Birthday
1940/01/01 (85 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
UK
Also know as
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Ben Howard is a retired British actor famous for playing cockney hardmen and squaddies. He starred in the Richard Attenborough films, Oh What a Lovely War and A Bridge Too Far, and starred in the big police series of the 60s and 70s; Z Cars, The Sweeney and Dixon of Dock Green - the latter as DC Len Clayton in the long running show's final series in 1976. Away from acting Ben designed and created the Benjyboard skateboard which is still admired by skaters to this day as a classic.
(1971) Villain
as Henry
(1968) Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
as PC Robertson
(1971) Bread
as Gerry
(1978) Red Shift
as Officer
(1974) The Land That Time Forgot
as Benson
(1972) Hide and Seek
as Sid
(1977) Talkin' Blues
as Stevie
(1969) Oh! What a Lovely War
as Pte Garbett
(1977) A Bridge Too Far
as Sergeant Towns
(1965) Three Clear Sundays
as Charlie
(1974) From Beyond the Grave
as Burglar
(1968) The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Trumpeter Pridmore
(1982) Who Dares Wins
as Terrorist
(1979) That Summer!
as Borstal Officer
(1973) Doctor Who: The Green Death
as Hinks
(1973) The Sex Victims
as Jack Piper
(1971) Zeppelin
as Jamie Fergusson
(1972) Running Scared
as Charlie
(1981) Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
as Josef Wojcik
(1977) The Professionals
as Spelman
(1963) Doctor Who
as Hinks
(1979) Minder
as Second Hand Sid
(1978) Blake's 7
as Mori
(1955) Dixon of Dock Green
as DC Len Clayton
(1979) Terry and June
as Railway Man
(1986) Lovejoy
as Mr. Devlin
(1985) Dempsey and Makepeace
as Jerry Curtis
(1972) The Protectors
as Vincenzo
(1975) The Sweeney
as Ronnie