Ben Howard
ActingBiography
Ben Howard is a retired British actor famous for playing cockney hardmen and squaddies. He starred in the Richard Attenborough films, Oh What a Lovely War and A Bridge Too Far, and starred in the big police series of the 60s and 70s; Z Cars, The Sweeney and Dixon of Dock Green - the latter as DC Len Clayton in the long running show's final series in 1976. Away from acting Ben designed and created the Benjyboard skateboard which is still admired by skaters to this day as a classic.
Movies
(20 total)
A Bridge Too Far
as Sergeant Towns
The Land That Time Forgot
as Benson
From Beyond the Grave
as Burglar
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Trumpeter Pridmore
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Pte Garbett
Who Dares Wins
as Terrorist
Villain
as Henry
Zeppelin
as Jamie Fergusson
Bread
as Gerry
Up the Junction
as In the pub
That Summer!
as Borstal Officer
Hide and Seek
as Sid
Red Shift
as Officer
The Sex Victims
as Jack Piper
Three Clear Sundays
as Charlie
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
as PC Robertson
Talkin' Blues
as Stevie
Running Scared
as Charlie
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
as Josef Wojcik
TV Shows
(16 total)
Doctor Who
as Hinks
Lovejoy
as Mr. Devlin
Blake's 7
as Mori
The Professionals
as Spelman
Dempsey and Makepeace
as Jerry Curtis
The Sweeney
as Ronnie
Minder
as Second Hand Sid
The Protectors
as Vincenzo
Terry and June
as Railway Man
Dixon of Dock Green
as DC Len Clayton
Target
as Oscar Brent
Kizzy
as Lumas Doe
The Fear
as Bill
Centre Play
as Stevie
Londoners
as Rod