Peter Howell

Biography

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

Most Known For

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Mr. Paul

Doctor Who

as Investigator

Theatre 625

as Headmaster

Theatre 625

as Whale

The Professionals

as Howard

Playhouse

as Consultant

Tales of the Unexpected

as Louis Kendall

The Sweeney

as Alan Sevier

Jeeves and Wooster

as Magistrate

Rumpole of the Bailey

as Judge Leonard Dover

The Prisoner

as Professor

The Champions

as Admiral Cox

BBC2 Play of the Week

as Other H2A

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

as Mr Rayburn

Princess Caraboo

as Clerk of the Court

Dalgliesh

as Sir Charles Freeborn

Shadowlands

as College President

Churchill's People

as Samson

Story Parade

as Dean Welch

Our Mutual Friend

as Fourth Guest