John Howard

John Howard

1913-04-14 Cleveland, Ohio, USA 58 Credits

Biography

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.

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My Boys Are Good Boys

My Boys Are Good Boys

1978

as Grocery Store Owner

7.2
Acting

Teenagers at a correctional facility devise a plan to rob an armored van.

Psycho Sisters

Psycho Sisters

1974

as Dr. Thomas

Acting

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 b...

Buck and the Preacher

Buck and the Preacher

1972

as George

6.2
Acting

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

The Destructors

The Destructors

1968

as Ernest Bushnell

5.2
Acting

Foreign agents are after a substance called "laser rubies" that can power a killer laser beam. Government agents are dispatched to protect the rubies ...

Destination Inner Space

Destination Inner Space

1966

as Dr. James

5.0
Acting

A futuristic underwater sea-lab is having problems with a UFO that's parked between them and a nearby deep ocean trench. As they investigate, they att...

Moochie of Pop Warner Football

Moochie of Pop Warner Football

1960

as Mayor Wood

6.5
Acting

Moochie joins a Pop Warner Football team, but has troubles with the mayor’s son. When the two make amends, they help the team win and go to the Disney...

The Unknown Terror

The Unknown Terror

1957

as Dan Matthews

5.1
Acting

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 tha...

The High and the Mighty

The High and the Mighty

1954

as Howard Rice

5.9
Acting

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-t...

Make Haste to Live

Make Haste to Live

1954

as Josh Blake

5.8
Acting

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

Models Inc.

Models Inc.

1952

as John Stafford

5.0
Acting

The wealthy owner of a modeling agency keeps a new student in the high life, unaware that she and a recently released convict share a criminal and per...

Experiment Alcatraz

Experiment Alcatraz

1950

as Dr. Ross Williams

6.5
Acting

A doctor testing drugs on convicts gets mixed up in a murder investigation.

Radar Secret Service

Radar Secret Service

1950

as Bill Travis

3.1
Acting

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

The Fighting Kentuckian

The Fighting Kentuckian

1949

as Blake Randolph

5.9
Acting

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 ...

I, Jane Doe

I, Jane Doe

1948

as William Hilton

6.1
Acting

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 F...

Love from a Stranger

Love from a Stranger

1947

as Nigel Lawrence

5.7
Acting

Cecily Harrington, struggling along on a small allowance, wins a fortune in a lottery. She decides to travel rather than marrying her fiance Nigel Law...

Twilight Hour

Twilight Hour

1945

as William Rolands

Acting
The Undying Monster

The Undying Monster

1942

as Oliver Hammond

5.7
Acting

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...

Isle of Missing Men

Isle of Missing Men

1942

as Merrill Hammond

6.2
Acting

A young woman receives an invitation from the Governor of an island prison to spend a week with him. She does so, but conceals the fact that her husba...

Submarine Raider

Submarine Raider

1942

as Commander Chris Warren

5.0
Acting

On December 6, 1941, Captain Yamanada of the Japanese aircraft carrier "Hiranamu", orders full steam ahead for Pearl Harbor. His ship encounters and s...

The Man Who Returned to Life

The Man Who Returned to Life

1942

as David Hampton Jameson

6.0
Acting

An accused killer is granted a reprieve when his victim returns to town in the flesh after an eight-year absence.

A Tragedy at Midnight

A Tragedy at Midnight

1942

as Greg Sherman

4.0
Acting

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.

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 5

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 5

1942

as Self

Acting

Fifth film in the Hedda Hopper documentary series.

Three Girls About Town

Three Girls About Town

1941

as Tommy Hopkins

5.3
Acting

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 ...

Father Takes a Wife

Father Takes a Wife

1941

as Frederic Osborne Junior

6.1
Acting

A famous actress has to win over her ready-made family when she weds a shipping magnate.

Tight Shoes

Tight Shoes

1941

as Jimmy Rupert

Acting

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.

The Invisible Woman

The Invisible Woman

1940

as Richard Russell

5.7
Acting

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 invis...

The Mad Doctor

The Mad Doctor

1940

as Gil Sawyer

6.0
Acting

A reporter sleuths the mystery behind an oft-married Viennese doctor whose wives met mysterious fates.

The Texas Rangers Ride Again

The Texas Rangers Ride Again

1940

as Jim Kingston aka Pecos Kid

5.5
Acting

With thousands of cattle being rustled from White Sage ranch the 1930's Texas Rangers are called in. They manage to get one of their agents into the g...

The Philadelphia Story

The Philadelphia Story

1940

as George Kittredge

7.6
Acting

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 Man from Dakota

The Man from Dakota

1940

as Oliver Clark

5.3
Acting

A frontier scout, a Boston officer and a Russian girl escape with a map past Confederates.

