Ballard Berkeley Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Death Cause, Contact Details, Girlfriend(s), Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
Ballard Blascheck
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Thursday
BIRTHPLACE
Margate, United Kingdom
DIED AT AGE
84 Years 5 Months 10 Days
DEATHDATE
January 16, 1988
DEATHPLACE
London, United Kingdom
NATIONALITY
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
LEO
Physical Stats
CHEST
N/A
BICEPS
N/A
WAIST
N/A
HEIGHT
5'9''(feet & inches)
1.7526 meters
175.26 cm
WEIGHT
N/A
Ballard Berkeley Family Members
Parents
MOTHER
Beatrice Letchford Pewtress Blascheck
FATHER
Joseph Edward Maximilian Blascheck
Fame & Address
DEBUT
The Chinese Bungalow (Film 1930)
FAMOUS FROM/AS
Fawlty Towers (TV Series 1975)
Education, Net Worth & More
More Information
Career of Ballard Berkeley
He was Major Gowen in the BBC TV comedy Fawlty Towers and with the similar character, he appeared in the legal drama "The Main Chance". He was a retired military man again in BBC Radio 4's The Archers. He had a starring role in Fresh Fields. He appeared regularly on "quota quickies". As a hero, he appeared in the 1937 film The Last Adventurers. He also appeared in the films like "In Which We Serve", "Stage Fright". He performed in the radio comedy Wrinkles as Winston and was Badedas the Blue in the radio comedy series Hordes of the Things.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Ballard Berkeley
- Did Ballard Berkeley takes alcohol? Yes.
- He was a Special Constable with the Metropolitan Police at the time of World War II and himself witness the Blitz and also the bomb blast at Cafe de Paris nightclub. He also received the Defence Medal and the Special Constabulary Long Service Medal for his valuable services.
- He appeared for a small role in American film National Lampoon's European Vacation and in this film he was a British man who is involved in a minor road accident.
- He plays an uncredited role in The Gang's All Here as a detective in the nightclub in which f $1,000,000 in jewels were robbed.
- He appeared as a smuggler in an Aeroplane in British crime film "The Flying Squad" which is based on a novel written by Edgar Wallace. In the film officers of the Flying Squad try to catch a drug-smuggling organization. The film was released on 14 October 1940.
- His father Joseph Blascheck was a theatrical manager.
- Most of the time, he played the character of retired army officers and police inspectors perhaps inspired by his army background.
- He played small roles in a 1977 episode of Citizen Smith and also in the five episodes of the BBC sitcom Hi de Hi.
- His last performance was in an animated film version of The BFG and this time also he was the Head of the Army.
- Was Ballard Berkeley in the habit of Smoking? NA.
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