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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

33

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-01-01 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

UK

Also Known As

Ben Howard

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.

Known For

Acting

Villain

1971

Villain

as

Henry

Bread

1971

Bread

as

Gerry

Red Shift

1978

Red Shift

as

Officer

Hide and Seek

1972

Hide and Seek

as

Sid

Talkin' Blues

1977

Talkin' Blues

as

Stevie

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969

Oh! What a Lovely War

as

Pte Garbett

Three Clear Sundays

1965

Three Clear Sundays

as

Charlie

A Bridge Too Far

1977

A Bridge Too Far

as

Sergeant Towns

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1968

The Charge of the Light Brigade

as

Trumpeter Pridmore

Who Dares Wins

1982

Who Dares Wins

as

Terrorist

That Summer!

1979

That Summer!

as

Borstal Officer

The Sex Victims

1973

The Sex Victims

as

Jack Piper

Zeppelin

1971

Zeppelin

as

Jamie Fergusson

Running Scared

1972

Running Scared

as

Charlie

Up the Junction

1965

Up the Junction

as

In the pub

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

as

Hinks

Minder

Minder

as

Second Hand Sid

Blake's 7

Blake's 7

as

Mori

Dixon of Dock Green

Dixon of Dock Green

as

DC Len Clayton

Terry and June

Terry and June

as

Railway Man

Lovejoy

Lovejoy

as

Mr. Devlin

Dempsey and Makepeace

Dempsey and Makepeace

as

Jerry Curtis

The Protectors

The Protectors

as

Vincenzo

The Sweeney

The Sweeney

as

Ronnie

Target

Target

as

Oscar Brent

Kizzy

Kizzy

as

Lumas Doe

Production

Crew

Directing