Peter Howell
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
Known for
ActingBirthday
October 25, 1919Deathday
April 20, 2015Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
20Place of birth
Kensington, London, England, UKCast credits
Scum
GovernorHitler's SS : Portrait In Evil
Prison GovernorJohn and Yoko: A Love Story
Canon VerneyWatch Your Stern
Admiral's secretaryJohn Wycliffe: The Morning Star
Dr. John WycliffeMy Sister-Wife
Harley Street DoctorBrassneck
Two Letter Alibi
CarltonBellman and True
The BellmanMichael Regan
Gerald FrankissNo Kidding
Father of AngusRaising the Wind
Prof. LumbTarzan the Magnificent
Dr. BlakeThe Errand
Major'That Crazy Woman'
CounselShadowlands
College PresidentScreamer
WardPrincess Caraboo
Clerk of the CourtThe Mountain and the Molehill
Churchill's Secretary