Arthur Howard

For other people named Arthur Howard, see Arthur Howard (disambiguation).

Arthur Howard (born Arthur John Steiner; 18 January 1910 – 18 June 1995)[1][2] was an English stage, film and television actor.[3][4]

Life and career

Born in Camberwell, London, Howard was the younger son of Lilian (née Blumberg) and Ferdinand "Frank" Steiner. His brother was the film actor Leslie Howard and his sister the casting director Irene Howard.[5] He married the actress Jean Compton Mackenzie (a daughter of the actor Frank Compton) in 1936 and they had a son together, the stage actor Alan Howard.[6][3]

Arthur appeared in several television programmes such as Whack-O, a school comedy in which he played the hapless assistant headmaster Pettigrew to Jimmy Edwards's headmaster, and he was in the 1960 film version Bottoms Up.[7][8] He appeared in many films, including American Friends and The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins, and had the small role of Cavendish in the James Bond film Moonraker.[9]

In 1961 he was arrested for importuning and spent a week in prison.[10] He died in Westminster, London.[9] He is buried in the East London Cemetery.[11]

Filmography

Television

Inspector Morley: Late of Scotland Yard (1952) - (Shop Assistant) - ('The Red Flame': episode Two) - (with Dorothy Bramhall; Tucker McGuire; and Johnny Briggs (actor), in Episode 1).

References

  1. ^ Find my past. "Arthur Howard".
  2. ^ Find my past. "Arthur Howard".
  3. ^ a b McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111975 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Theatricalia. "Arthur Howard". Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  5. ^ Ronald Howard, In Search of My Father: A Portrait of Leslie Howard, St. Martin's Press, New York 1981 ISBN 0-312-41161-8
  6. ^ Michael Coveney "Alan Howard obituary" Archived 28 December 2020 at the Wayback Machine, The Guardian, 18 February 2015
  7. ^ "Whack-o![09/06/59] (1959)". Archived from the original on 15 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Bottoms Up (1960)". Archived from the original on 9 March 2016.
  9. ^ a b "Arthur Howard". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016.
  10. ^ "Actor Fined £25 For Importuning". The Times. London. 3 June 1961. p. 6. Howard,... had spent a week in Brixton Prison after pleading guilty to a charge of persistently importuning for immoral purposes, was also fined £25.[dead link‍] (subscription required)
  11. ^ "Overseas by Cemetery - Final Resting Places - Classic Movie Actors and Actresses(p 2) : Classic Movie Hub (CMH)". Classic Movie Hub - CMH.