Ballard Berkeley

Ballard Berkeley

Nacimiento : 1904-08-06, Margate, Kent, England, UK

Muerte : 1988-01-16

Historia

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).

Perfil

Ballard Berkeley

Películas

B.A.G. El Buen Amigo Gigante
Head of the Army (voice)
Cuidada producción inglesa que adapta uno de los relatos más originales de Roald Dahl. Narra las peripecias de una pequeña niña huérfana que se escapa del hospicio y conoce a B.A.G., un bondadoso gigante que se dedica a hacer soñar a los niños. La historia es entretenida y con valores; y la animación, bastante buena, sobre todo en el diseño de fondos.
Las vacaciones europeas de una chiflada familia americana
2nd Motorist
Clark tiene la idea de volver a pasar unas vacaciones con su familia. Para ello ha trabajado duro y ha conseguido un viaje a Europa. Gran Bretaña, Alemania, Francia e Italia serán las damnificadas.
El pequeño Lord
Harry Lorradaile
Ceddie, un niño pobre de Brooklyn, se convierte en el heredero del título y la fortuna de un conde inglés. Pero el testamento contiene una cláusula que lo obliga a vivir a Inglaterra con su abuelo, un viejo cascarrabias de carácter frío y amargado
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
Humphry Wills
The girls of St. Trinian's decide they are being asked to do too much work so they go on strike.
Queen of the Blues
Uncle Fred (as Ballard Barclay)
A seedy striptease club in London's West End becomes the target for unpleasant crooks.
The Playbirds
Trainer
In order to unmask a pathological killer who is targeting the beautiful centrefolds of Playbirds magazine, a sexy policewoman Lucy Sheridan puts her life and reputation on the line by sleeping with millionaire publisher Harry Dougan. The Chief Superintendant and Police Commissioner are keeping a close eye on her, but time is running out fast.
Confessions of a Driving Instructor
Lord Snodley
Timothy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney decide upon opening a driving school as their latest get-rich-quick scheme. Though he sincerely wants to teach, young Timmy finds that his female students are far more interested in keeping their eyes on him than on the road.
Concierto para pistola solista
Peter, the butler
Unos familiares se congregan en una hacienda británica para la lectura de un testamento, sólo para ser liquidados, uno por uno.
Testigo hostil
Clerk of Court
Cuando la hija del abogado Simon Crawford muere atropellada por un conductor que se dio a la fuga, el hombre jura vengarse, pero cuando aparece muerto un vecino, se convierte en el primer sospechoso, al descubrir que la víctima estaba implicada en la muerte de la chica.
La llamada del espacio exterior
Cmdr. Savage
Un alienígena secuestra seres humanos de raza femenina para poder llevarlas a Ganímedes y que su raza no se vea condenada a la extinción.
Impact
Bill MacKenzie
Crime reporter Jack Moir is framed by crooked nightclub owner, 'The Duke'. In prison, Moir plans his revenge.
A Matter of Choice
Charles Grant
A philandering woman finds herself in deep trouble when her diabetic lover is accidentally killed by a gang of youths.
Cone of Silence
Commissioner
A seasoned pilot is condemned for an error which causes a crash. The pilot later dies in a crash with similar circumstances and an examiner looks for scientific reasons for the crashes.
Further Up the Creek
Whacker Payne
The sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather. This time he is skipper of the ship Aristotle and, together with his second-in-command, Fairweather wreaks havoc when he is ordered to deliver the Aristotle to its new owners in a mythical Middle-Eastern country.
Chain of Events
Stockman
Cuando un empleado intenta dejar de pagar el billete del autobús desata toda una serie de complicaciones.
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Court Clerk (uncredited)
American scientist Dr. Frank Smith is brought to Britain to help the C.I.A. There is a defecting East block scientist they want him to debrief. The commies are less than amused and set Dr. Smith up for a murder.
After the Ball
Andrews
The life and loves of Music hall singer Vesta Tilley, who married into the nobility
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
Lieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie
While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire. In charge, Lietenant Commander Kerans was not however prepared for his crew and his ship to remain as a hostage for the Chinese to use as an international pawn.
The Betrayal
Lawson
Fourteen years after he was blinded in a WWII concentration camp, a Canadian perfume executive travels to London on business and recognizes the voice of the traitor who betrayed him and his fellow prisoners to the Germans.
My Teenage Daughter
Magistrate
Magazine editor Valerie Carr lives in London with her two daughters Jan, aged seventeen, and Poppet, thirteen. When Jan is invited to a party at the Savoy, she meets dashing young Tony Ward Black mad about jive, owner of a Bentley, and supposedly running through a legacy. Attracted to the daring young man, she rejects Mark, a young farmer who is in love with her. But it soon becomes apparent to everyone but Jan that neither Tony's fortune nor even his name may be his own, and her association with him will lead her into delinquency and danger.
Los hombres del bosque de Sherwood
Walter
Inglaterra. 1194. El rey Ricardo Corazón de León está prisionero en Alemania después de luchar en las Cruzadas. Su hermano, el príncipe John, toma el trono en su ausencia. Un hombre aparece asesinado en el bosque de Sherwood y se culpa a Robin Hood. Robin no sólo es inocente sino que la víctima formaba parte de una misión para liberar al rey Ricardo y asegurar su vuelta a Inglaterra. Robin Hood tendrá que luchar por la liberación del rey Ricardo y por demostrar su inocencia.
