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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 several 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".
Birthday: September 29, 1913
Death: January 07, 1988

August 31, 1949

December 01, 1982

November 24, 1945

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November 07, 1980

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November 02, 1982

June 01, 1952

February 10, 1971

September 11, 1985

December 31, 1975

June 23, 1960

April 12, 1979

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October 15, 1958

September 06, 1971

April 18, 1974

August 19, 1962

April 22, 1988

November 15, 1951

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July 27, 1967

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November 07, 1974

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January 18, 1955

December 28, 1962

January 27, 1964

May 20, 1966

November 03, 1953

June 08, 1988

February 24, 1978

January 26, 1960

August 16, 1973

July 09, 1947

January 20, 1954

September 26, 1974

April 06, 1985

September 15, 1978

January 06, 1980

December 16, 1976

May 07, 1985

March 15, 1976

October 25, 1951

December 12, 1980

July 18, 1957

December 22, 1986

January 01, 1987

June 16, 1945

July 22, 1982

August 01, 1976

August 16, 1972

December 28, 1980

October 19, 1967

January 24, 1982

June 09, 1944

January 01, 1980

April 03, 1963

January 26, 1979

June 01, 1984

December 12, 1980

October 20, 1965

January 01, 1944

March 22, 1960

April 17, 1956

November 07, 1948

December 24, 1951

October 24, 1986

October 06, 1958

October 05, 1955

January 06, 1980

April 08, 1984

February 02, 1986

October 01, 1962

January 17, 1983

November 19, 1976

July 29, 1957

September 25, 1974

January 01, 1981

November 09, 1985

June 06, 1968

January 01, 1950

April 29, 1978

May 09, 1982