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).

KNOWN FOR

Coronation Street
1971
BBC Play of the Month
1967
The Wednesday Play
1967
No Hiding Place
1962
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
Sunday Night Theatre
1953
Maigret
1963
Dixon of Dock Green
1958
Sykes
1973
The New Avengers
1977
United!
1966
The Goodies
1980

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
103
2025
Britain and the Blitz
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Major Gowen (archive footage) (uncredited)
1990
The BFG
as Head of the Army (voice)
1987
Terry and June
as Sir Arthur Forster-Carter
1987
Me & My Girl
as Major D'Arcy Pendleton
1985
National Lampoon's European Vacation
as English Motorist #2
1984
Fresh Fields
as Guy Penrose
1984
That's My Boy
as Comm. Buckley
1983
Are You Being Served?
as Angler
1982
Terry and June
as Colonel Culpepper
1982
Kelly Monteith
1980
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Harry Lorradaile
1980
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
as Humphry Wills
1980
The Goodies
as Chairman of the British Olympic Committee
1980
Spooner's Patch
as Bank Manager
1979
Queen of the Blues
as Uncle Fred (as Ballard Barclay)
1979
Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair
as Judge
1978
The Playbirds
as Trainer
1977
The New Avengers
as Colonel Foster
1976
Confessions of a Driving Instructor
as Lord Edgar Snodley
1976
Mike Yarwood In Persons
1975
Fawlty Towers
as Major Gowen
1975
Till Death Us Do Part
as Golfer
1973
Sykes
as Lord Plunket-Taylor
1973
Oh, Father!
as Dr Grant
1972
Bless This House
as Group Captain
1971
Coronation Street
as Colonel Cantrill
1970
The Weekend Murders
as Peter, the butler
1969
The Main Chance
as Major Dibbyn
1969
Hadleigh
as Lord Cranford
1969
Dixon of Dock Green
as Colonel
1969
All Gas and Gaiters
as Lord Ringmould
1968
Hostile Witness
as Clerk of Court
1968
Sherlock Holmes
as Sir Charles Baskerville
1967
The Wednesday Play
as First Committee Member
1967
BBC Play of the Month
as Cornford
1967
All Gas and Gaiters
1966
United!
as Dr. Newkes
1965
The Night Caller
as Cmdr. Savage
1965
The Murder Game
as Sir Colin Chalmers
1965
Sherlock Holmes
as Sir James Damery
1965
Story Parade
as General Sanctuary
1964
Swizzlewick
as Major Lamb
1963
A Matter of Choice
as Charles Grant
1963
Impact
as Bill MacKenzie
1963
Ghost Squad
1963
Maigret
as Dr. Pardon
1962
No Hiding Place
1962
The Cheaters
as Mansion
1961
The Cheaters
as Harry Tyler
1961
The Cheaters
as Jefford
1961
Dixon of Dock Green
as Victor Dowson
1960
Cone of Silence
as Commissioner
1960
Dixon of Dock Green
as Mr. Briggs
1960
No Hiding Place
as Simmy Knowles
1959
Dixon of Dock Green
as Charles Devenish
1958
Further Up the Creek
as Whacker Payne
1958
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
1958
Chain of Events
as Stockman
1958
Ivanhoe
as Rand the Goldsmith
1958
Dixon of Dock Green
as Mr. Noakes
1958
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Tybalt
1958
Dixon of Dock Green
as Joe Magnus
1957
The Betrayal
as Lawson
1957
Night of the Demon
1957
After the Ball
as Andrews
1957
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
as Lieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie
1957
Just My Luck
as Starter at Goodwood (uncredited)
1957
The Buccaneers
as Rafton
1957
Dixon of Dock Green
as Harry Bates
1956
My Teenage Daughter
as Magistrate
1956
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
as Sir Urgan
1956
Dixon of Dock Green
as Mac
1955
The Stolen Airliner
as Mr Head
1955
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Count de Waldern
1954
The Men of Sherwood Forest
as Walter
1954
Dangerous Cargo
as Findley
1954
The Weak and the Wicked
as Police Detective
1954
Forbidden Cargo
as Cooper
1954
Delayed Action
as Insp. Crane
1953
The Blue Parrot
as Supt. Chester
1953
Operation Diplomat
as Inspector Austin
1953
3 Steps to the Gallows
as Insp. Haley
1953
Sunday Night Theatre
as Bentley
1952
The Big Frame
as Doctor
1952
The Frightened Man
as Inspector Bligh
1952
Circumstantial Evidence
as Det. Insp. Hall
1952
The Night Won't Talk
1951
The Long Dark Hall
as Supt. Maxey
1951
Blackmailed
as Dr. McCormick
1950
Stage Fright
as Sergeant Mellish
1947
They Made Me a Fugitive
as Rockliffe
1946
Quiet Weekend
as Jim Brent
1942
In Which We Serve
as Engineer Commander
1940
The Flying Squad
as Smuggler in Airplane
1939
The Saint in London
as Richard Blake
1939
The Gang's All Here
as Detective in Nightclub
1939
Black Eyes
as Diner
1937
Jennifer Hale
as Richard Severn
1936
East Meets West
as Nazim
1934
White Ensign
1930
The Chinese Bungalow
as Richard Marquess
1930
London Melody
as Jan Moor