Howard Phillips

Acting

Howard Phillips

Born 1899-02-06 · Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies (now Kingston, Jamaica)

Acting credits

Sob Sister poster
7.0

Jane Ray, a very clever reporter of crimes of passion, or "sob sister," for a New York tabloid, begins to feel depressed by the sordidness of her latest assignment, the investigation of a young woman's murder by her husband. Despite her growing distaste for her profession, Jane gets her story and, with typical ingenuity, frustrates her competitors' attempts to follow her lead.

Sob Sister

1931

Careless Lady poster
5.8

Innocent Sally Brown thinks men are only attracted to experienced women, so she poses as the wife of an unmarried businessman on a trip to Paris.

Careless Lady

1932

The Trial of Vivienne Ware poster
9.0

Vivienne Ware is defended by her ex-beau when she's accused of killing her faithless fiance.

The Trial of Vivienne Ware

1932

White Bondage poster
6.8

A reporter risks lynching to prove that share croppers are being cheated.

White Bondage

1937

The Spider poster
7.0

Lowe plays Chatrand the Great, a magician with great hypnotic and magical powers. During his evening performance at an upscale theater, a murder occurs. A hand wearing a sinister spider ring raises a revolver, the lights go out, and a shot rings out! When the lights come on, the body of a patron is lying on the floor, dying. Who is the mysterious killer? What is the strange secret of Lowe’s clairvoyant, amnesia-plagued assistant? After the police restrain the audience from leaving, Lowe uses his magical powers to help expose the killer. Watch for the terrific séance scene where weird ghost-like creatures float above the stage.

The Spider

1931

The Last Mile poster
5.8

Richard Walters is condemned to death for a murder he claims not to have committed. He arrives on death row just before a brutal inmate leads the other convicts in a violent uprising. Walters gets caught up in the riot, while on the outside his friends are trying to find evidence of his innocence.

The Last Mile

1932

Gangs of New York poster
5.3

An undercover cop infiltrates a powerful New York based crime syndicate.

Gangs of New York

1938

Surrender poster
5.5

Story of French prisoner in Germany who falls in love with a German general's daughter. From the novel "Axelle" by Pierre Benoit.

Surrender

1931

Fugitive in the Sky poster
6.3

Reporter Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his sweetheart, airline hostess Rita Moore. He notices G-Man Mike Phelan among the passengers and assuming Phelan is on the trail of a criminal, decides to go along to get a story.

Fugitive in the Sky

1936

The Great Hospital Mystery poster
5.5

A nurse's brother who's pursued by the mob, hides out in a hospital by pretending to be a patient.

The Great Hospital Mystery

1937