Albert Sidney Howson
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Albert S. Howson (3 February 1881 – 2 August 1960) was an American actor and head of the censorship department of
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who lived in Forest Hills Gardens, Queens. He made his stage debut in New York in 1898 and appeared in 21 Broadway plays spanning 30 years, as well as seven films during World War I. Notable roles include Kassim Baba in the original Broadway production of ''
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''. He also wrote the 1927 silent film ''
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''. Howson, whose middle name has been reported as Sidney or Sydney, was a nephew of Australian opera singer Emma Howson of the
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Selected filmography

*'' The Better Man'' (1914) *'' The Vampire'' (1915) *''
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External links


who in Music and Drama: An Encyclopedia of Biography of Notable Men and Women in Music and the Drama" by Harry Prescott Hanaford and Dixie Hines, H.P. Hanaford, 1914
* * American male stage actors 1881 births 1960 deaths Male actors from Queens, New York American male screenwriters American male film actors 20th-century American male actors Screenwriters from New York (state) 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters {{US-theat-actor-stub