Ballard Berkeley
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).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.149 |
| Birthday | 1904-08-06 |
| Place of Birth | Margate, Kent, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Ballard Blascheck, |
1950
Stage Fright
6.8/377
A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.
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Stage Fright
1953
The Blue Parrot
5.857/7
'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...
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The Blue Parrot
1965
The Night Caller
5.568/22
The inhabitants of Ganymede need to find mates from another world or they will become extinct. They soon discover a suitable breeding stock amongst th...
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The Night Caller
1965
The Murder Game
10/1
A woman abandons her husband, changes her name, and remarries again. Complications ensue.
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The Murder Game
1955
The Stolen Airliner
7/1
Three air cadets foil Revolutionaries who are plotting to steal an airliner.
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The Stolen Airliner
1978
The Playbirds
4.609/23
In order to unmask a pathological killer who is targeting the beautiful centrefolds of Playbirds magazine, a sexy policewoman Lucy Sheridan puts her l...
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The Playbirds
1963
A Matter of Choice
6.75/4
A philandering woman finds herself in deep trouble when her diabetic lover is accidentally killed by a gang of youths.
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A Matter of Choice
1939
The Saint in London
5.8/20
Suave soldier of fortune Simon Templer gets mixed up with a gang of counterfeiters who've murdered and robbed an European count of 1,000,000 pounds. H...
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The Saint in London
1954
The Men of Sherwood Forest
6.929/14
Robin Hood is persuaded by two nobles whom he believes to be loyal to King Richard to recover secret plans attaining to the rescue of the king from ca...
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The Men of Sherwood Forest
1957
The Betrayal
6.3/3
Fourteen years after he was blinded in a WWII concentration camp, a Canadian perfume executive travels to London on business and recognizes the voice...
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The Betrayal
1953
Operation Diplomat
6.111/9
A physician is forced to operate on a mystery figure under shady circumstances.
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Operation Diplomat
1954
Dangerous Cargo
6.375/4
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 shi...
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Dangerous Cargo
1960
Cone of Silence
6.792/12
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...
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Cone of Silence
1942
In Which We Serve
6.7/107
The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship’s first and only comman...
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In Which We Serve
1939
The Gang's All Here
7.5/2
John Forrest is anticipating a quiet retirement spent penning detective fiction when he learns that a priceless collection of jewels belonging to a fo...
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The Gang's All Here
1958
Further Up the Creek
6.571/7
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...
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Further Up the Creek
1957
Night of the Demon
7.049/321
American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was ki...
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Night of the Demon
1957
After the Ball
6.4/5
The life and loves of Music hall singer Vesta Tilley, who married into the nobility
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After the Ball
1956
My Teenage Daughter
6.25/4
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 S...
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My Teenage Daughter
1940
The Flying Squad
6.2/4
Inspector Bradley of Scotland Yard is on the trail of the murderous ringleader of a smuggling organization in London.
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The Flying Squad
1980
Little Lord Fauntleroy
7.324/323
Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of D...
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
1953
3 Steps to the Gallows
6.7/10
A U.S. sailor docks in London and in three days tries to save his brother from the gallows.
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3 Steps to the Gallows
1930
The Chinese Bungalow
10/1
A young British woman marries a Chinese mandarin then falls in love with an Englishman. The mandarin plots his revenge.
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The Chinese Bungalow
1937
Jennifer Hale
6/2
Quota quickie with Rene Ray as Jennifer Hale, a chorus girl wanted for questioning in the murder of a theatrical producer. Fleeing to Manchester she b...
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Jennifer Hale
1939
Black Eyes
6.25/2
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 hap...
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Black Eyes
1980
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
4.318/11
The girls of St Trinian's decide they are being asked to do too much work so they go on strike.
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The Wildcats of St Trinian's
1963
Impact
4.8/5
Crime reporter Jack Moir is framed by crooked nightclub owner, 'The Duke'. In prison, Moir plans his revenge.
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Impact
1946
Quiet Weekend
5.2/5
Comedy of a family trying to spend a country weekend which is disrupted by an unpleasant friend of the son.
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Quiet Weekend
1930
London Melody
8/1
A film musical directed by Geoffrey Malins.
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London Melody
1957
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
7.273/11
While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batter...
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Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1936
East Meets West
7/1
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...
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East Meets West
1985
National Lampoon's European Vacation
6.173/1044
The Griswolds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and so pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but...
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National Lampoon's European Vacation
1947
They Made Me a Fugitive
6.6/61
After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
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They Made Me a Fugitive
1951
The Long Dark Hall
6.7/10
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.
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The Long Dark Hall
1954
The Weak and the Wicked
6.5/12
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...
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The Weak and the Wicked
1952
The Big Frame
4.5/9
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...
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The Big Frame
1958
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
6.333/9
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 co...
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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1958
Chain of Events
6.393/14
When a clerk tries to dodge paying a bus fare, it sparks a series of unforseen consequences
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Chain of Events
1954
Forbidden Cargo
6.875/8
Kenyon is a narcotics agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher attempts to trap a brother and sister drug smuggling team.
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Forbidden Cargo
1952
The Frightened Man
6.5/6
Kicked out of Oxford, a junk dealer's son joins a gang of thieves fenced by his father.
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The Frightened Man
1970
The Weekend Murders
6.1/29
An aristocratic English family gather for the reading of their father's will. The family are dismayed to find that everything has been left to Barbar...
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The Weekend Murders
1979
Queen of the Blues
3.182/11
A seedy striptease club in London's West End becomes the target for unpleasant crooks.
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Queen of the Blues
1976
Confessions of a Driving Instructor
4.7/21
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 tea...
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Confessions of a Driving Instructor
1968
Hostile Witness
6.5/12
Simon Crawford is a barrister whose daughter is killed in a hit-and-run accident. When his neighbor is also killed, evidence points to the barrister a...
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Hostile Witness
1990
The BFG
6.418/176
Sophie is snatched from her orphanage early one morning by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), whom she witnesses engaged in mysterious activities. She is s...
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The BFG
1952
Circumstantial Evidence
7/3
Long after being deserted by her husband, Linda Harrison will soon be free to marry her lover, Michael Carteret. But when her husband suddenly reappe...
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Circumstantial Evidence
1954
Delayed Action
5.833/6
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 co...
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Delayed Action
1934
White Ensign
10/1
'Santa Barbara. British battleship quells rebellion promoted by big business.' (British Film Catalogue)
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White Ensign
1951
Blackmailed
4.25/4
A blackmailer is murdered, and those who witnessed the scene agree to keep quiet; the complication is that the scene is also witnessed by a young arti...
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Blackmailed
1952
The Night Won't Talk
7/1
When a beautiful young artist's model is strangled in her bed, Scotland Yard find themselves with three suspects -- her sinister ex-husband (Elwyn Bro...
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The Night Won't Talk
2025
Britain and the Blitz
7.217/30
Documentary looking back at a Britain during the darkest days of WWII using stunning new archived footage and interviews with people who lived through...
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Britain and the Blitz
1957
Just My Luck
6.125/12
Norman works in a jewellers workshop and fantasises (in the nicest way) about meeting the window dresser across the road from his workshop. He wants t...
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Just My Luck
1979
Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair
3.136/11
Professional astrologer and lothario David Galaxy (Alan Lake, aka Mr Diana Dors), finds himself entangled with the Law and must be able to provide an...
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Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
6.5/2
Movie with some of the greatest brittish comedians such as Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese.
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