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).
Stage Fright
(Sergeant Mellish)
The Blue Parrot
(Supt. Chester)
The Night Caller
(Cmdr. Savage)
The Murder Game
(Sir Colin Chalmers)
The Stolen Airliner
(Mr Head)
The Playbirds
(Trainer)
A Matter of Choice
(Charles Grant)
The Saint in London
(Richard Blake)
The Men of Sherwood Forest
(Walter)
The Betrayal
(Lawson)
Operation Diplomat
(Inspector Austin)
Dangerous Cargo
(Findley)
Cone of Silence
(Commissioner)
In Which We Serve
(Engineer Commander)
The Gang's All Here
(Detective in Nightclub)
Further Up the Creek
(Whacker Payne)
Night of the Demon
After the Ball
(Andrews)
My Teenage Daughter
(Magistrate)
The Flying Squad
(Smuggler in Airplane)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
(Harry Lorradaile)
3 Steps to the Gallows
(Insp. Haley)
The Chinese Bungalow
(Richard Marquess)
Jennifer Hale
(Richard Severn)
Black Eyes
(Diner)
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
(Humphry Wills)
Impact
(Bill MacKenzie)
Quiet Weekend
(Jim Brent)
London Melody
(Jan Moor)
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
(Lieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie)
East Meets West
(Nazim)
National Lampoon's European Vacation
(2nd Motorist)
They Made Me a Fugitive
(Rockliffe)
The Long Dark Hall
(Supt. Maxey)
The Weak and the Wicked
(Police Detective)
The Big Frame
(Doctor)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
(Court Clerk (uncredited))
Chain of Events
(Stockman)
Forbidden Cargo
(Cooper)
The Frightened Man
(Inspector Bligh)
The Weekend Murders
(Peter, the butler)
Queen of the Blues
(Uncle Fred (as Ballard Barclay))
Confessions of a Driving Instructor
(Lord Snodley)
Hostile Witness
(Clerk of Court)
The BFG
(Head of the Army (voice))
Circumstantial Evidence
(Det. Insp. Hall)
Delayed Action
(Insp. Crane)
White Ensign
Are You Being Served?
(Angler)
Fawlty Towers
(Major Gowen)
The Goodies
Fresh Fields
(Guy Penrose)
That's My Boy
Ivanhoe
(Rand the Goldsmith)
Ghost Squad
The Buccaneers
(Rafton)
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
The New Avengers
The Adventures of Robin Hood
(Count de Waldern)
No Hiding Place
The Main Chance
(Major Dibbyn)
United!
Maigret
(Dr. Pardon)
Dixon of Dock Green
(Mr. Noakes)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
(Tybalt)
Mike Yarwood In Persons
Dixon of Dock Green
(Mr. Briggs)
Terry and June
(Colonel Culpepper)
Terry and June
(Sir Arthur Forster-Carter)
The Goodies
(Chairman of the British Olympic Committee)
Hadleigh
(Lord Cranford)
To the Manor Born
(Hartley)
Sykes
(Lord Plunket-Taylor)
Kelly Monteith
The Wednesday Play
(First Committee Member)
Sherlock Holmes
(Sir Charles Baskerville)
Bless This House
(Group Captain)
Sherlock Holmes
(Sir James Damery)
Coronation Street
(Colonel Cantrill)
The Cheaters
(Harry Tyler)
The Cheaters
(Jefford)
The Cheaters
(Mansion)
Dixon of Dock Green
(Mac)
Dixon of Dock Green
(Charles Devenish)
Dixon of Dock Green
(Victor Dowson)
Dixon of Dock Green
(Joe Magnus)
Dixon of Dock Green
(Harry Bates)
Dixon of Dock Green
(Colonel)
Sunday Night Theatre
(Bentley)