John Howard

Acting

John Howard

Born 1913-04-14 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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.

Acting credits

The Philadelphia Story poster
7.5

When 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.

The Philadelphia Story

1940

The High and the Mighty poster
6.0

Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight - one that takes a terrifying suspense-building turn when disaster strikes high above the Pacific Ocean at the point of no return.

The High and the Mighty

1954

Radar Secret Service poster
3.4

A federal agent and his partner track uranium-ore hijackers with radar.

Radar Secret Service

1950

Lost Horizon poster
6.9

British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash-land in the Himalayas, where they are rescued by the inhabitants of the hidden, idyllic valley of Shangri-La. Protected by the mountains from the world outside, where the clouds of World War II are gathering, Shangri-La provides a seductive escape for the world-weary Conway.

Lost Horizon

1937

The Fighting Kentuckian poster
6.0

John Breen (John Wayne), a Kentucky militiaman falls in love with French exile Fleurette De Marchand (Vera Ralston). He discovers a plot to steal the land that Fleurette's exiles plan to settle on and aims to foil it.

The Fighting Kentuckian

1949

Buck and the Preacher poster
6.3

A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.

Buck and the Preacher

1972

Grand Jury Secrets poster
7.0

A newspaper reporter gets involved with shady stock promoters when he listens in on a jury room session.

Grand Jury Secrets

1939

Hold 'Em Navy poster
4.7

Two football players fight over the same girl.

Hold 'Em Navy

1937

Psycho Sisters poster
10.0

After her husband dies, a woman begins to have a nervous breakdown and is consoled by her younger sister. Soon, however, other members of the family begin to suspect the younger woman's motives.

Psycho Sisters

1974

Green Hell poster
4.5

A group of adventurers head deep into South American jungle in search of an ancient Incan treasure.

Green Hell

1940

Touchdown, Army poster
7.5

Prep football star Jimmy Howal gets a reception far different from what he expected when he enters West Point.

Touchdown, Army

1938

Border Flight poster
6.5

Frances Farmer's second film is a typical B-programmer from the Paramount lot of 1936--up and coming stars (John Howard, Robert Cummings, Grant Withers, Farmer) in a concerning the Coast Guard and smugglers. The chief points of interest are the truly exceptional aerial sequences and Farmer's early performance.

Border Flight

1936

Three Girls About Town poster
6.5

Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the mortician's convention is arriving, and the sisters, with help from manager Wilburforce Puddle, try to hide it. Complicating matters, Hope's boyfriend, Tommy, is a newspaper reporter in the hotel covering some labor negotiations.

Three Girls About Town

1941

Soak the Rich poster
8.0

Tycoon Humphrey Craig is fearful that a "soak the rich" bill will pass in the United States Senate.

Soak the Rich

1936

I, Jane Doe poster
6.4

While stationed in France during World War II, an American fighter pilot marries a French girl but leaves her behind when he returns to the U.S. The French woman follows him to America only to discover he’s already married to a successful lawyer.

I, Jane Doe

1948

Tight Shoes poster
10.0

A crook with big feet buys shoes that are too tight from a salesman, then decides to use the store as a front for illegal gambling.

Tight Shoes

1941

Let Them Live poster
8.0

A young man goes up against a crooked town boss.

Let Them Live

1937

The Invisible Woman poster
5.7

Kitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that will make her invisible so that she can use her invisibility to exact revenge on her ex-boss.

The Invisible Woman

1940

Make Haste to Live poster
6.0

A single mother in New Mexico senses her own death in the hands of a mysterious stalker.

Make Haste to Live

1954

A Tragedy at Midnight poster
5.2

The host of a whodunit radio show finds himself involved in his own mystery when he awakens to find a woman with a knife in her back in his bedroom.

A Tragedy at Midnight

1942

The Unknown Terror poster
5.3

A woman leads an expedition into a remote jungle to find her long-lost brother, but instead finds a mad scientist who has created a fungus monster that feeds on the local inhabitants.

The Unknown Terror

1957

The Undying Monster poster
5.8

A werewolf prowls around at night but only kills certain members of one family. It seems like just a coincidence, but the investigating Inspector soon finds out that this tradition has gone on for generations and tries to find a link between the werewolf and the family, leading to a frightening conclusion.

The Undying Monster

1942

Easy to Take poster
10.0

To boost the ratings of a kiddie show, the host agrees to take guardianship of of a bratty boy who has a lovely older sister.

Easy to Take

1936

Bulldog Drummond in Africa poster
5.8

Drummond has to leave for Morocco on his wedding day with his fiancee and trusted friends to rescue his friend Nielsen who is kidnapped by an international criminal.

Bulldog Drummond in Africa

1938