Kenneth Howell

Kenneth Howell

1913-02-21 Los Angeles, California, USA 43 Credits

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In Old Amarillo

In Old Amarillo

1951

as Phil Hills

6.0
Acting

A drought is about to end the cattle business. The owner of a canning factory wants to buy all the remaining cattle cheap. He plans to ruin the cattle...

Sweater Girl

Sweater Girl

1942

as Miles Tucker

4.0
Acting

College students attempt to solve a series of murders on campus while also trying to put together the school's big show.

Scattergood Rides High

Scattergood Rides High

1942

as Phillip Dane

Acting

When Martin Knox, a friend of Scattergood's who owns a horse-breeding farm, is killed in a harness race Scattergood tells Martin's son Dan that he wil...

Girls' Town

Girls' Town

1942

as Kenny Lane

Acting

A West Coast version of "Stage Door", set at a Hollywood boarding house for young women hoping for movie careers.

Ball of Fire

Ball of Fire

1941

as College Boy

7.4
Acting

A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is...

Henry Aldrich for President

Henry Aldrich for President

1941

as Irwin Barrett

4.0
Acting

Henry Aldrich finds himself in a heated election for high-school class president.

Hurry, Charlie, Hurry

Hurry, Charlie, Hurry

1941

as Jerry Grant

4.5
Acting

In this comedy, the marital conflicts between a meek banker and his nagging wife are chronicled.

Her First Beau

Her First Beau

1941

as Roger Van Vleck

5.0
Acting

15-year-old Penelope (Penny) Wood has two great interests - Chuck Harris and the hope that some day she might become a famous,great writer. Chuck also...

Nice Girl?

Nice Girl?

1941

5.3
Acting

Jane is a nice girl and has had her eyes on a young man who seems more interested in his hand-built car than in Jane. She decides to shed her "nice gi...

Pride of the Bowery

Pride of the Bowery

1940

as Allen

6.1
Acting

Muggs is tricked into entering a Civilian Conservation Corps camp by Danny in order to get in shape. Muggs resists and battles with the camp captain a...

Junior G-Men

Junior G-Men

1940

as Harry Trent

6.1
Acting

A gang of urban street kids and a club of suburban would-be federal agents, at first rivals, join forces to rescue the father of one of the kids, the ...

Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.

Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.

1940

as Harry Trent

Acting

The Dead End Kids smash a spy ring in this feature-length version of the Universal serial Junior G-Men. Billy, the leader of the Dead End Kids, learns...

On Their Own

On Their Own

1940

as Jack Jones

Acting

The Jones family (without father) head for California to open a bungalow court. To increase business they advertise for families with children and pet...

Young as You Feel

Young as You Feel

1940

as Jack Jones

Acting

Father sells his drugstore and the Jones family heads for New York to enjoy sophisticated city life. They lose all their money before deciding to go b...

Too Busy to Work

Too Busy to Work

1939

as Jack Jones

Acting

The Jones family females decide to teach Father a lesson. He's neglecting the family business to run for mayor, so they decide to neglect their househ...

Quick Millions

Quick Millions

1939

as Jack Jones (as Ken Howell)

7.5
Acting

In Hollywood the Jones family runs into crooks who convince them they have inherited a gold mine at the Grand Canyon.

The Jones Family in Hollywood

The Jones Family in Hollywood

1939

as Jack Jones

Acting

Father goes to an American Legion convention in Hollywood and the family goes along, visiting a studio a causing havoc on the set.

Everybody's Baby

Everybody's Baby

1939

as Jack Jones

Acting

The Jones family encounters new theories of childrearing when an author arrives in town to lecture on the topic.

The Wrong Way Out

The Wrong Way Out

1938

as Windy Brown

5.9
Acting

Two young people get married and run away, even though their parents advise them to build up their savings first. After they get settled they can bare...

Down on the Farm

Down on the Farm

1938

as Jack Jones

Acting

Excitement runs high when a family's farm is chosen as the site for a big cornhusking contest.

Girls' School

Girls' School

1938

as Edgar Brown

6.0
Acting

Wealthy high school girls are sent to a boarding school to learn proper etiquette. Linda Simpson stays out all night. She tells her roommate, Betty Fl...

