Sydney Howard (7 August 1884 – 12 June 1946) was an English stage comedian and film actor born in

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.http://www.britishpictures.com/godfrey/card04.htm Stars of British Films A Series of 50 – No. 4 Sydney Howard Already a major stage star, Howard made his feature film début in

Jack Raymond Jack Raymond (1886–1953) was an English actor and film director. Born in Wimborne, Dorset in 1886, he began acting before the First World War in ''A Detective for a Day''. In 1921 he directed his first film and gradually he wound down his ac ...

's '' Splinters'' (1929), and went on appearing in unique roles in films such as ''

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'', '' Up for the Cup'' and '' The Mayor's Nest''. Despite his popularity in the 1920s and 1930s films he appeared in, Howard is almost totally forgotten today. His most revived film is '' When We Are Married'', in which he played a drunken photographer. In 1937 British exhibitors voted him the 10th most popular British star at the box office.

Filmography

* '' Splinters'' (1929) * ''

'' (1930) * '' Tilly of Bloomsbury'' (1931) * '' Up for the Cup'' (1931) * '' Splinters in the Navy'' (1931) * ''

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'' (1931) * '' The Mayor's Nest'' (1932) * '' Trouble'' (1933) * '' Up for the Derby'' (1933) * '' Night of the Garter'' (1933) * '' It's a King'' (1933) * '' It's a Cop'' (1934) * '' Girls, Please!'' (1934) * '' Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round'' (1934) * '' Where's George?'' (1935) * ''

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'' (1936) * '' Fame'' (1936) * '' Splinters in the Air'' (1937) * '' What a Man!'' (1938) * '' Shipyard Sally'' (1939) * '' Tilly of Bloomsbury'' (1940) * '' Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light'' (1941, short) * '' Once a Crook'' (1941) * '' When We Are Married'' (1943) * '' Flight from Folly'' (1945)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, Sydney English male stage actors English male film actors 1884 births 1946 deaths Male actors from Leeds 20th-century English male actors