Actor
Ben Howard
86 years · UK · 20 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 20
Who Dares Wins
1982 · Terrorist
On Philo
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
1981 · Josef Wojcik
That Summer!
1979 · Borstal Officer
Red Shift
1978 · Officer
A Bridge Too Far
1977 · Sergeant Towns
On Philo
Talkin' Blues
1977 · Stevie
The Land That Time Forgot
1974 · Benson
On Philo
From Beyond the Grave
1974 · Burglar
On TCM
Doctor Who: The Green Death
1973 · Hinks
The Sex Victims
1973 · Jack Piper
Hide and Seek
1972 · Sid
Running Scared
1972 · Charlie
Villain
1971 · Henry
Bread
1971 · Gerry
On Cultpix
Zeppelin
1971 · Jamie Fergusson
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969 · Pte Garbett
On Hoopla
Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It
1968 · PC Robertson
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968 · Trumpeter Pridmore
On Philo
Up the Junction
1965 · In the pub
On Amazon Prime Video
Three Clear Sundays
1965 · Charlie