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Howard Wendell

Actor

Howard Wendell

Born January 25, 1908Died August 11, 197524 films

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The Big Heat posterFirst watchThe Big Heat19537.7as Police Commissioner HigginsAfter the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.View film

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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes poster7.3Gentlemen Prefer Blondes1953The Cincinnati Kid poster7.0The Cincinnati Kid1965Mirage poster7.1Mirage1965How to Murder Your Wife poster6.4How to Murder Your Wife1965Affair in Trinidad poster6.4Affair in Trinidad1952Prince Valiant poster6.1Prince Valiant1954Frankie and Johnny poster5.6Frankie and Johnny1966

Filmography

24 films as actor
  1. 1966Frankie and JohnnyMan at Table (uncredited)
  2. 1965Mirage
  3. 1965The Cincinnati KidCharlie (uncredited)
  4. 1965My Blood Runs ColdMayor
  5. 1965How to Murder Your WifeThe Trial Judge
  6. 1961Sail a Crooked ShipMr. Caldingham (uncredited)
  7. 1961King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold RothsteinMr. Simmons (uncredited)
  8. 1959The Four Skulls of Jonathan DrakeDr. George Bradford
  9. 1959A Stranger in My ArmsCongressman
  10. 1956Storm CenterSen. Bascomb
  11. 1956A Day of FuryYanryzin
  12. 1956Never Say GoodbyeHarry
  13. 1955The Fighting ChanceLucky Jim Morrison
  14. 1955The View from Pompey's HeadJohn Duncan
  15. 1955WiretapperPrison Chaplain
  16. 1954AthenaMr. Grenville
  17. 1954The Black DakotasJudge Horatio Baker
  18. 1954Prince ValiantMorgan Todd
  19. 1953Captain ScarfaceMr. Dilts
  20. 1953The Big HeatPolice Commissioner Higgins
  21. 1953Gentlemen Prefer BlondesWatson
  22. 1953By the Light of the Silvery MoonJohn H. Harris
  23. 1952Affair in TrinidadAnderson
  24. 1952You for MeOliver Wherry