Safety in Numbers

Safety in Numbers

1938

as Jack Jones

Acting

The Jones family patriarch, also mayor, is swindled into thinking the town swamp is a rich mineral deposit.

A Trip to Paris

A Trip to Paris

1938

as Jack Jones

1.0
Acting

The Jones Family heads to Gay Paree in celebration of the 25th wedding anniversary of Pa and Ma Jones. It doesn't take long for the Joneses to be vict...

Love on a Budget

Love on a Budget

1938

as Jack Jones

Acting

This late entry in the popular "The Jones Family" series of '30s comedies has the family contending with a troublesome (and possibly crooked) uncle wh...

Borrowing Trouble

Borrowing Trouble

1937

as Jack Jones

6.0
Acting

The Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken a liking to.

Hot Water

Hot Water

1937

as Jack Jones

5.0
Acting

The Jones family is in an uproar when Dad's campaign for mayor appears sabotaged by an anonymous newspaper article.

Big Business

Big Business

1937

as Jack Jones

5.0
Acting

A small town drugstore owner (Jed Prouty) hopes to strike it rich by investing his savings in an oil well. Comedy.

Off to the Races

Off to the Races

1937

as Jack Jones

Acting

The Jones family's uncle George enters his trotting horse in the fair grounds race. The family helps raise the entrance fee and care for the horse.

Four Days Wonder

1936

as Tom Fenton

Acting

Jeanne Dante stars as precocious 13-year-old Judy Widdell, a devoted fan of dime-novel detective stories. When a real murder occurs in the vicinity, J...

Back to Nature

Back to Nature

1936

as Jack Jones

Acting

The Jones family goes to a convention traveling in a trailer. The oldest daughter gets involved with a convict, the oldest son has a love affair, and ...

Educating Father

Educating Father

1936

as Jack Jones

Acting

Jones family romp with father trying to convince son to follow him as a druggist, rather than becoming a pilot, until the son's piloting skills come i...

Melody in May

1936

as Chuck

Acting

Ruth Etting is looking to get away from the glare of publicity for a few days so she heads to the countryside and takes a room in a small boardinghous...

Every Saturday Night

Every Saturday Night

1936

as Jack Evers

Acting

First of the Jones family movies with kids who ignore father and get consolation from mother through a series of family episodes.

The Little Red Schoolhouse

The Little Red Schoolhouse

1936

as Schuyler Tree

5.5
Acting

Upset by discipline at school, a 17-year-old runs away to New York City and learns there are worse problems than going to his little red school house.

Flicker Fever

1935

as Sidney Roth

Acting

A family of out-of-work vaudeville performers are finding hard times in the east, so after hearing about the success of a fellow player in Hollywood, ...

Old Man Rhythm

Old Man Rhythm

1935

as College Boy

6.3
Acting

Romantic rivalries between father and son enrolled at the same college.

She Had to Choose

She Had to Choose

1934

as Announcer

5.0
Acting

A young actress hits Hollywood determined to be a movie star and runs into a lot of roadblocks along the way.

I Give My Love

I Give My Love

1934

as Frank Howard

6.0
Acting

After accidentally killing her no-good husband, Judy makes her true love promise not to tell her small son about his imprisoned mother. She is release...

Pardon My Pups

Pardon My Pups

1934

as Harry Vanderpool

5.6
Acting

Mary Lou is excited because today is her older brother Sonny's birthday. Sonny wants a motorcycle, but his father has decided to buy him a dog instead...

What's to Do?

What's to Do?

1933

as Harry Vanderpool

5.5
Acting

Sonny Rogers has just gotten elected class president, he's a star baseball player, and has a cute girlfriend. But, thanks to the conniving of his riva...

Saturday's Millions

Saturday's Millions

1933

as Student

5.0
Acting

Jim Fowler is Western University's football hero and is constantly besieged by reporters. Jim's father Ezra comes to visit him and becomes reacquainte...

The Eagle and the Hawk

The Eagle and the Hawk

1933

as Lt. John Stevens

6.6
Acting

The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers in their struggle to survive while fighting the enem...

The Iron Master

The Iron Master

1933

as Dance Extra

Acting

The wealthy owner of an iron foundry dies, and his greedy heirs are outraged when they find out that he left his entire estate not to them but to the ...