Personal Info
Birth date
1918-04-07 (107 Years)
Day of death
1996-12-19
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Norwood, London, England, UK
Also known as
-Ronald Howard
Biography
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.
Filmography
Combat!
7.6
Overview:
Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as platoon leader Second Lieutenant Gil Hanley and Vic Morrow as Sergeant "Chip" Saunders.No Hiding Place
3.7
Overview:
No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart.Thriller
6.417
Overview:
Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host Boris Karloff introducing a mix of self-contained, macabre weird-horror and morbid, hitchockian crime stories, in some of which he also starred.One Step Beyond
5.6
Overview:
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The original series ran for three seasons on ABC from January 1959 to July 1961.Sunday Night Theatre
3.5
Overview:
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.Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.731
Overview:
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.Danger Man
7.2
Overview:
Danger Man is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. Ralph Smart created the programme and wrote many of the scripts. Danger Man was financed by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment.Sherlock Holmes
6.9
Overview:
The first American television series of Sherlock Holmes adventures aired in syndication in the fall of 1954. The 39 half-hour mostly original stories were produced by Sheldon Reynolds and filmed in France by Guild Films, starring Ronald Howard as Holmes and Howard Marion Crawford as Watson. Archie Duncan appeared in many episodes as Inspector Lestrade. Richard Larke, billed as Kenneth Richards, played Sgt. Wilkins in about fifteen episodes. The series' associate producer, Nicole Milinaire, was one of the first women to attain a senior production role in a television series.The Errol Flynn Theatre
NYR
Overview:
The Errol Flynn Theatre is a short-lived anthology series presented by Errol Flynn, who would also play the lead in every fourth show. His then-wife Patrice Wymore and son Sean also made appearances. It was shot in England at Bray Studios but was made for the American market.Cowboy in Africa
5
Overview:
Cowboy in Africa was an American Broadcasting Company television series produced during 1967-1968 by Ivan Tors and featuring Chuck Connors as the main actor. A 1966 television pilot show featuring Hugh O'Brian as Jim Sinclair, made into a movie and released to cinemas, was named Africa - Texas Style.The Lotus Eaters
5
Overview:
They say that once you have eaten from the lotus plant - you will never want to return home. To outward appearances Erik and Ann Sheppard (Ian Hendry and Wanda Ventham) are typical English ex-pats running a bar on a far-flung Greek island. But appearances can be deceptive - this is an arranged marriage of a different sort - with roots in international espionage. Stefan Gryff gives a great performance as the omniscient local police captain.The Hunting Party
6.2
Overview:
A ruthless rancher, and his gang, use extremely long range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped his wife.Murder She Said
7.3
Overview:
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.The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
5.5
Overview:
Those who have interfered with the Tomb of Ra-Antef are in terrible danger. Against expert advice, American showman and financial backer of the expedition, Alexander King, plans a world tour exhibiting this magnificent discovery from the ancient world but on the opening night the sarcophagus is void of its contents. The mummy has escaped to fulfill the dreadful prophesy and exact a violent and bloody revenge on all those who defiled his final resting place.Come September
6.8
Overview:
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.Weekend at Dunkirk
6.915
Overview:
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.The Browning Version
7.633
Overview:
Andrew Crocker-Harris has been forced from his position as the classics master at an English public school due to poor health. As he winds up his final term, he discovers not only that his wife, Millie, has been unfaithful to him with one of his fellow schoolmasters, but that the school's students and faculty have long disdained him. However, an unexpected act of kindness causes Crocker-Harris to re-evaluate his life's work.Gideon's Day
6.383
Overview:
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.The Queen of Spades
6.5
Overview:
