Ben Howard
Born: 1940-01-01 in UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1988
- The Fear as Bill
1987
1986
- Lovejoy as Mr. Devlin
1985
- Dempsey and Makepeace as Jerry Curtis
1982
- Who Dares Wins as Terrorist
1981
- Strike: The Birth of Solidarity as Josef Wojcik
1979
- Minder as Second Hand Sid
- Terry and June as Railway Man
- That Summer! as Borstal Officer
1977
- The Professionals as Spelman
- Target as Oscar Brent
- A Bridge Too Far as Sergeant Towns
- Talkin' Blues as Stevie
1976
- Kizzy as Lumas Doe
1975
- The Sweeney as Ronnie
1974
- The Land That Time Forgot as Benson
- From Beyond the Grave as Burglar
1973
- Centre Play as Stevie
- The Sex Victims as Jack Piper
- Doctor Who: The Green Death as Hinks
1972
- The Protectors as Vincenzo
- Running Scared as Charlie
- Hide and Seek as Sid
1969
- Oh! What a Lovely War as Pte Garbett
1968
- The Charge of the Light Brigade as Trumpeter Pridmore
- Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It as PC Robertson
1965
- Londoners as Rod
- Up the Junction as In the pub
- Three Clear Sundays as Charlie
1963
- Doctor Who as Hinks
1955
- Dixon of Dock Green as DC Len Clayton