
The Outsider | Photographer | 1939 |
Jennifer Hale | Richard Severn | 1938 |
The Last Adventurers | Fred Devlin | 1937 |
East Meets West | Nazim | 1936 |
White Ensign | Cortez | 1934 |
The Woman in Command | Jamieson's Theatre Friend | 1933 |