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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Ben Howard
Acting
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Movies: 20Series: 15
TMDB ID: 106096
IMDb ID: nm0397141
Known for: Acting
Born: January 1, 1940
Age: 86
Place of birth: UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1955 - 1988
Years active: 34
Average TMDB rating: 6.77
Biography
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Ben Howard.
6.2
Who Dares Wins
as Terrorist
1982 Movie
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
as Josef Wojcik
1981 Movie
4.6
That Summer!
as Borstal Officer
1979 Movie
7.4
Red Shift
as Officer
1978 Movie
7.2
A Bridge Too Far
as Sergeant Towns
1977 Movie
Talkin' Blues
as Stevie
1977 Movie
5.7
The Land That Time Forgot
as Benson
1974 Movie
6.5
From Beyond the Grave
as Burglar
1974 Movie
8.4
Doctor Who: The Green Death
as Hinks
1973 Movie
3.8
The Sex Victims
as Jack Piper
1973 Movie
4.9
Hide and Seek
as Sid
1972 Movie
Running Scared
as Charlie
1972 Movie
6.1
Villain
as Henry
1971 Movie
4.3
Bread
as Gerry
1971 Movie
6.1
Zeppelin
as Jamie Fergusson
1971 Movie
6.7
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Pte Garbett
1969 Movie
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
as PC Robertson
1968 Movie
6.1
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Trumpeter Pridmore
1968 Movie
6.9
Up the Junction
as In the pub
1965 Movie
5.0
Three Clear Sundays
as Charlie
1965 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ben Howard.
5.0
The Fear
as Bill • 4 eps
1988 Series
6.2
Crossbow
2 eps
1987 Series
7.3
Lovejoy
as Mr. Devlin • 1 eps
1986 Series
6.4
Dempsey and Makepeace
as Jerry Curtis • 1 eps
1985 Series
6.8
Minder
as Second Hand Sid • 1 eps
1979 Series
6.2
Terry and June
as Railway Man • 2 eps
1979 Series
7.3
Blake's 7
as Mori • 1 eps
1978 Series
7.5
The Professionals
as Spelman • 1 eps
1977 Series
6.3
Target
as Oscar Brent • 1 eps
1977 Series
6.0
Kizzy
as Lumas Doe • 3 eps
1976 Series
7.8
The Sweeney
as Ronnie • 1 eps
1975 Series
5.8
The Protectors
as Vincenzo • 1 eps
1972 Series
Londoners
as Rod • 1 eps
1965 Series
7.9
Doctor Who
as Hinks • 4 eps
1963 Series
5.3
Dixon of Dock Green
as DC Len Clayton • 8 eps
1955 Series