Ken Howard

Ken Howard

1944-03-28 El Centro, California, USA 56 Credits

Biography

Ken Howard (March 28, 1944 — March 23, 2016) was an American actor, best known for his roles in 1776 and on White Shadow. He was the National President of The Screen Actors Guild from 2009 until his death in 2016.

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Joy

Joy

2015

as Mop Executive

6.5
Acting

A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.

The Wedding Ringer

The Wedding Ringer

2015

as Ed Palmer

6.5
Acting

Doug Harris is a loveable but socially awkward groom-to-be with a problem: he has no best man. With less than two weeks to go until he marries the gi...

The Judge

The Judge

2014

as Judge Warren

7.3
Acting

A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of mur...

Better Living Through Chemistry

Better Living Through Chemistry

2014

as Walter Bishop

5.9
Acting

A straight-laced pharmacist's uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride i...

A.C.O.D.

A.C.O.D.

2013

as Gary

5.5
Acting

A grown man is still caught in the crossfire of his parents' 15 year divorce. He discovers he was unknowingly part of a study on divorced children and...

J. Edgar

J. Edgar

2011

as Harlan Fiske Stone

6.2
Acting

As the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind close...

A Numbers Game

A Numbers Game

2010

as Harold

3.8
Acting

Neil Black is a good looking schmoozer who can sell anything to anyone, literally. The beautiful Catherine (Madison Walls) doesn’t seem to close deals...

The Beacon

The Beacon

2009

as Oficer Ford

4.5
Acting

While trying to get their lives back on track after the loss of their four year old son, Bryn and Paul Shaw move to the charming old Beacon Apartments...

Grey Gardens

Grey Gardens

2009

as Phelan Beale

6.9
Acting

Based on the life stories of the eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jackie Onassis raised as Park Avenue débutantes but who withdrew from New York soc...

2:13

2:13

2009

as Sheriff Sedgewick

5.4
Acting

A police profiler has just returned from psychiatric leave only to find that he is caught up in a serial killer's rampage. Fighting to keep buried the...

Smother

Smother

2008

as Gene Cooper

5.0
Acting

After he's fired from his job, an everyday guy faces pressure from his wife to have a baby and from his mom, who has decided to move in with the young...

Under Still Waters

Under Still Waters

2008

as Conrad

4.0
Acting

A young married couple encounters a stranger who threatens their marriage and their lives.

Rambo

Rambo

2008

as Arthur Marsh

6.7
Acting

In Thailand, ex-Green Beret John James Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn neighboring Myanmar to rescue a group of Christian ...

Michael Clayton

Michael Clayton

2007

as Don Jeffries

6.8
Acting

A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty ...

Spring Thaw

Spring Thaw

2007

as Thane Weston

6.4
Acting

Katelyn 'Kate' Weston, a country girl who became a lawyer and joined an L.A. law firm years ago, specializes in defending minors having committed viol...

Arc

Arc

2006

as Santee

5.6
Acting

Set in the belly of Los Angeles' criminal underworld, Arc is the story of Paris Pritchert, a former police officer turned drug dealer and addict, who ...

In Her Shoes

In Her Shoes

2005

as Michael Feller

6.2
Acting

Irresponsible party girl Maggie is kicked out of her father's and stepmother's home—where she lives for free—and is taken in by her hard-working siste...

Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story

Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story

2005

as William Ford

7.0
Acting

Ben Crane believes that a severely injured racehorse deserves another chance. He and his daughter Cale adopt the mare and save it from being sacrifice...

Double Dare

Double Dare

2004

as Self

6.7
Acting

With being thrown off buildings an occupational hazard, professional stuntwomen Jeannie Epper and Zoë Bell (the alter egos of Wonder Woman and Xena, r...

Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder

Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder

2000

as Alex Hunter

5.6
Acting

About the infamous murder of six year old child beauty pageant contestant JonBenét Ramsey and the hysterical media coverage that made the investigatio...

At First Sight

At First Sight

1999

as Virgil's Father

6.0
Acting

A blind man has an operation to regain his sight at the urging of his girlfriend and must deal with the changes to his life.

A Vow to Cherish

A Vow to Cherish

1999

as John Brighton

6.2
Acting

John and Ellen have a picture-perfect life: while John runs a successful business, Ellen works as a schoolteacher, and they've raised two beautiful ch...

Tactical Assault

Tactical Assault

1998

as General Horace White

4.8
Acting

In this high-flying action thriller, an expert Air Force flyer finds himself forced to use every trick he has ever learned to stop a murderous, insane...

Something Borrowed, Something Blue

Something Borrowed, Something Blue

1997

as Senator John Farrell

Acting

Three about-to-be-newlywed chums are taken to Australia for a photoshoot

Her Hidden Truth

1995

as Jack Devereaux

7.0
Acting

A young Billie Calhoun is accused of killing her mother and sister in a house fire. she is taken to a juvenile detention center. When she reaches 18 s...

The Net

The Net

1995

as Michael Bergstrom

6.0
Acting

Angela Bennett is a freelance computer systems analyst who tracks down software viruses. At night she hooks up to the internet and chats to others 'su...

OP Center

OP Center

1995

as The President

6.3
Acting

Paul Hood is the newly appointed director of the OP Center, a special agency gathering a wide variety of experts monitoring international crisis. On h...

