Peter Howell
Biography
Peter Howell was an English actor whose work spanned film, television, radio and theater. He was born in London and schooled at Winchester College before starting law at Oxford, which he left in 1939. His professional stage debut came with the Old Vic company, and his West End credits included Little Boxes, Conduct Unbecoming, The Doctor's Dilemma and The Affair. On television he became known for playing Dr. Peter Harrison in the hospital series Emergency Ward 10 from 1958 to 1964, with brief returns in 1966 and 1967. He also appeared in The Avengers, The Prisoner and Yes Minister, and took the role of a prison governor in the 1979 film Scum. For BBC Radio 4 he voiced Saruman in the 1981 Lord of the Rings dramatization and played the Bishop of Felpersham in The Archers from 1987 to 2006.
95years old at death
- Born London
- Died Northwood
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Also credited as Peter Norman Bulmer Howell
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 9 years1984 to 1993
Every film, newest first
- 1993ShadowlandsIMDb rating 7.3
- 1987Bellman and TrueIMDb rating 6.7
- 1984John Wycliffe: The Morning StarIMDb rating 6.9
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Films together
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All films by Richard Attenborough
Richard LoncraineDirector, 1 film, 1987
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Tony TewDirector, 1 film, 1984
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