Arthur Howard

British actor (1910–1995)

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

The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) – Kitchen Helper (uncredited)
The Lady Is Willing (1934) – Dr. Germont
Frieda (1947) – First Official
So Well Remembered (1947) – Politician (uncredited)
The Mark of Cain (1947) – Clerk of the Court (uncredited)
London Belongs to Me (1948) – Mr. Chinkwell
The Passionate Friends (1949) – Smith – the Butler
Passport to Pimlico (1949) – Bassett
Private Angelo (1949) – (uncredited)
Stage Fright (1950) – Groves – Charlotte's Butler (uncredited)
The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) – Anthony Ramsden
Last Holiday (1950) – Burden
State Secret (1950) – Clubman
Cage of Gold (1950) – Registry office bridegroom (uncredited)
Dick Barton at Bay (1950) – Minor Role (uncredited)
Emergency Wedding (1950) – Minor Role (uncredited)
Laughter in Paradise (1951) – Businessman on train (uncredited)
The Man in the White Suit (1951) – Roberts
Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951) – Soap publicity man
Never Look Back (1952) – Charles Vaughan
Moulin Rouge (1952) – Dancing Master (uncredited)
Cosh Boy (1953) – Registrar (uncredited)
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) – Usher in 'Trial by Jury'
Grand National Night (1953) – Hotel Manager
Glad Tidings (1953) – Mr. George Boddington
Will Any Gentleman...? (1953) – Mr. Coding
The Intruder (1953) – Bertram Slake
Monsieur Ripois (1954) – Priest (uncredited)
The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954) – Wilfred Woodley
Out of the Clouds (1955) – Booking Clerk at Heathrow (uncredited)
The Glass Cage (1955) – Rutland
The Constant Husband (1955) – Clerk of the court
The Dam Busters (1955) – RAF Pay Clerk in NAAFI (uncredited)
Footsteps in the Fog (1955) – Vicar
One Way Out (1955) – Marriott
Touch and Go (1955) – Man at the Window
The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955) – Injured Priest (uncredited)
One Wish Too Many (1956) – Headmaster
I Accuse! (1958) – Capt. Lauth
Law and Disorder (1958) – Burrows
I Only Arsked! (1958) – Sir Redvers
Nowhere to Go (1958) – First Mr. Dodds (uncredited)
Rockets Galore! (1958) – Meeching
Libel (1959) – Car Salesman
Friends and Neighbours (1959) – Rev. Dobson
Desert Mice (1959) – Navy Doctor (uncredited)
Bottoms Up (1960) – Oliver Pettigrew
Watch It, Sailor! (1961) – Vicar (guest appearance)
Paradisio (1961) – Professor Sims
Kill or Cure (1962) – Green Glades Desk Clerk
The V.I.P.s (1963) – Bar Steward (uncredited)
Ladies Who Do (1963) – Chauffeur
Les Félins (1964) – Father Nielson
The Counterfeit Constable (1964) – Le supporter anglais qui boit du champagne (uncredited)
You Must Be Joking! (1965) – Cecil
Lady L (1965) – Butler
The Ghost Goes Gear (1966) – Vicar
Grand Prix (1966) – Claude (uncredited)
The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) – English Cardinal
The Best House in London (1969) – Mr. Fortnum
Hoverbug (1969) – Mr. Watts
My Lover, My Son (1970) – Judge
Jane Eyre (1970) – Doctor
Zeppelin (1971) – Carlyle (uncredited)
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971) – Kenneth (segment "Wrath")
Blinker's Spy-Spotter (1972) – Professor
Steptoe and Son (1972) – Vicar
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975) – Thumley
Las adolescentes (1975) – Headmaster
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976) – Old Vicar
Hardcore (1977) – Vicar
Full Circle (1977) – Mr. Piggott
The Prisoner of Zenda (1979) – Deacon
Moonraker (1979) – Cavendish
The Missionary (1982) – Fermleigh's Butler
Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) – Arthur, Bruno's butler
Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) – Arthur
Another Country (1984) – Waiter
Ever Decreasing Circles (1987) – Mr. Lazenby
American Friends (1991) – Voe

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

^ Find my past. "Arthur Howard".
^ Find my past. "Arthur Howard".
^ ^a ^b McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111975 – via Google Books.
^ Theatricalia. "Arthur Howard". Retrieved 8 May 2021.
^ Ronald Howard, In Search of My Father: A Portrait of Leslie Howard, St. Martin's Press, New York 1981 ISBN 0-312-41161-8
^ Michael Coveney "Alan Howard obituary" Archived 28 December 2020 at the Wayback Machine, The Guardian, 18 February 2015
^ "Whack-o![09/06/59] (1959)". Archived from the original on 15 December 2018.
^ "Bottoms Up (1960)". Archived from the original on 9 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Arthur Howard". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016.
^ "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. (subscription required)
^ "Overseas by Cemetery - Final Resting Places - Classic Movie Actors and Actresses(p 2) : Classic Movie Hub (CMH)". Classic Movie Hub - CMH.