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Peter Howell is a Actor British born on 25 october 1919 at London (United-kingdom)
Peter Howell (1919–2015) was an English actor.
A regular in 1950s television hospital drama series Emergency – Ward 10, he has made guest appearances in The Avengers, The Prisoner, and the Doctor Who serial The Mutants. He played the prison governor in the 1979 film Scum. He played Saruman in the 1981 BBC Radio production of The Lord of the Rings. He also featured in the Yes Minister "Equal Opportunities" (1982) as a committee member. In the long running Radio 4 drama The Archers he had a recurring role as Right Reverend Cyril Hood, Bishop of Felpersham.
Howell played the role of Sir William Lucas in the 1980 BBC Miniseries "Pride & Prejudice" by Jane Austen, a miniseries also featuring Elizabeth Garvie and David Rintoul.
Howell died on 20 April 2015 after a short illness, aged 95.
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Birth name aged 93
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 25 october 1919 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 20 april 2015 (at 95 years)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 25 october 1919 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 20 april 2015 (at 95 years)
A regular in 1950s television hospital drama series Emergency – Ward 10, he has made guest appearances in The Avengers, The Prisoner, and the Doctor Who serial The Mutants. He played the prison governor in the 1979 film Scum. He played Saruman in the 1981 BBC Radio production of The Lord of the Rings. He also featured in the Yes Minister "Equal Opportunities" (1982) as a committee member. In the long running Radio 4 drama The Archers he had a recurring role as Right Reverend Cyril Hood, Bishop of Felpersham.
Howell played the role of Sir William Lucas in the 1980 BBC Miniseries "Pride & Prejudice" by Jane Austen, a miniseries also featuring Elizabeth Garvie and David Rintoul.
Howell died on 20 April 2015 after a short illness, aged 95.
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The Libertine (2004)
, 1h54Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton, Paul Ritter, John Malkovich, Rosamund Pike, Stanley Townsend
Rating61%
The story begins with John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester (Depp), delivering his prologue, the main themes of which are his fondness for drink, his sexual proclivities, and his disdain for his audience.
The Innocent Sleep (1996)
, 1h50Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Rupert Graves, Annabella Sciorra, Michael Gambon, Franco Nero, John Hannah, Oliver Cotton
Rating54%
Alan Terry, un sans-abri londonien, est témoin d'une exécution pratiquée pour le compte du caïd de la pègre Adolfo Cavani. Matheson, l'inspecteur enquêtant sur le meurtre, travaille pour Cavani et est sur les traces de Terry pour l'éliminer. Le seul allié de Terry est la journaliste Billie Hayman.
Emma (1996)
, 1h47Directed by Diarmuid Lawrence
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Kate Beckinsale, Samantha Morton, Bernard Hepton, Mark Strong, Olivia Williams, James Hazeldine
Roles Mr. Perry
Rating69%
Miss Emma Woodhouse of Hartfield lives in the small town of Highbury, and is young, pretty, and rich. Though she has decided she will never marry, Emma takes credit for matchmaking her friend and former governess, Miss Taylor, to the widower Mr. Weston. Emma decides to organize marriages for others of her acquaintance, despite friendly warnings not to meddle from Mr. Knightley, who is both an old friend, her brother-in-law, and the wealthy owner of Donwell Abbey. Emma resolves to marry her new friend, a pretty orphan named Harriet Smith, to the young parish priest Mr. Elton. This fails once Emma realizes to her horror that Elton desires to marry her instead.
, 50minutesOrigin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran, Samantha Bond, Peter Howell
Roles Mr Paul (l'agent immobilier)
Rating73%
Une chanteuse d'une boîte de nuit a volé les plans d'un nouveau sous-marin américain et est partie les vendre à Londres. L'inspecteur Japp doit collaborer avec un agent du FBI pour l’arrêter, mais la cohabitation ne se passe pas aussi bien que prévu, les deux hommes ayant deux manières différentes d'aborder leur travail.
Bellman and True (1987)
, 1h52Directed by Richard Loncraine
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Bernard Hill, Derek Newark, Kieran O'Brien, John Kavanagh, Peter Howell, Richard Strange
Roles Le Portier
Rating67%
Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by a group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security system at a newly built bank. Having obtained the information, he thought he'd seen the last of the robbers. But now they've traced him and his son to London. They hold the son hostage and force Hiller to decode the information about the alarm and then to take part in the robbery.