Delayed Action
Insp. Crane
Robert Ayres plays a moody author with a suicide complex. Ayres' melancholia plays right into the hands of a gang of thieves. For a lofty fee, they convince the author to confess to their crimes and then kill himself. Yes, you're way ahead of us: Ayres has a change of heart and decides that he loves life. Delayed Action was produced by Robert Baker and Monty Berman, the men behind the popular 1960s TV adventure series The Saint.
Forbidden Cargo
Cooper
Kenyon is a narcotics agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher attempts to trap a brother and sister drug smuggling team.
Dangerous Cargo
Findley
Inspired by the real events of the attempted heist at Heathrow Airport in 1952, a criminal tricks an old friend into giving away the location of a shipment of gold bullion so he and his gang can steal it.
The Weak and the Wicked
Police Detective
Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pay her debts. At first she is overwhelmingly depressed by life in the women's prison; gradually, however, her misery is relieved by the many close friends she makes there. This sympathetic drama traces the contrasting lives and often faltering progress of the inmates of a women's prison.
Three Steps to the Gallows
Insp. Haley
A U.S. sailor (Scott Brady) docks in London and in three days tries to save his brother from the gallows.
Operation Diplomat
Inspector Austin
A physician is forced to operate on a mystery figure under shady circumstances.
The Blue Parrot
Supt. Chester
'Rocks' Owen, the well-off owner of a car-hire business, is found murdered; the last place he was seen alive was the Blue Parrot nightclub. Scotland Yard go in to investigate, with the help of a visiting American detective and a nightclub hostess who may not be all she appears to be.
Circumstantial Evidence
Det. Insp. Hall
Long after being deserted by her husband, Linda Harrison will soon be free to marry her lover, Michael Carteret. But when her husband suddenly reappears, he attempts to blackmail the couple with a threat of ruining Michael's career. When her husband is murdered, Michael appears to be the only obvious suspect - but will the circumstantial evidence be enough to sentence him to death?
The Big Frame
Doctor
An ex-GI wakes up with blood on his clothes in a strange hotel room. He can't remember the night before but he later finds out that a man he got into a fight with earlier in the night was murdered.
The Frightened Man
Inspector Bligh
Kicked out of Oxford, a junk dealer's son (Dermot Walsh) joins a gang of thieves fenced by his father (Charles Victor).
The Long Dark Hall
Supt. Maxey
A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the the only suspect when someone else murders her.
Pánico en la escena
Sergeant Mellish
Un hombre que es buscado por la policía, acusado de haber matado al marido de su amante, se refugia en casa de su amiga Eve, a la que confiesa que la verdadera asesina es su amante, la actriz Charlotte Inwood. Eve decide investigar por su cuenta, pero cuando conoce al detective encargado del caso comienza a enamorarse...
Me hicieron un fugitivo
Rockliffe
Morgan se une a una banda dirigida por Narcy. En su primer encargo, huye de un accidente de coche después de matar a un policía. Pero acaba siendo reconocido como el conductor y es enviado a la cárcel. Buscando venganza se escapa y se dirige a Londres. En el camino lo ayuda una mujer (Sra. Fenshaw), que le encarga el asesinato de su marido...
Quiet Weekend
Jim Brent
Comedy of a family trying to spend a country weekend which is disrupted by an unpleasant friend of the son.
Sangre, sudor y lágrimas
Engineer Commander
Cuenta la historia del destructor HMS Torrin, desde su construcción hasta su hundimiento por aviones alemanes en la batalla de Creta, Segunda Guerra Mundial. El único capitán que tuvo fue E.V. Kinross, experimentado marino que entrena a sus hombres, no sólo para que le sean leales, sino para que lo sean a su país y a ellos mismos. Se enfrentarán a retos en el mar y en casa, perderán a compañeros en el mar y seres queridos en casa, pero cumplirán su misión con heroísmo y valentía.
The Flying Squad
Smuggler in Airplane
Inspector Bradley of Scotland Yard is on the trail of the murderous ringleader of a smuggling organization in London.
El Santo en Londres
Richard Blake
Con la misión de capturar a una banda de falsificadores, el Santo viaja a Inglaterra. Una vez allí contará con la ayuda de un alocado hombre.
Black Eyes
Diner
Ivan Petrov has one weakness in his life, and one love: his little black-eyed daughter, Tania. In fact, his entire career is devoted to her future happiness, though Tania remains ignorant as to his vocation. Done with cool deliberation, Petrov's all-consuming fear is that one day his lovely daughter will discover his true profession, and despise him for it...
Jennifer Hale
Richard Severn
A showgirl who is wrongly accused of murdering her manager goes on the run to try to prove her innocence.
East Meets West
Nazim
The story of an Eastern sultan who is inordinately proud of his son. The young man bids fair to break his father's heart by conducting an affair with the wife of a notorious criminal.
White Ensign
'Santa Barbara. British battleship quells rebellion promoted by big business.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Chinese Bungalow
Richard Marquess
A young British woman marries a Chinese mandarin then falls in love with an Englishman. The mandarin plots his revenge.
London Melody
Jan Moor
A film musical directed by Geoffrey Malins.