
Birthday
1904/08/06
Day of death
1988/01/16 (83 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Margate, Kent, England, UK
Also know as
Ballard Blascheck
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).

(1950) Stage Fright
as Sergeant Mellish

(1953) The Blue Parrot
as Supt. Chester

(1965) The Night Caller
as Cmdr. Savage

(1965) The Murder Game
as Sir Colin Chalmers

(1955) The Stolen Airliner
as Mr Head

(1978) The Playbirds
as Trainer

(1963) A Matter of Choice
as Charles Grant

(1939) The Saint in London
as Richard Blake

(1954) The Men of Sherwood Forest
as Walter

(1957) The Betrayal
as Lawson

(1953) Operation Diplomat
as Inspector Austin

(1954) Dangerous Cargo
as Findley

(1960) Cone of Silence
as Commissioner

(1942) In Which We Serve
as Engineer Commander

(1939) The Gang's All Here
as Detective in Nightclub

(1958) Further Up the Creek
as Whacker Payne

(1957) Night of the Demon
as ---

(1957) After the Ball
as Andrews

(1956) My Teenage Daughter
as Magistrate

(1940) The Flying Squad
as Smuggler in Airplane

(1980) Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Harry Lorradaile

(1953) 3 Steps to the Gallows
as Insp. Haley
(1930) The Chinese Bungalow
as Richard Marquess

(1937) Jennifer Hale
as Richard Severn

(1939) Black Eyes
as Diner

(1980) The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
as Humphry Wills

(1963) Impact
as Bill MacKenzie

(1946) Quiet Weekend
as Jim Brent

(1930) London Melody
as Jan Moor

(1957) Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
as Lieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie

(1936) East Meets West
as Nazim

(1985) National Lampoon's European Vacation
as Second English Motorist

(1947) They Made Me a Fugitive
as Rockliffe

(1951) The Long Dark Hall
as Supt. Maxey

(1954) The Weak and the Wicked
as Police Detective

(1952) The Big Frame
as Doctor

(1958) The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Court Clerk (uncredited)

(1958) Chain of Events
as Stockman

(1954) Forbidden Cargo
as Cooper

(1952) The Frightened Man
as Inspector Bligh

(1970) The Weekend Murders
as Peter, the butler

(1979) Queen of the Blues
as Uncle Fred (as Ballard Barclay)

(1976) Confessions of a Driving Instructor
as Lord Edgar Snodley

(1968) Hostile Witness
as Clerk of Court

(1990) The BFG
as Head of the Army (voice)

(1952) Circumstantial Evidence
as Det. Insp. Hall

(1954) Delayed Action
as Insp. Crane
(1934) White Ensign
as ---

(1951) Blackmailed
as Dr. McCormick

(1952) The Night Won't Talk
as ---

(2025) Britain and the Blitz
as ---

(1957) Just My Luck
as Starter at Goodwood (uncredited)

(1979) Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair
as Judge

(1972) Are You Being Served?
as Angler

(1975) Fawlty Towers
as Major Gowen
(1984) Fresh Fields
as Guy Penrose

(1958) Ivanhoe
as Rand the Goldsmith

(1961) Ghost Squad
as ---

(1956) The Buccaneers
as Rafton

(1956) The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
as ---

(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Count de Waldern

(1959) No Hiding Place
as ---

(1969) The Main Chance
as Major Dibbyn
(1965) United!
as ---

(1960) Maigret
as Dr. Pardon

(1955) Dixon of Dock Green
as Mr. Noakes

(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Tybalt

(1976) Mike Yarwood In Persons
as ---

(1955) Dixon of Dock Green
as Mr. Briggs

(1979) Terry and June
as Colonel Culpepper

(1979) Terry and June
as Sir Arthur Forster-Carter

(1970) The Goodies
as Chairman of the British Olympic Committee

(1969) Hadleigh
as Lord Cranford
(1979) Kelly Monteith
as ---

(1979) To the Manor Born
as Hartley

(1972) Sykes
as Lord Plunket-Taylor

(1971) Bless This House
as Group Captain

(1964) The Wednesday Play
as First Committee Member

(1964) Sherlock Holmes
as Sir James Damery

(1964) Sherlock Holmes
as Sir Charles Baskerville

(1960) Coronation Street
as Colonel Cantrill

(1960) The Cheaters
as Harry Tyler

(1960) The Cheaters
as Jefford

(1960) The Cheaters
as Mansion

(1955) Dixon of Dock Green
as Mac

(1955) Dixon of Dock Green
as Harry Bates

(1955) Dixon of Dock Green
as Joe Magnus

(1955) Dixon of Dock Green
as Charles Devenish

(1955) Dixon of Dock Green
as Victor Dowson

(1955) Dixon of Dock Green
as Colonel

(1950) Sunday Night Theatre
as Bentley

(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as Cornford
(1964) Story Parade
as General Sanctuary

(1981) That's My Boy
as Comm. Buckley

(1966) Till Death Us Do Part
as Golfer

(1967) All Gas and Gaiters
as ---

(1967) All Gas and Gaiters
as Lord Ringmould

(1976) The New Avengers
as Colonel Foster

(1973) Oh, Father!
as Dr Grant