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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Bette Henritze to Clint Howard
Alan Howard Biography (1937-)
Full name, Alan Mackenzie Howard; born August 5, 1937, in London, England; son of Arthur John (an actor) and Jean Compton (an actress; maiden name, Mackenzie) Howard; nephew of Leslie Howard (an actor); married Stephanie Hinchcliffe Davies, 1965 (divorced, 1976); married Sally Beauman, 1976; children: (second marriage) James. Addresses: Agent: Julian BelFrage Associates, 46 Albemarie St., London W1X 4PP, England.
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor
- Birth Details
- August 5, 1937
- London, United Kingdom
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Appearances
- (Stage debut) Footman, Half in Earnest, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, England, 1958
- Lomax, Major Barbara, Belgrade Theatre, 1958
- Frankie Bryant, Roots, Belgrade Theatre, then (London debut) RoyalCourt Theatre, later Duke of York's Theatre, London, all 1959
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Reluctant Heroes, Belgrade Theatre, 1959
- Dave Simmonds, I'm Talking about Jerusalem, Belgrade Theatre, thenas first removal man, Royal Court Theatre, both 1960
- Monty Blatt, Chicken Soup with Barley, Royal Court Theatre, 1960
- Kenny Baird, A Loss of Roses, Pembroke Theatre, Croydon, England,1961
- De Piraquo, The Changeling, Royal Court Theatre, 1961
- Duke of Ferrara, The Chances, Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester, England, 1962
- Nearchus, The Broken Heart, Chichester Festival Theatre, 1962
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A Gift of Time, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1962
- Loveless, Virtue in Danger, Mermaid Theatre, then Strand Theatre,both London, 1963
- Fotheringham, Afternoon Men, Arts Theatre, London, 1963
- Simon, A Heritage and Its History, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1965
- Angelo, Measure for Measure, Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham, England, 1965
- Bolingbroke, Richard II, Nottingham Playhouse, 1965
- Orsino, Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1966
- Burgundy, Henry V, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1966
- Lussurioso, The Revenger's Tragedy, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1966
- Young Fashion, The Relapse, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1967
- Jaques, As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1967, then Los Angeles, 1968
- Edgar, King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, then Aldwych Theatre, 1968
- Achilles, Troilus and Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, then Aldwych Theatre, 1968
- Benedick, Much Ado about Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company, RoyalShakespeare Theatre, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1968, later Los Angeles, 1969
- Bartholomew Cokes, Bartholomew Fair, Royal Shakespeare Company, Other Place Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1969
- Lussurioso, The Revenger's Tragedy, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, then Aldwych Theatre, both 1969
- Title role, Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1970
- Ceres, The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1970
- Mephistophilis, Doctor Faustus, Other Place Theatre, 1970
- Theseus and Oberon, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1970, then Aldwych Theatre, later Billy Rose Theatre, both 1971
- Nikolai, Enemies, Aldwych Theatre, 1971
- Dorimant, The Man of Mode, Aldwych Theatre, 1971
- The envoy, The Balcony, Aldwych Theatre, 1971
- Cyril Jackson, Black and White Minstrels, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1972, then Hampstead Theatre Club, London, 1974
- Erich von Stroheim, The Ride across Lake Constance, Hampstead Theatre Club, then May Fair Theatre, London, both 1973
- Carlos II, The Bewitched, Aldwych Theatre, 1974
- Prince Hal, Henry IV, Parts I and II, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1975, then Aldwych Theatre, 1976
- Title role, Henry V, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1975, then AldwychTheatre and Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, both 1976, later RoyalShakespeare Theatre, 1977, and Aldwych Theatre, 1978
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Comus, Tyneside Theatre Company, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, 1976
- Jack Rover, Wild Oats, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre,then Piccadilly Theatre, London, both 1976
- Title role, Henry VI, Parts I, II, and III, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1977, then Aldwych Theatre, 1978
- Title role, Coriolanus, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1977, then Aldwych Theatre, 1978
- Mark Antony, Antony and Cleopatra, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1978, then Aldwych Theatre, 1979
- Chepurnoy, Children of the Sun, Aldwych Theatre, 1979
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George and the Dragon, Other Place Theatre, 1980
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The Swan Down Gloves, Other Place Theatre, 1980
- Title role, Richard II, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1980, then Aldwych Theatre, 1981
- Title role, Richard III, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1980, then Aldwych Theatre, 1981
- Naschastlivtsev, The Forest, Other Place Theatre, then Warehouse Theatre, London, both 1981
- John Halder, Good, Warehouse Theatre, 1981, then Booth Theatre, New York City, 1982-1983