An elderly countess strikes a bargain with the devil and exchanges her soul for the ability to always win at cards. An army officer, who is also a fanatic about cards, murders her for the secret, then finds himself haunted by the woman's spirit.Take a Hard Ride
5.3
Overview:
After his cattle rancher boss dies, right-hand man Pike is given the job of returning $86,000 to some families who live across the border in Sonora, Mexico. Honest Pike is joined on the trip through the wilderness by a dishonest gambler named Tyree.Babette Goes to War
5.531
Overview:
Comedy about a naive French country girl in London who helps the war effort by parachuting into German-occupied France to help kidnap an important German general. She bungles through to a heroic finish of plot and counter-plot.Flannelfoot
5.5
Overview:
Ace crime reporter Watling tries to discover the identity of a notorious jewel thief, but his informant is murdered. At a house party, Watling helps detective Adam expose the criminal.'Pimpernel' Smith
7.1
Overview:
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.The Spider's Web
6.1
Overview:
Mystery film based on an Agatha Christie play. An ambassador's wife must hide the corpse of her stepdaughter's unlikeable stepfather from her husband, who is bringing important visitors to their country home.The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
7
Overview:
This documentary examines the making of the Sherlock Holmes cinematic dynasty and includes interviews and archival film clips featuring the original crime-fighter in all his incarnations.Now Barabbas
6.5
Overview:
A prison governor deals with a variety of different prisoners, including a charming murderer.The Naked Edge
6.2
Overview:
Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the crime.Bond Street
6.8
Overview:
Charts the events occurring during a typical 24-hour period on London’s thoroughfare Bond Street. Linking the four stories together is the impending wedding of society girl Hazel Court and Robert Flemyng.Acting
1985The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
1975Take a Hard Ride as Halsey
1974Persecution as Dr. Ross
1972The Lotus Eaters (15 Episodes) as Unknown
1971The Hunting Party as Watt Nelson
1969Run a Crooked Mile as Insp. Huntington
1968Koroshi as Sanders
1967Cowboy in Africa (26 Episodes) as Wing Commander Hayes
1967Africa: Texas Style! as Hugo Copp
1964Weekend at Dunkirk as le capitaine Robinson
1964The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb as John Bray
1963Siege of the Saxons as Edmund of Cornwall
1963The Bay of St. Michel as Unknown
1963Nurse on Wheels as Dr. Harold Golfrey
1962Combat! (2 Episodes) as Capt. Johns
1962Wuthering Heights as Lockwood
1962The Skin Game as Inspector Gordon
1962The Spanish Sword as Sir Richard Clovell
1961Bomb in the High Street as Captain Manning
1961Fate Takes a Hand as Tony
1961Murder She Said as Brian Eastley
1961The Naked Edge as Mr. Claridge
1961The Monster of Highgate Ponds as Uncle Dick
1961Come September as Spencer
1960Compelled as Paul Adams
1960The Malpas Mystery as Dick Shannon
1960The Spider's Web as Jeremy
1960Thriller (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Robert Penrose, Dr. Edward Stone, Martin Gresham
1960Danger Man (1 Episode) as Sanders
1959Man Accused as Bob Jenson
1959Babette Goes to War as Fitzpatrick
1959No Hiding Place (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1959No Trees in the Street as Frank
1959One Step Beyond (1 Episode) as Colin Chandler
1958Moment of Indiscretion as John Miller
1958Gideon's Day as Paul Delafield
1958I Accuse! as Captain Avril
1957The House in the Woods as Spencer Rowland
1957Light Fingers as Michael Lacey
1957Drango as Clay Allen
1956The Hide-Out as Robert Grant
1956The Errol Flynn Theatre (1 Episode) as Anthony Hardwick
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1, 1 Episode) as Peyton Farquhar, James Howgill
1954Sherlock Holmes (39 Episodes) as Sherlock Holmes
1953Flannelfoot as Det. Sgt. Fitzgerald
1953Glad Tidings as Cpl Nicholas Brayne
1953Noose for a Lady as Dr. Evershed
1953Street Corner as David Evans
1953Black Orchid as Dr.John Winnington
1952Wide Boy as Inspector Carson
1951Night Was Our Friend as John Harper
1951The Browning Version as Gilbert
1951Assassin for Hire as Detective Inspector Carson
1951Flesh and Blood as Purley
1950Portrait of Clare as Ralph Hingston
1950Double Confession as Hilary Boscombe
1950Sunday Night Theatre (1 Episode) as Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
1949Now Barabbas as Roberts
1949The Queen of Spades as Andrei
1948Bond Street as Steve Winter
1948My Brother Jonathan as Harold Dakers
1947Nightbeat as Andy Kendall
1947While the Sun Shines as Earl of Harpenden
1941'Pimpernel' Smith as Minor Role