Ben Howard
Known for ActingBorn 1940-01-01UK
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
A Bridge Too Far
1977 · as Sergeant Towns
Hide and Seek
1972 · as Sid
Who Dares Wins
1982 · as Terrorist
The Land That Time Forgot
1974 · as Benson
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968 · as Trumpeter Pridmore
That Summer!
1979 · as Borstal Officer
From Beyond the Grave
1974 · as Burglar
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969 · as Pte Garbett
Zeppelin
1971 · as Jamie Fergusson
Villain
1971 · as Henry
Talkin' Blues
1977 · as Stevie
Red Shift
1978 · as Officer
The Sex Victims
1973 · as Jack Piper
Up the Junction
1965 · as In the pub
Strike: The Birth of Solidarity
1981 · as Josef Wojcik
Running Scared
1972 · as Charlie
Bread
1971 · as Gerry
Three Clear Sundays
1965 · as Charlie