Clear and Present Danger

Clear and Present Danger

1994

as Committee Chairman

6.7
Acting

Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, ...

Moment of Truth: To Walk Again

1994

as Ed Keating

Acting

A marine is paralyzed after being shot during a training exercise, leaving his parents to fight to get him proper medical care.

Ulterior Motives

Ulterior Motives

1993

as Malcolm Carter

4.0
Acting

A private eye becomes the bodyguard of a beautiful reporter being pursued by a Japanese mob.

Mastergate

Mastergate

1992

as Secretary of State Courtleigh Bishop

2.0
Acting

A "play on words" about a fictional political scandal concerning covert arms deals and double-dealing government operatives, satirizing the Watergate ...

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

as Self

7.7
Acting

This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such me...

Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story

Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story

1991

as Bill Smart

5.1
Acting

Pamela Smart knows exactly what she wants and is willing to do anything to get it. She is fed up with teaching, and her marriage offers little excitem...

Oscar

Oscar

1991

as Kirkwood

6.3
Acting

Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite ...

The Man in the Brown Suit

The Man in the Brown Suit

1989

as Gordon Race

5.0
Acting

An American woman gets involved in a diamond theft in South Africa.

Strange Interlude

Strange Interlude

1988

as Sam Evans

5.0
Acting

Adaptation of an experimental play in nine acts by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. Strange Interlude makes extensive use of a soliloquy technique,...

Drug Free Kids: A Parents' Guide

1988

as Self, Host

Acting

Ken Howard hosts a series of role-playing vignettes (featuring some of Hollywood's top stars) to help parents and children deal with typical family si...

Rage of Angels: The Story Continues

Rage of Angels: The Story Continues

1986

as Adam J. Warner

4.8
Acting

Jennifer's life changes when Warner, now Vice President of the United States, decides to see her and her son, Joshua. At the same time, Jennifer is un...

Amazing Masters of Martial Arts

Amazing Masters of Martial Arts

1985

as Self - Host

7.5
Acting

This collection of archive footage from martial arts films offers an array of power-packed kicks, chops, leaps, and other dramatic fighting moves from...

He's Not Your Son

He's Not Your Son

1984

as Michael Saunders

5.6
Acting

Two couples face the possibility that their infant sons, both born on the same day, were inadvertently switched at the hospital, and a chain of revela...

Second Thoughts

Second Thoughts

1983

as John Michael

1.0
Acting

Lawyer Amy finds herself courted by two very different men: her client, a roguish street musician named Will, and her ex John Michael. A curious trian...

Rage of Angels

Rage of Angels

1983

as Adam Warner

7.0
Acting

Based on Sidney Sheldon's novel. A young assistant district attorney is used by a ruthless attorney to get his client off. She is fired and almost dis...

Night of 100 Stars

Night of 100 Stars

1982

as Self

6.7
Acting

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City ...

Victims

Victims

1982

as Joe Buckley

5.3
Acting

A serial rapist gets acquitted of his crimes due to a police mishandling of the investigation. His victims decide to turn the tables on him and begin ...

The Country Girl

The Country Girl

1982

as Bernie Dodd

Acting

Director Bernie Dodd hires alcoholic has-been actor Frank Elgin and strikes up a stormy relationship with the actor's wife Georgia.

Damien: The Leper Priest

1980

as Father Damien

Acting

A dramatization of the life of the 19th-Century priest who devoted himself to service in Hawaii's leper colony.

A Real American Hero

A Real American Hero

1978

as Danny Boy Mitchell

3.0
Acting

When two boys are killed and two girls are blinded for life in a tragic accident, Buford Pusser, the town sheriff, is determined to get revenge. Thoug...

Superdome

Superdome

1978

as Dave Walecki

4.1
Acting

It's the biggest event of the year — the Super Bowl! But the star players for the Cougars, gathered in New Orleans for the big game, are preoccupied w...

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

1977

as Major Asa B. Gandiner - Prosecuting Attorney

2.0
Acting

General Custer is on trial for the deaths of his men at the Battle of Little Bighorn.

Independence

Independence

1976

as Thomas Jefferson

Acting

John Huston directs this film giving relevance and life to the hallowed buildings and ground making up Independence National Historical Park. Through ...

Manhunter

Manhunter

1974

as Dave Barrett

6.5
Acting

Pilot movie for the short-lived TV series set in the 1930's about a World War I ex-marine-turned-bounty-hunter, named Dave Barrett, who goes after two...

1776

1776

1972

as Thomas Jefferson

6.8
Acting

Colonial representatives gather in Philadelphia with the aim of establishing a set of governmental rules for the burgeoning United States. Benjamin Fr...

The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie

The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie

1972

as Virgil

5.0
Acting

A traveling salesman is lured by a precocious teenage girl to her shack in the desert for some sexual escapades. However, a scuzzy biker comes along a...

Such Good Friends

Such Good Friends

1971

as Cal

4.9
Acting

Julie Messinger, a repressed woman, grapples with her hidden passions when a routine hospital visit for her husband, Richard, spirals into chaos. As s...

Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon

Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon

1970

as Arthur

5.4
Acting

The story of three wildly neurotic characters: a facially disfigured girl, a homosexual paraplegic, and an introvert epileptic who, after leaving the ...

Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary

N/A

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

Tracks the evolution of the union between 2008 and 2024, a time that saw a failed strike authorization, a merger and the 2023 work stoppage.