
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

Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989

Doctor Who
TV • 1963

The Professionals
TV • 1977

Theatre 625
TV • 1964

Theatre 625
TV • 1964

Playhouse
TV • 1974

Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979

The Sweeney
TV • 1975

Rumpole of the Bailey
TV • 1975

The Champions
TV • 1968

BBC2 Play of the Week
TV • 1977

The Prisoner
TV • 1967

Jeeves and Wooster
TV • 1990

Churchill's People
TV • 1974

Dr. Finlay's Casebook
TV • 1962

Reilly: Ace of Spies
TV • 1983

A.D.
TV • 1985

Dalgliesh
TV • 1983