Green Hell

Green Hell

1940

as Hal Scott

4.0
Acting

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

Disputed Passage

Disputed Passage

1939

as John Wesley Beaven

5.5
Acting

A doctor's medical studies are threatened by his infatuation with a Chinese girl. The girl returns to China, but complications ensue when she runs int...

What a Life

What a Life

1939

as Mr. Nelson

Acting

Jackie Cooper stars in this first film in the wholesome "Henry Aldrich" series of teen comedies.

Bulldog Drummond's Bride

Bulldog Drummond's Bride

1939

as Capt. Hugh C. Drummond

6.3
Acting

Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond is on the precipice of matrimony to his beloved Phyllis -- but a bank robbery and a daring escape is going to get in their way...

Grand Jury Secrets

Grand Jury Secrets

1939

as John Keefe

Acting

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

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

1939

as Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond

6.1
Acting

Captain Drummond and his girlfriend want to marry but a hidden treasure in the house in which they want to celebrate their marriage is complicating th...

Arrest Bulldog Drummond

Arrest Bulldog Drummond

1938

as Captain Hugh C. Drummond

6.6
Acting

The invention of a machine that can cause remote explosions brings the attention of Scotland Yard and Bulldog Drummond.

Bulldog Drummond in Africa

Bulldog Drummond in Africa

1938

as Captain Hugh Chesterton 'Bulldog' Drummond

5.5
Acting

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 internat...

Touchdown, Army

1938

as Cadet Brandon Culpepper

Acting

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

Prison Farm

Prison Farm

1938

as Dr. Roi Conrad

5.7
Acting

Shirley Ross plays an innocent young girl convicted for complicity in a crime committed by her boy friend (Lloyd Nolan). The male crook is sentence to...

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

1938

as Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond

5.7
Acting

Drummond's wedding with Phyllis is interrupted when the inspector guarding their gifts is killed. He tries to trace the killers and uncovers the myste...

Penitentiary

Penitentiary

1938

as William Jordan

Acting

The story of a D.A. who becomes a prison warden and winds up overseeing the sentence of a man he prosecuted.

Hitting a New High

Hitting a New High

1937

as Jimmy James

5.2
Acting

A Paris cabaret singer dreams of becoming a Metropolitan Opera singer. A press agent arranges her Manhattan debut by way of Africa.

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge

1937

as Capt. Hugh Chesterton 'Bulldog' Drummond

5.8
Acting

Captain Drummond is travelling to Switzerland to marry his girlfriend. However, when a cargo containing dangerous explosives goes missing from its pla...

Hold 'Em Navy

Hold 'Em Navy

1937

as Chuck Baldwin

3.0
Acting

Two football players fight over the same girl.

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

1937

as John Howard

3.8
Acting

A series of vignettes with a loose plot. Featured are Frank Morgan, Groucho Marx, Frank McHugh, Robert Benchley and The Brian Sisters. Not bad, more i...

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

1937

as Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond

6.1
Acting

Drummond's girlfriend is kidnapped by his enemies and he along with his friend Nielsen, an inspector from Scotland Yard, follow the trail and try to r...

Mountain Music

Mountain Music

1937

as Ardinger Burnside

6.5
Acting

Mary Beamish, a folksy Ozark girl, yearns for the glitter of show business and for a man. She knows she is anything but gorgeous, but figures her enth...

Let Them Live

Let Them Live

1937

as Dr. Paul Martin

Acting

A young man goes up against a crooked town boss.

Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon

1937

as George Conway

7.0
Acting

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, id...

Easy to Take

Easy to Take

1936

as Rodney Garfield

Acting

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.

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

1936

as Paul Darnley

6.4
Acting

Carrie Snyder is a prostitute, who is forced out of the fictional southern town of Crebillon, after forming a friendship with a young boy named Paul, ...

Border Flight

Border Flight

1936

as Lt. Dan Conlon

6.0
Acting

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 Wither...

13 Hours by Air

13 Hours by Air

1936

as Freddie Scott

4.3
Acting

Womanizer and airline pilot Jack Gordon must fly the world's fastest airliner from New York to California while dealing with dangerous jewel thieves o...

Soak the Rich

Soak the Rich

1936

as Kenneth 'Buzz' Jones

Acting

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

Millions in the Air

1935

as Eddie Warren

Acting

The daughter of a radio-program sponsor wants to get on the air too, but her father doesn't allow it, so she enters an amateur contest on his radio pr...

Annapolis Farewell

Annapolis Farewell

1935

as Duncan Haley

Acting

Commodore Fitzhugh, an old retired naval officer, lives at the Annapolis Naval Academy and, unhappy with the "modern" navy, likes to talk about his da...

Car 99

Car 99

1935

as Trooper Carney

5.0
Acting

A story of the Michigan State Police and the strong sense of loyalty and duty it instills in its men. It follows the career of a newly-inducted rookie...