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The Hollow Crown, Fortune Theatre, London, 1982
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Pleasure and Repentance, Fortune Theatre, 1982
- Nikolai Pesiakoff, Breaking the Silence, Mermaid Theatre, 1985
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The Silver King, Chichester Festival Theatre, 1990
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Scenes from a Marriage, Chichester Festival Theatre, then Wyndham's Theatre, London, both 1990
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Kings, Royal National Theatre, London, 1991
- Henry Higgins, Pygmalion, Royal National Theatre, 1992
- Title role, Macbeth, Royal National Theatre, 1993
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Les parents terribiles, Royal National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre,London, 1994
- "Oedipus at Colonus" and "Oedipus Tyrranos," in The Oedipus Plays,Royal National Theatre, Olivier Theatre, London, 1996
- Vladimir, Waiting for Godot, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1997
- The man, The Play about the Baby, Almeida Theatre, London, 1998
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Major Tours
- Bassanio, The Merchant of Venice, South American and European cities, 1964
- Lysander, A Midsummer Night's Dream, South American and European cities, 1964
- Theseus and Oberon, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company, European, U.S., Japanese, and Australian cities, 1972
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Henry V, RSC, international cities, 1976
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Film Appearances
- (Film debut) Frank, Victim, Pathe, 1961
- (Uncredited) Second reporter, The V.I.P.s (also known as International Hotel), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1963
- Luke, Ladybug, Ladybug, 1963
- Port ensign, The Americanization of Emily (also known as Emily), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1964
- Oli, The Heroes of Telemark, Rank/Columbia, 1965
- Reverend Mort, Work Is a Four-Letter Word, Universal, 1968
- Simon Rutledge, Oxford Blues, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists,1984
- Oliver Cromwell, The Return of the Musketeers (also known as Elregreso de los mosqueteros), Universal, 1989
- Mr. Cooper, Strapless, Miramax, 1989
- Michael, the lover, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (also known as Le cuisinier, le voleur, sa femme, et son amant), Miramax, 1989
- Alan Brandon, Dakota Road, 1991
- Govenor (sic), DaVinci's War, Baby Dica Productions, 1993
- Tom French, The Secret Rapture, Castle Hill Productions, 1993
- Voice of the ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Warner Bros./New Line Cinema, 2001
- Also appeared in the film War and Peace.
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Cragoe, Cover, London Weekend Television (England), 1981
- Clement Scott, Poppyland, 1984
- Sam McCready, a recurring role, Frederick Forsyth Presents, USA Network, between 1989-1990
- Appeared in the series Talk to Me.
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Miniseries
- Prosper Merimee, Notorious Woman, BBC (England), then broadcast asepisodes of Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1975
- Himself, Playing Shakespeare, BBC, 1984
- Jack Brotherhood, A Perfect Spy (also known as John Le Carre'sA Perfect Spy), 1988
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Episodic
- Duke of Holderness, "The Priory School," The Return of Sherlock Holmes, broadcast as episodes of Mystery!, PBS, 1987
- Hugo Cornworthy, "The Dream," Poirot (also known as Agatha Christie's Poirot), broadcast as part of Mystery!, PBS, 1990
- Mr. Hahn, "Headcase," Anna Lee, Arts and Entertainment, 1993
- Owen August, Midsomer Murders, Arts and Entertainment, 2001
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Movies
- Purvis, The Dog It Was That Died, 1985
- Maurice Wilkins, The Double Helix (also known as Life Storyand The Race for the Double Helix), Arts and Entertainment, 1987
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Specials
- Caius Marcus/Caius Marcus Coriolanus, The Tragedy of Coriolanus (also known as BBC Television Shakespeare: The Tragedy of Coriolanus andCoriolanus), BBC (England), 1984
- Narrator, Fuhrer: Seduction of a Nation, PBS, 1991
- Mr. Spenlow, David Copperfield, PBS, 2000
- Appeared as King Alfred in the play Churchill's People, BBC; as Mirabell in the play The Way of the World; also appeared in the plays Comets among the Stars,
The Holy Experiment, BBC, Philoctetes, and Royal Flash.
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Other
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Hang Ups, 1983
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The Strong Are Lonely, 1984
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Evensong, 1986
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Kimberley Carlisle, 1987
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Hercule Poirot's Casebook, 1988
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Radio Appearances
- Soames, Forsyth Chronicles (miniseries), 1990-1991
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RECORDINGS
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Videos
- Reader, The Master Poets Collection, four volumes, Monterey MovieCo., 1998
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Books
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International Dictionary of Theatre, Volume 3: Actors, Directors, and Designers, St. James Press, 1996
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