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John Howard

Actor

John Howard

Born April 14, 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio, USADied February 19, 199558 films

John Howard (born John Richard Cox Jr.) was an American screen and television actor. He made his movie debut in a bit part in Paramount's One Hour Late (1934) before moving up the Hollywood ladder to featured parts and ultimately landing his own series, the Bulldog Drummond mysteries. Decades later, when offers of work began to slow down, Howard went into teaching.

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The Philadelphia Story posterFirst watchThe Philadelphia Story19407.5as George KittredgeWhen a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.View film

Essential films

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Lost Horizon poster6.9Lost Horizon1937Buck and the Preacher poster6.3Buck and the Preacher1972The High and the Mighty poster5.9The High and the Mighty1954The Invisible Woman poster5.7The Invisible Woman1940The Fighting Kentuckian poster6.0The Fighting Kentuckian1949

Filmography

58 films as actor
  1. 1978My Boys Are Good BoysGrocery Store Owner
  2. 1974Psycho SistersDr. Thomas
  3. 1972Buck and the PreacherGeorge
  4. 1968The DestructorsErnest Bushnell
  5. 1966Destination Inner SpaceDr. James
  6. 1960Moochie of Pop Warner FootballMayor Wood
  7. 1957The Unknown TerrorDan Matthews
  8. 1954The High and the MightyHoward Rice
  9. 1954Make Haste to LiveJosh Blake
  10. 1952Models Inc.John Stafford
  11. 1950Experiment AlcatrazDr. Ross Williams
  12. 1950Radar Secret ServiceBill Travis
  13. 1949The Fighting KentuckianBlake Randolph
  14. 1948I, Jane DoeWilliam Hilton
  15. 1947Love from a StrangerNigel Lawrence
  16. 1945Waltz TimeYoung Officer
  17. 1945Twilight HourWilliam Rolands
  18. 1942The Undying MonsterOliver Hammond
  19. 1942Isle of Missing MenMerrill Hammond
  20. 1942Submarine RaiderCommander Chris Warren
  21. 1942The Man Who Returned to LifeDavid Hampton Jameson
  22. 1942A Tragedy at MidnightGreg Sherman
  23. 1941Three Girls About TownTommy Hopkins
  24. 1941Father Takes a WifeFrederic Osborne Junior
  25. 1941Tight ShoesJimmy Rupert
  26. 1940The Invisible WomanRichard Russell
  27. 1940The Mad DoctorGil Sawyer
  28. 1940The Texas Rangers Ride AgainJim Kingston aka Pecos Kid
  29. 1940The Philadelphia StoryGeorge Kittredge
  30. 1940The Man from DakotaOliver Clark
  31. 1940Green HellHal Scott
  32. 1939Disputed PassageJohn Wesley Beaven
  33. 1939What a LifeMr. Nelson
  34. 1939Bulldog Drummond's BrideCapt. Hugh C. Drummond
  35. 1939Grand Jury SecretsJohn Keefe
  36. 1939Bulldog Drummond's Secret PoliceCaptain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond
  37. 1938Arrest Bulldog DrummondCaptain Hugh C. Drummond
  38. 1938Bulldog Drummond in AfricaCaptain Hugh Chesterton 'Bulldog' Drummond
  39. 1938Touchdown, ArmyCadet Brandon Culpepper
  40. 1938Prison FarmDr. Roi Conrad
  41. 1938Bulldog Drummond's PerilCaptain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond
  42. 1938PenitentiaryWilliam Jordan
  43. 1937Hitting a New HighJimmy James
  44. 1937Bulldog Drummond's RevengeCapt. Hugh Chesterton 'Bulldog' Drummond
  45. 1937Hold 'Em NavyChuck Baldwin
  46. 1937Sunday Night at the TrocaderoJohn Howard
  47. 1937Bulldog Drummond Comes BackCaptain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond
  48. 1937Mountain MusicArdinger Burnside
  49. 1937Let Them LiveDr. Paul Martin
  50. 1937Lost HorizonGeorge Conway
  51. 1936Easy to TakeRodney Garfield
  52. 1936Valiant Is the Word for CarriePaul Darnley
  53. 1936Border FlightLt. Dan Conlon
  54. 193613 Hours by AirFreddie Scott
  55. 1936Soak the RichKenneth 'Buzz' Jones
  56. 1935Millions in the AirEddie Warren
  57. 1935Annapolis FarewellDuncan Haley
  58. 1935Car 99Trooper Carney