Ballard Berkeley (August 6, 1904 - January 16, 1988) was a British actor best known for his role in the British sitcomFawlty Towers where he played the character of Major Gowen. He also played a staring role in Fresh Fields August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... The cast of Fawlty Towers, clockwise from top: Basil Fawlty (John Cleese), Sybil Fawlty (Prunella Scales), Manuel (Andrew Sachs) and Polly Sherman (Connie Booth) Fawlty Towers was a British sitcom made by the BBC and first broadcast in 1975. ...
He was born in Margate, Kent, England. Margate was known as Meregate (in 1254) or Margate (in 1293) is on the Isle of Thanet in Kent, England. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion...
Ballard drove the car that took his co-defendants to the robbery site, he did not enter the store, nor was he actually armed with a weapon.
Ballard is an African-American and that the prospective juror that was peremptorily struck by the State was an African-American.
Ballard's sentence of 50 years' imprisonment was disparate to those of his co-defendants, and that the State unlawfully struck an African-American prospective juror.
Born in 1904, BallardBerkeley's film career began as far back as 1930 in a film called The Chinese Bungalow — nearly half a century before he could be found wandering around Fawlty Towers.
BallardBerkeley was just as big a cricket fan off screen as The Major in Fawlty Towers was on screen.
Ballard would often signal to John Cleese on set to keep him informed on the progress of his beloved England in the Test Match.
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