A.D. (miniseries) (1985)
, 5hDirected by Stuart Cooper
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Anthony Andrews, Colleen Dewhurst, Ava Gardner, David Hedison, John Houseman, Richard Kiley
Roles Atticus
Rating71%
The story tells the life histories about Saint Peter and Paul of Tarsus after the crucifixion of Jesus, and their individual fates in old Rome in the time of the persecution of Christians. Events in the New Testament Book of Acts by Luke and in the Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius are dramatized and interwoven with the contrasting histories of political intrigues in the public and private lives of the Caesars from Tiberius through Nero related in The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius, together with the fictional drama of the lives of two Jews and two Romans: Caleb the Zealot and his sister Sarah, and Julius Valerius the Imperial Guard and Corinna the patrician woman who has chosen to be a gladiator.
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about religion
Actors Peter Howell, Robert James, Noel Howlett, Malcolm Terris, Derek Ware
Roles "John Wycliffe"
Rating67%
Scum (1979)
, 1h38Directed by Alan Clarke
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films based on plays
Actors Ray Winstone, Julian Firth, Phil Daniels, Philip Jackson, Helen Shapiro, David Threlfall
Rating75%
Three young men arrive at Borstal by prison van: Carlin, who has taken the blame for his brother's theft of scrap metal; Angel for stealing a car; and Davis, sent here after escaping from an open institution. All three are allocated to their rooms; Angel and Davis sent to private rooms, and Carlin sent to a dormitory.
The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
, 1h25Directed by Don Sharp
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Christopher Lee, John Cairney, Barry Warren, Andrew Keir, Philip Latham, Duncan Lamont
Roles le vicaire Brown
Rating59%
A pirate ship, fighting in 1588 on the side of the Spanish Armada, suffers extensive damage and must put into a village on the British coast for repairs. The village is small and isolated and the Spanish convince the villagers that the English fleet has been defeated and that they, the Spanish, are now their masters. This results in the villagers' sullen cooperation, but rumors and unrest begin to spread and soon the Spanish pirates find themselves facing a revolt.
Incident at Midnight (1963)
, 56minutesOrigin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Anton Diffring, William Sylvester, Justine Lord, Martin Miller, Clifford Earl, Peter Howell
Rating60%
No Kidding (1960)
, 1h26Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Leslie Phillips, Geraldine McEwan, Joan Hickson, Julia Lockwood, Irene Handl, Noel Purcell
Roles Father of Angus
Rating57%
David (Leslie Phillips) and Catherine Robinson (Geraldine McEwan) move into a rundown country house. After a number of failed ventures, they are looking to build a solid business. They strike upon the idea of setting up a summer home for the children of the wealthy. They attract a number of customers, and hire a matron (June Jago) and a cook (Joan Hickson), and immediately fall foul of a local councillor (Irene Handl) who does not believe they should be allowed to look after children.
Tarzan the Magnificent (1960)
, 1h22Directed by Robert Day
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Films about apes, L'enfance marginalisée, Tarzan films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Gordon Scott, Jock Mahoney, John Carradine, Betta St. John, Al Mulock, Bud Tingwell
Roles Dr Blake
Rating63%
The Bantons (father, Abel (John Carradine) and four sons, Coy (Jock Mahoney), Ethan (Ron McDonnell), Johnny (Gary Cockrell) and Martin (Al Mulock)) rob a pay office in a settlement, killing some people. Coy Banton is tracked down to their camp and taken away by a policeman, Wyntors (John Sullivan). Taking him back to town, Wyntors is killed as two of the brothers seek to rescue Coy. Tarzan appears and kills Ethan Banton. The other brother escapes. Tarzan decides to take Coy to Kairobi for the $5000 reward so he can give it to Wyntors' widow. However, no one in the town of Mantu (same town as beginning of Tarzan's Greatest Adventure) wants to help him. The boat he is waiting for to take him and his prisoner to Kairobi is ambushed by the Bantons, who send the passengers off and destroy the boat.
Watch Your Stern (1960)
, 1h30Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Eric Barker, Leslie Phillips, Sid James, Kenneth Connor, Hattie Jacques, Joan Sims
Roles Admiral's secretary
Rating58%
When the crew of a British warship lose the plans for a top-secret torpedo, they try and hide the fact from an Admiral and an Admiralty scientist.