Howard was born in Cliftonville, Kent, England, the son of Mabel Grey (Wallace) and Arthur John Howard. He was educated at Clifton College (to which he left in his will a substantial legacy for a drama scholarship) and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), acting on the London stage for sever ... al years before World War II. His first paid work was in the play Revolt in a Reformatory (1934), before he left RADA in 1935 to take small roles. Although stories of his courageous wartime service in the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals earned him much respect among fellow actors and fans alike, files held in the Public Record Office reveal that he had actually been discharged from the British Army in 1943 for mental instability and having a "psychopathic personality". The story, which surfaced in Terence Pettigrew's biography of the actor, published by Peter Owen in 2001, was initially denied by Howard's widow, actress Helen Cherry. Later, confronted with official records, she told the Daily Telegraph (24 June 2001) that his mother had claimed he was a holder of the Military Cross. She added that Howard had an honourable military record and "had nothing to be ashamed of".
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Shaka Zulu
as Lord Charles Somerset
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Oct 24, 1986
Shillingbury Tales
as Dan 'Saltie' Wicklow
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Jan 06, 1980
Origins of the Mafia
as Don Consalvo Saccone
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Nov 19, 1976
Ludwig
as Richard Wagner
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Jan 01, 1981
Peter the Great
as Sir Isaac Newton
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Feb 02, 1986
George Washington
as Lord Fairfax
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Apr 08, 1984
Studio One
as Vittorio
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 07, 1948
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Benjamin Disraeli
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 24, 1951
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as Dr. Derek Lester
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 06, 1958
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Doug Elliott
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1955
Scorpion Tales
as Mavor
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 29, 1978
Frontline
as Narrator (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 17, 1983
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Napoleon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 24, 1951
Time for Murder
as Sir Daniel Penwarden
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 09, 1985
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1962
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 29, 1957
Spécial cinéma
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1974
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 06, 1968
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2024 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 7 |
2024 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 6 |
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2024 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 3 |
2025 | 1 | 15 | 26 | 7 |
2025 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
2025 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
2025 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2025 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 0 |