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John Howard (April 14, 1913 – February 19, 1995) was an American actor noted for his work in film and television.
Born John Richard Cox, Jr. in Cleveland, Ohio, he was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of what is now Case Western Reserve University. At college he discovered a love for the theater, and took part in student productions. The good-looking and personable young Howard soon became a contract player for Paramount, working in a dozen pictures before getting his first memorable role as Ronald Colman's younger brother in Lost Horizon. He soon took over for Colman in the popular Bulldog Drummond series of films, starring in seven of the features (1937–39), and maintaining the film version of the detective as far more sophisticated than the original print character. Howard's next noteworthy assignment was as Katharine Hepburn's fiancé in The Philadelphia Story (1940).
He served in the Navy during World War II, eventually as Executive Officer aboard a minesweeper USS YMS-24 where he parcipated in landing operations at Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, deception operations against Sardinia and Southern France. When his vessel struck a mine off the French coast in August, 1944, killing the captain and severely damaging the ship, Howard took over command and fought valiantly to save his ship and crew, even jumping into the sea to save several wounded sailors. For his gallantry he was awarded both the US Navy Cross and the French Croix de Guerre.
Actors: Tony Slade (actor), Brian Patrick Murphy (actor), Christopher O'Brien (producer), Christopher O'Brien (director), Christopher O'Brien (writer), Chris Line (actor), Jennifer Merrit (actress), Mary Scholz (actress), Jim Blum (actor), Justin Larsen (actor), Rob Vanore (actor), Tom Richards (actor), Gil Bratcher (actor), Mitchell Elkins (actor), Scott LoCicero (actor),
Plot: Jim knew everything in his life was in order, until the day he walked into the salon for his ritual haircut. There he met the new girl, Crystal. He's unprepared. For both her and her "mystical" ex-friend Jaime, who is out to "right" one of Crystal's past "wrongs." In "Tapped," you'll follow the ups and downs of their sometimes beautiful, often tortured relationship that was built on the blood of others...all the way...to the end?
Genres: Thriller,Actors: Max Gillies (actor), Allyson Newman (composer), Anny Slater (director), Anny Slater (producer), Gabby Millgate (actress), Antonio Mestres (editor), Felicity Coombs (miscellaneous crew), Serafina Froio (producer), Krissy Grant (costume designer), Lily Hamdan (producer),
Genres: Short,Actors: Sydney Lassick (actor), Peter Fernandez (miscellaneous crew), Viveca Lindfors (actress), Bill Milling (producer), Bill Milling (writer), Elizabeth Kaitan (actress), Belinda Montgomery (actress), Martin Kitrosser (miscellaneous crew), Rick Aiello (actor), Philip Levy (actor), Simon Nuchtern (director), Simon Nuchtern (producer), Simon Nuchtern (writer), Sloane Shelton (actress), Anne Nevin (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: A homicidal maniac is accidentally released from a hospital because of a computer error and heads to the site (a sorority) of his past murders to continue his penchant for mayhem. Dr. Joan Gilmore takes off after him while the hospital administrators cover up the mistake and send some staff thugs out to get both the doctor and the escaped lunatic.
Keywords: 1980s, 3-dimensional, african-american, african-american-man, attempted-murder, attempted-rape, blood, boiler-room, chase, clothes-rippingActors: Charles Evans (actor), Franklyn Farnum (actor), Malcolm Atterbury (actor), John Doucette (actor), Jim Bannon (actor), Peter Brown (actor), Paul Bryar (actor), Robert Burton (actor), Robert Carson (actor), Larry J. Blake (actor), Ray Danton (actor), Francis De Sales (actor), John Dennis (actor), Lester Dorr (actor), Errol Flynn (actor),
Plot: Diana Barrymore, daughter of iconic actor John Barrymore, expresses a desire to end her ten year estrangement with her famous actor father John, who's destroying his iconic career with his alcoholic, self-destructive lifestyle. Despite her socialite mother's misgivings she reestablishes her relationship with him and finds herself attracted to the exploitive blandishments of a Hollywood career and soon finds herself in the same downward spiral.
Keywords: actor, actress, adolescent, affection, alcoholic, alcoholism, baldness, based-on-autobiography, based-on-book, battered-womanActors: W.P. Lipscomb (producer), William Mervyn (actor), Miles Malleson (actor), Eric Portman (actor), Ian Wilson (actor), Jean Anderson (actress), John Warren (actor), Patrick Holt (actor), Arthur Howard (actor), Noel Howlett (actor), Johnnie Schofield (actor), Edward Lexy (actor), James Hayter (actor), Wensley Pithey (actor), Olga Brook (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Crime, Drama,Actors: Victor Adamson (actor), Buzz Barton (actor), George Chesebro (actor), Steve Clark (actor), Richard Cramer (actor), Kenne Duncan (actor), Herman Hack (actor), Frank LaRue (actor), Carl Mathews (actor), Bud Osborne (actor), Jack Perrin (actor), Harry S. Webb (producer), Carl Krusada (writer), Bernard B. Ray (director), Glenn Strange (actor),
Plot: Former Marshal Jack Rowan had hopes to put away his guns forever when he buys a cattle ranch near the Mexican border, but he discovers that Mexican cattle are being smuggled across the border by way of his ranch. Jack stops at the store run by John Howard to get supplies and meets Carol Howard, the storekeeper's niece. Jack sees Taylor, a suspected rustler, follow Frank Stone into his office. He overhears Taylor tell Stone that the Sheriff has caught one of the cattle smugglers, but he has named Jack as the gang leader. They capture the listening Jack and go for the sheriff. Stone brags to Howard and Carol that he has Jack a prisoner, Carol and Jack's sidekick Manny free Jack. Jack and Manny trail Taylor and see him pay for cattle to be smuggled into the Texas. Manny goes for the Sheriff while Jack hides outside the tunnel, used by the smugglers, and forces a gun battle.
Keywords: alley, b-movie, b-western, badge, beans, campfire, cattle-drive, cigarette-smoking, coffee, coffee-cupActors: Chester Morris (actor), Frank McHugh (actor), Reginald Denny (actor), Frank Morgan (actor), Stuart Erwin (actor), Robert Benchley (actor), Norman Foster (actor), Russell Gleason (actor), Lester Dorr (actor), Eric Blore (actor), John Howard (actor), Arthur Lake (actor), Dick Foran (actor), Groucho Marx (actor), Benny Rubin (actor),
Plot: In a nightclub setting, 'Reginald Denny (I)' (qv) acts as host to introduce singing and dancing acts. They perform to the music of 'George Hamilton (III)' (qv) and his "Music Box Music" orchestra. A 'galaxy of stars' attends the evening's festivities.
Keywords: accordion, al-jolson-spoof, band, bar, bellhop, burlesque-dancer, cameo, camera, candid-camera, champagneActors: Joseph Kaufman (director), Francis Joyner (actor), Mary Charleson (actress), Siegmund Lubin (producer), Daniel Carson Goodman (writer), Bartley McCullum (actor), Richard Wangermann (actor), James Cassady (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: King Baggot (actor), Howard Crampton (actor), Raoul Walsh (actor), Violet Mersereau (actress), Carl Laemmle (producer), William Cavanaugh (actor), Matt Snyder (actor), Laura Lyman (actress), Raymond Murray (actor),
Genres: Drama, Drama, Short,Actors: Will S. Davis (actor), Stuart Holmes (actor), Jack Hopkins (actor), Lois Howard (actress),
Genres: Drama, Short,