Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
August 6, 1904
Died
January 16, 1988
Age
83
Place of Birth
Margate, Kent, England, UK
Popularity
1.4
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).
Also known as
Ballard Blascheck
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Known For
5.4
Coronation Street
1960 · TV
5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964 · TV
6.4
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955 · TV
5.3
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · TV
4.8
No Hiding Place
1959 · TV
7.1
Maigret
1960 · TV
3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950 · TV
7.3
Are You Being Served?
1972 · TV
6.0
Dixon of Dock Green
1955 · TV
8.3
Fawlty Towers
1975 · TV
6.7
Sykes
1972 · TV
7.1
The New Avengers
1976 · TV
Filmography
2025
Britain and the Blitz
Movie
7.2
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Movie · Major Gowen (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.5
1990
The BFG
Movie · Head of the Army (voice)
6.4
1985
National Lampoon's European Vacation
Movie · English Motorist #2
6.2
1984
Me & My Girl
TV · Major D'Arcy Pendleton
5.7
1984
Fresh Fields
TV · Guy Penrose
6.8
1981
That's My Boy
TV · Comm. Buckley
6.6
1980
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Movie · Harry Lorradaile
7.3
1980
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
Movie · Humphry Wills
4.3
1979
Kelly Monteith
TV
6.0
1979
Terry and June
TV · Colonel Culpepper
6.5
1979
Terry and June
TV · Sir Arthur Forster-Carter
6.5
1979
To the Manor Born
TV · Hartley
7.0
1979
Queen of the Blues
Movie · Uncle Fred (as Ballard Barclay)
3.2
1979
Spooner's Patch
TV · Bank Manager
8.0
1979
Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair
Movie · Judge
3.1
1978
The Playbirds
Movie · Trainer
4.6
1976
Mike Yarwood In Persons
TV
7.5
1976
The New Avengers
TV · Colonel Foster
7.1
1976
Confessions of a Driving Instructor
Movie · Lord Edgar Snodley
4.7
1975
Fawlty Towers
TV · Major Gowen
8.3
1973
Oh, Father!
TV · Dr Grant
7.5
1972
Sykes
TV · Lord Plunket-Taylor
6.7
1972
Are You Being Served?
TV · Angler
7.3