Karl Howman (born 13 December 1953) is an English actor and voice-over artist. He is best known for playing Jacko in the sitcom ''

Brush Strokes ''Brush Strokes'' is a British television sitcom, broadcast on BBC television from 1986 to 1991. Written by Esmonde and Larbey and set in south London, it depicted the (mostly) amorous adventures of a wisecracking house painter, Jacko ( Karl ...

'' from 1986 to 1991, Mulberry in '' Mulberry'' from 1992 to 1993 and

Buster Briggs The following are characters who first appeared, or returned, in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' during 2014 listed by order of first appearance. All new characters in 2014 were introduced by Dominic Treadwell-Collins, executive producer. N ...

in '' EastEnders'' from 2014 to 2016. He also appeared as Jakey Smith in the final series of ''

Get Some In! ''Get Some In!'' is a British television sitcom about National Service life in the Royal Air Force, broadcast between 1975 and 1978 by Thames Television. Scripts were by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, the team behind sitcoms such as ''The Good L ...

'' in 1978.

Career

Howman took over the role of Jakey Smith from Robert Lindsay (with whom he shares a birthday) in ''

'' in its final series in 1978. He then starred in the episode "Shadow" in the BBC series ''

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'', in the ''

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'' episode " All About Scoring, Innit?" playing Danny Varrow, and in ''

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'' episode "May," playing Davey Holmes. On 25 September 2014, it was announced that Howman had been cast in long running BBC soap '' EastEnders''. Howman appeared as the character

. In his time on the show, Buster's storylines included his relationship with

Shirley Carter Shirley Carter is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'', played by Linda Henry. She first appeared on 7 December 2006, during episodes set in Dorset. This is Henry's second role in ''EastEnders'', as she previously playe ...

(

Linda Henry Linda Varilis (''née'' Henry; born 24 August 1959) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Yvonne Atkins in the ITV drama '' Bad Girls'' and Shirley Carter in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'', a role she has played since 20 ...

), his relationship with his two sons

Mick Carter Mick Carter is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'' played by Danny Dyer, making his first appearance in the show in the episode originally broadcast in the United Kingdom on 25 December 2013. Dyer's casting was ann ...

(

Danny Dyer Danial John Dyer (born 24 July 1977) is an English actor and presenter. Dyer's breakthrough role was as Moff in '' Human Traffic'', with other notable roles as Mick Carter in EastEnders, Billy the Limpet in '' Mean Machine'' and as Tommy John ...

) and

Dean Wicks Dean Wicks (known as Deano in his initial stint) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'' played by Matt Di Angelo. He made his first appearance on 2 January 2006. It was announced on 18 August 2007 that the characters ...

(

Matt Di Angelo Mario Angelo S Constantinou (born 1 May 1987), professionally known as Matt Di Angelo, is a British actor and singer, best known for his role as Dean Wicks in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. He also portrayed Sean Kennedy in the BBC drama s ...

), running a fish stall and having an affair with Kathy Sullivan (

Gillian Taylforth Gillian Taylforth (born 14 August 1955) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Kathy Beale on the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'', and has also appeared as Jackie Pascoe/Webb on ITV's ''Footballers' Wives'' (2002–2006), an ...

). In July 2016, it was announced that Howman would be leaving the show after nearly two years. Buster left the show after his relationship with Shirley and his affair with Kathy both ended with Howman's last episode airing on 23 September 2016. On the radio he also appeared in '' King Street Junior'' as Mr Philip Sims and in '' Coming Alive'' as Terry King.

Personal life

Howman married his wife, Clare Lightfoot, in 1976. They have two children, actresses

Chloe Howman Chloe Howman (born 1978 in London, England) is an English actress. The daughter of actor Karl Howman, her sister is actress Katy-Jo Howman. Career The sisters' first appearance was in 1986 with their father, as children in his series '' Brush S ...

and Katy-Jo Howman, and six grandchildren. Howman supports

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Howman, Karl 1953 births Living people English male soap opera actors English male radio actors People from Woolwich Male actors from London British male comedy actors