Ronald Howard

Acting

Ronald Howard

Born April 7, 1918 · Norwood, London, England, UK

Died December 19, 1996 · aged 78

Ronald Howard was an English actor and writer who starred in a number of British B movies in the forties and fifties, before moving into television, most notably in the 1954 version of Sherlock Holmes. He was the son of actor Leslie Howard.

Known For

Murder She SaidMurder She Said · 1961
Murder She Said
7.31961
MovieComedyCrime
Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.
Come SeptemberCome September · 1961
Come September
6.81961
MovieComedyRomance
Robert Talbot, an American millionaire, arrives early for his annual vacation at his luxurious Italian villa. His long-time girlfriend Lisa has given up waiting for him and has decided to marry another man. Meanwhile, his sneaky business associate Maurice secretly misappropriates the villa as a hotel while Talbot is away. The current guests of the "hotel" are a group of young American girls.
The Hunting PartyThe Hunting Party · 1971
The Hunting Party
6.21971
MovieWestern
A ruthless rancher, and his gang, use extremely long range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped his wife.
NightbeatNightbeat · 1947
Nightbeat
5.71947
MovieDrama
After the war is over, two army pals take opposite paths in civvy street. One becomes a petty criminal, the other becomes a policeman.
Weekend at DunkirkWeekend at Dunkirk · 1964
Weekend at Dunkirk
6.91964
MovieDramaWar
In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions.
Flesh and BloodFlesh and Blood · 1951
Flesh and Blood
7.01951
MovieDrama
Based upon the play A Sleeping Clergyman by James Bridie, it tells the story of three generations of the Scottish Cameron family, with its various conflicts and romances.
Gideon's DayGideon's Day · 1958
Gideon's Day
6.41958
MovieCrimeDrama
Scotland Yard Inspector George Gideon starts his day off on the wrong foot when he gets a traffic-violation ticket from a young police officer. From there, his 'typical day" consists in learning that one of his most-trusted detectives has accepted bribes; hunts an escaped maniac who has murdered a girl; tracks a young girl suspected of involvement in a payroll robbery and then helps break up a bank robbery.
"Pimpernel" Smith"Pimpernel" Smith · 1941
"Pimpernel" Smith
7.11941
MovieAdventureDrama
Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.

Filmography

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Sunday Night TheatreSunday Night Theatre · 1950
Sunday Night Theatre
3.51950
SeriesDrama
Sunday Night Theatre was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by BBC Television from early 1950 until 1959. The productions for the first five years or so of the run were re-staged live the following Thursday, partly because of technical limitations in this era, and the theatrical basis of early television drama. Some of the earliest collaborations between Rudolph Cartier and Nigel Neale were produced for this series, including Arrow to the Heart and Nineteen Eighty-Four. The Sunday night drama slot was subsequently renamed The Sunday-Night Play which ran for four seasons between 1960 and 1963. ITV transmitted its own unrelated run of Sunday Night Theatre between 1971 and 1974.

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