Howard St. John
American actor (1905-1974) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 68
Howard St. John was a Chicago-born character actor who specialized in unsympathetic roles. His work spanned Broadway, film and television.
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Don't Drink the WaterFilm, Ambassador Magee1967
BanningFilm, J. Pallister Young1965
HankSeries, Dr. Lewis Royal
Quick, Before It MeltsFilm, 1965Harvey T. Sweigert1964Profiles in CourageSeries, Hinrichsen
Fate Is the HunterFilm, 1964Mark Hutchins1962
LafayetteFilm, George Washington1961
The DefendersSeries, James Stanhope
Cry for HappyFilm, 1961Vice Adm. Junius B. Bennett1960
The IslandersSeries, John Marston1959
Forty-Five Minutes from BroadwayFilm, James Blake1958
The Gift of the MagiFilm, Mr. Spiegel1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSeries
World in My CornerFilm, 1956Harry Cram1955
I Died a Thousand TimesFilm, Doc Banton1954Summer PlayhouseSeries1952
Cavalcade of AmericaSeries, Benjamin Franklin
Stop, You're Killing MeFilm, 1952Commissioner Mahoney1951
Goodyear Television PlayhouseSeries
Close to My HeartFilm, 1951E. O. "Frosty" Frost1950
Lux Video TheatreSeries, Judge Ogden
711 Ocean DriveFilm, 1950Lieutenant Pete Wright1949
ShockproofFilm, Sam Brooks1948
Studio OneSeries, Mr. Steen1905Born9 October 1905Known for
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Strangers on a Train 1951
One, Two, Three 1961
Born Yesterday 1950
Lover Come Back 1961
The Men 1950
People around Howard
Roy Del Ruth Directed Starlift and Stop, You're Killing Me
Aaron Rosenberg Produced Fate is the Hunter (1964)
Glenn Ford Also in Fate is the Hunter and Cry for Happy
Delbert Mann Directed Lover Come Back (1961)Liselotte Pulver Also in La Fayette and One, Two, Three
Jean Dréville Produced La Fayette (1961)
Melvin Frank Produced Strange Bedfellows (1965)
Virginia Gibson Also in Starlift and Goodbye, My Fancy
Leslie H. Martinson Directed Hank
George Duning Wrote Shockproof and The Undercover Man- Norman Panama Produced Strange Bedfellows (1965)
S. Sylvan Simon Produced Shockproof (1950)
Charles Meredith Also in Strangers on a Train (1951)- Phil Arnold Also in Lover Come Back (1961)
Larry J. Blake Also in Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
Alfred Hitchcock Produced Strangers on a Train (1952)
Joan Crawford Also in Strait-Jacket and Goodbye, My Fancy
Doris Day Also in Starlift and Lover Come Back
Billy Wilder Produced One, Two, Three (1961)
Rock Hudson Also in Strange Bedfellows and Lover Come Back
Alberto Lattuada Directed Matchless (1967)
Bernard Fox Also in Quick, Before It Melts (1965)
Jesse Hibbs Directed World in My Corner (1956)
Joe Flynn Also in Lover Come Back and Cry for Happy
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Among his best-remembered roles are the bombastic General Bullmoose in the stage and screen versions of the 1956 musical Li'l Abner, and his supporting roles in the classic comedies Born Yesterday (1950) and One, Two, Three (1961).
