Sydney Howard (7 August 1884 – 12 June 1946) was an English stage comedian and film actor born in Leeds,
West Riding of Yorkshire
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.
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Already a major stage star, Howard made his feature film début in
Jack Raymond
Jack Raymond (1886–1953) was an English people, 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 wo ...
's ''
Splinters'' (1929), and went on appearing in unique roles in films such as ''
French Leave'', ''
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.
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In 1937, British exhibitors voted him the 10th most popular British star at the box office.]
Filmography
* '' Splinters'' (1929)
* '' French Leave'' (1930)
* '' Tilly of Bloomsbury'' (1931)
* '' Up for the Cup'' (1931)
* '' Splinters in the Navy'' (1931)
* '' Almost a Divorce'' (1931)
* '' The Mayor's Nest'' (1932)
* '' Trouble'' (1933)
* '' Up for the Derby'' (1933)
* ''Night of the Garter
''Night of the Garter'' is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Sydney Howard, Winifred Shotter and Elsie Randolph.
The film was made at British and Dominion's Elstree Studios by the producer Herbert Wilcox for ...
'' (1933)
* ''It's a King
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'' (1933)
* ''It's a Cop
''It's a Cop'' is a 1934 Cinema of the United Kingdom, British police-themed comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Sydney Howard, Chili Bouchier and Garry Marsh. It was made at British and Dominions Imperial Studios, British and Do ...
'' (1934)
* '' Girls, Please!'' (1934)
* '' Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round'' (1934)
* '' Where's George?'' (1935)
* '' Chick'' (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)
References
External links
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English male stage actors
English male film actors
1884 births
1946 deaths
Male actors from Leeds
20th-century English male actors
English male comedians
Comedians from Leeds