Which Faulty Towers character was played by Ballard Berkeley?
Ballard Berkeley Ballard Berkeley Ballard Blascheck (6 August 1904 – 16 January 1988), known professionally as Ballard Berkeley, was an English actor of stage and screen. He played Major Gowen in the British television sitcom "Fawlty Towers". The son of Joseph and Beatrice Blascheck, he was born in Margate, Kent. He served as a Special Constable with the Metropolitan Police during the Second World War, witnessing the Blitz at first hand including the bombing of the Café de Paris nightclub. For his service he received the Defence Medal and the Special Constabulary Long Service Medal. Berkeley played the role of the bumbling
Ballard Berkeley Unknown", 1956). He made a brief appearance in the American film "National Lampoon's European Vacation" which starred Chevy Chase. In this film, Berkeley played a British man who is involved in a minor road accident with the Griswalds. Berkeley later performed the role of Winston – a similar character to "The Major" – in the radio comedy "Wrinkles" by Doug Naylor and Rob Grant. He played Badedas the Blue, a wizard in the radio comedy series "Hordes of the Things". His last role was as the Head of the Army in the animated film version of Roald Dahl's "The BFG".