John Howard
Date of birth: 1913-04-14
Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: John Richard Cox Jr., John Cox Jr., John Cox
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.
Movie Credits
The Philadelphia Story
1940-12-05
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriag
Lost Horizon
1937-03-03
British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash-land in the Himalayas, where the
Radar Secret Service
1950-01-28
A federal agent and his partner track uranium-ore hijackers with radar.
The Undying Monster
1942-11-27
A werewolf prowls around at night but only kills certain members of one family. It seems like just a
The Invisible Woman
1940-12-28
Kitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that wil
Experiment Alcatraz
1950-11-21
A doctor testing drugs on convicts gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
Destination Inner Space
1966-05-01
A futuristic underwater sea-lab is having problems with a UFO that's parked between them and a nearb
The Mad Doctor
1940-12-20
A reporter sleuths the mystery behind an oft-married Viennese doctor whose wives met mysterious fate
Psycho Sisters
1974-12-25
After her husband dies, a woman begins to have a nervous breakdown and is consoled by her younger si
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949-09-15
John Breen (John Wayne), a Kentucky militiaman falls in love with French exile Fleurette De Marchand
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
1938-11-25
The invention of a machine that can cause remote explosions brings the attention of Scotland Yard an
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
1937-09-24
Drummond's girlfriend is kidnapped by his enemies and he along with his friend Nielsen, an inspector
I, Jane Doe
1948-05-25
While stationed in France during World War II, an American fighter pilot marries a French girl but l
The High and the Mighty
1954-07-03
Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit as
Love from a Stranger
1947-11-15
Cecily Harrington, struggling along on a small allowance, wins a fortune in a lottery. She decides t
Father Takes a Wife
1941-10-03
A famous actress has to win over her ready-made family when she weds a shipping magnate.
Make Haste to Live
1954-03-25
A single mother in New Mexico senses her own death in the hands of a mysterious stalker.
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
1939-03-29
Captain Drummond and his girlfriend want to marry but a hidden treasure in the house in which they w
Three Girls About Town
1941-10-23
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next doo
Submarine Raider
1942-06-04
On December 6, 1941, Captain Yamanada of the Japanese aircraft carrier "Hiranamu", orders full steam
Bulldog Drummond's Bride
1939-07-12
Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond is on the precipice of matrimony to his beloved Phyllis -- but a bank robber
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
1937-12-16
Captain Drummond is travelling to Switzerland to marry his girlfriend. However, when a cargo contain
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
1938-08-05
Drummond has to leave for Morocco on his wedding day with his fiancee and trusted friends to rescue
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1937-10-02
A series of vignettes with a loose plot. Featured are Frank Morgan, Groucho Marx, Frank McHugh, Robe
The Unknown Terror
1957-08-12
A woman leads an expedition into a remote jungle to find her long-lost brother, but instead finds a
Models Inc.
1952-05-19
The wealthy owner of a modeling agency keeps a new student in the high life, unaware that she and a
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938-03-18
Drummond's wedding with Phyllis is interrupted when the inspector guarding their gifts is killed. He
Green Hell
1940-01-26
A group of adventurers head deep into South American jungle in search of an ancient Incan treasure.
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942-02-02
The host of a whodunit radio show finds himself involved in his own mystery when he awakens to find
The Man from Dakota
1940-02-16
A frontier scout, a Boston officer and a Russian girl escape with a map past Confederates.
Isle of Missing Men
1942-09-18
A young woman receives an invitation from the Governor of an island prison to spend a week with him.
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 5
1942-01-01
Fifth film in the Hedda Hopper documentary series.
The Destructors
1968-05-03
Foreign agents are after a substance called "laser rubies" that can power a killer laser beam. Gover
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940-12-13
With thousands of cattle being rustled from White Sage ranch the 1930's Texas Rangers are called in.
Car 99
1935-03-02
A story of the Michigan State Police and the strong sense of loyalty and duty it instills in its men
13 Hours by Air
1936-04-30
Womanizer and airline pilot Jack Gordon must fly the world's fastest airliner from New York to Calif
What a Life
1939-10-05
Jackie Cooper stars in this first film in the wholesome "Henry Aldrich" series of teen comedies.
Touchdown, Army
1938-08-04
Prep football star Jimmy Howal gets a reception far different from what he expected when he enters W
Buck and the Preacher
1972-03-17
A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.
Prison Farm
1938-06-17
Shirley Ross plays an innocent young girl convicted for complicity in a crime committed by her boy f
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936-10-06
Carrie Snyder is a prostitute, who is forced out of the fictional southern town of Crebillon, after
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942-02-05
An accused killer is granted a reprieve when his victim returns to town in the flesh after an eight-
Grand Jury Secrets
1939-06-23
A newspaper reporter gets involved with shady stock promoters when he listens in on a jury room sess
Hold 'Em Navy
1937-11-04
Two football players fight over the same girl.
Disputed Passage
1939-10-25
A doctor's medical studies are threatened by his infatuation with a Chinese girl. The girl returns t
Annapolis Farewell
1935-08-23
Commodore Fitzhugh, an old retired naval officer, lives at the Annapolis Naval Academy and, unhappy
Soak the Rich
1936-01-17
Tycoon Humphrey Craig is fearful that a "soak the rich" bill will pass in the United States Senate.
Millions in the Air
1935-12-12
The daughter of a radio-program sponsor wants to get on the air too, but her father doesn't allow it
Tight Shoes
1941-06-13
A crook with big feet buys shoes that are too tight from a salesman, then decides to use the store a
Let Them Live
1937-04-25
A young man goes up against a crooked town boss.
Easy to Take
1936-11-06
To boost the ratings of a kiddie show, the host agrees to take guardianship of of a bratty boy who h
Moochie of Pop Warner Football
1960-11-20
Moochie joins a Pop Warner Football team, but has troubles with the mayor’s son. When the two make a
Hitting a New High
1937-12-24
A Paris cabaret singer dreams of becoming a Metropolitan Opera singer. A press agent arranges her M
Mountain Music
1937-06-18
Mary Beamish, a folksy Ozark girl, yearns for the glitter of show business and for a man. She knows
Border Flight
1936-05-29
Frances Farmer's second film is a typical B-programmer from the Paramount lot of 1936--up and coming
My Boys Are Good Boys
1978-01-01
Teenagers at a correctional facility devise a plan to rob an armored van.
Penitentiary
1938-02-05
The story of a D.A. who becomes a prison warden and winds up overseeing the sentence of a man he pro
Twilight Hour
1945-02-12