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John Howard

John Howard

Actor · Died February 19, 1995, aged 81 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 14, 1913
Died
February 19, 1995 (aged 81)
From
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
33 on MovieCove · 88 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 20% in 30 days

What are John Howard's films like?

Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Adventure8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 41st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 33rd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 28th percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
36%
Morality
28%
Survival
11%
Power
8%
Self
7%
Society
7%
Ideas
3%
Romantic love9 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice9 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed3 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty3 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 21 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 15 · Serious 6 · Dark 0

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 15 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 8 · Charged 13 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 14 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 8

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 2

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 16 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 19 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

15 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 8 of 15 analyzed roles.

Hero
8 of 15
Shadow
3 of 15
Ally
2 of 15
Threshold guardian
1 of 15
Mentor
1 of 15
Show the 15 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
10
Thrilling
9
Joyful
8
Absurd
9
Romantic
4
Other
13

How their films linger

Fun17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy14
  • Bittersweet5
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch John Howard's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 22 of their 33 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for John Howard's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

88 credits, 33 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • My Boys Are Good Boys(1979)

    as Grocery Store Owner

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Wonder Woman(1975)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Diderich

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows

  • Bronk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • So Evil, My Sister(1974)

    as Dr. Thomas

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Police Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Rockford Files(1974)

    Show 2 episodes · as Mort

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Buck and the Preacher(1972)

    as George

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Brady Bunch(1969)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows

  • The Destructors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Ernest Bushnell

  • Mannix(1967)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Family Affair(1966)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • Destination Inner Space(1966)

    as Dr. James

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • The Legend of Jesse James (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Samuel

  • Profiles in Courage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 1 episode · as Sen. Crittenden

  • The Lucy Show(1962)

    Show 1 episode · as Mr. Vernon

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Gunslinger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 1 episode · as Marcus Tollman

  • The Americans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Moochie of Pop Warner Football (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Mayor Wood

  • Surfside 6 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • My Three Sons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 1 episode · as Dave Welch

  • Outlaws (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Rawhide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as James Carr

  • 77 Sunset Strip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Bronco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Perry Mason(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Guy Omstead · as Harley Leonard · as Hugh Jamison · as Justin Grover

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • The Unknown Terror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Dan Matthews

  • Cheyenne(1955)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • The Millionaire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 1 episode · as Edward Harper

  • The Whistler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • The High and the Mighty(1954)

    as Howard Rice

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Make Haste to Live(1954)

    as Josh Blake

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Loretta Young Show(1953)

    Show 1 episode · as Philip Whiting

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • General Electric Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Cordell

  • Four Star Playhouse(1952)

    Show 1 episode · as David Lawrence

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Models Inc. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as John Stafford

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 1 episode · as Mike Grover

  • Experiment Alcatraz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Dr. Ross Williams

  • Lux Video Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Show 1 episode · as David Lawrence · as Sam Haydon

  • Radar Secret Service (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Bill Travis

  • The Fighting Kentuckian(1949)

    as Blake Randolph

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Lights Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Suspense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • I, Jane Doe(1948)

    as William Hilton

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Love from a Stranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Nigel Lawrence

  • Public Prosecutor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Show 4 episodes · as Stephen Allen

  • Waltz Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Young Officer

  • Twilight Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as William Rolands

  • The Undying Monster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Oliver Hammond

  • Isle of Missing Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Merrill Hammond

  • Submarine Raider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Commander Chris Warren

  • The Man Who Returned to Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as David Hampton Jameson

  • A Tragedy at Midnight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Greg Sherman

  • Three Girls About Town(1941)

    as Tommy Hopkins

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Father Takes a Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Frederic Osborne Junior

  • Tight Shoes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Jimmy Rupert

  • The Invisible Woman(1940)

    as Richard Russell

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The Mad Doctor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Gil Sawyer

  • Texas Rangers Ride Again(1940)

    as Jim Kingston aka Pecos Kid

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The Philadelphia Story(1940)

    as George Kittredge

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Man from Dakota (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Oliver Clark

  • Green Hell(1940)

    as Hal Scott

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Disputed Passage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as John Wesley Beaven

  • What a Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Mr. Nelson

  • Bulldog Drummond's Bride(1939)

    as Capt. Hugh C. Drummond

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Grand Jury Secrets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as John Keefe

  • Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police(1939)

    as Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Arrest Bulldog Drummond(1938)

    as Captain Hugh C. Drummond

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Bulldog Drummond in Africa(1938)

    as Captain Hugh Chesterton 'Bulldog' Drummond

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Touchdown, Army(1938)

    as Cadet Brandon Culpepper

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Prison Farm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Dr. Roi Conrad

  • Bulldog Drummond's Peril(1938)

    as Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Penitentiary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as William Jordan

  • Hitting a New High(1937)

    as Jimmy James

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Bulldog Drummond's Revenge(1937)

    as Capt. Hugh Chesterton 'Bulldog' Drummond

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Hold 'Em Navy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Chuck Baldwin

  • Sunday Night at the Trocadero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as John Howard

  • Bulldog Drummond Comes Back(1937)

    as Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Mountain Music (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Ardinger Burnside

  • Let Them Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Dr. Paul Martin

  • Lost Horizon(1937)

    as George Conway

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Easy to Take (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Rodney Garfield

  • Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Paul Darnley

  • Border Flight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Lt. Dan Conlon

  • 13 Hours by Air (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Freddie Scott

  • Soak the Rich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Kenneth 'Buzz' Jones

  • Millions in the Air (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Eddie Warren

  • Annapolis Farewell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Duncan Haley

  • Car 99 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Trooper Carney

Career shape

Star power in the 89th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 88 titles from 1935 to 1978; peak year 1966.

Biggest box office

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

$419K worldwide

Highest rated

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Midcredits 97th

Film career

19351978

Peak 1966 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1937Screen debut· Lost Horizon

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting88 of 88: 88 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score43rd

By decade

1930s27 · acting1940s22 · acting1950s18 · acting1960s14 · acting1970s7 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 0% of 8 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do John Howard's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 37th percentile, the median of all 23; across their 21 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 47th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

47thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Approval · how many liked their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Reach · how many have seen their films

33rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Midcredits score across 33 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th13
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 33 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Broadly Agreed9
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

Touchdown, Army (1938)

78th percentile spread · 32% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Midcredits 97th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the acting 64/100 in their films, across 20 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is John Howard's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 15 · mildMedian of all films: 32
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 33 · mildMedian of all films: 33

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does John Howard work with?

People who share at least 2 of John Howard's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Herman C. McNeile shares the most, 7.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers