Ronald Howard

Ronald Howard

Date of Birth: 07 Apr 1918

Country: UK

Biography: He and his younger sister Leslie Ruth Howard were raised by their mother Ruth Evelyn Martin and their father, the renowned actor Leslie Howard. After college, Howard became a newspaper reporter for a while but decided to follow in his father's footsteps and become an actor.

Total Credits at Criticker: 40 (Actor)

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    The Browning Version
    On the last day of term at a boys private school, a new master arrives to familiarise himself. His predecessor, Crocker-Harris is much hated in the school but his younger wife seems more popular and not only with the pupils (imdb)
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    The Hunting Party
    The rich and ruthless rancher Brandt Ruger keeps his beautiful young wife Melissa like a part of his property, subdued to his will. But one day she's kidnapped by the famous outlaw Frank Calder - just to teach him reading, so he tells her. Calder doesn't know or care who's wife she is. He takes care of her well, and eventually Melissa falls in love with him. But Ruger feels humiliated.(imdb)
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    Wide Boy
    The title, in British police parlance of the day, defines a petty crook whose criminal activities are minor and legal-borderline, but the title character in this film appears to stretch the definition. Benny (Sydney Taffer)steals a purse from Melissa Stribling and discovers a compromising letter in it from her boyfriend Colin Tapley, who is a wealthy surgeon and married. Benny starts a blackmail campaign that leads to murder. Susan Shaw is along as Benny's girlfriend, Molly. (imdb)
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    The Naked Edge
    George Radcliffe's testimony sends Donald Heath to prison for murder and the theft of over 60,000 pounds. Soon after, Radcliffe invests a large sum of money in an ultimately profitable business venture. Martha Radcliffe begins to suspect her husband of the crime. (imdb)
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    You Must Be Joking!
    A motley group of soldiers are set loose on swinging England in an initiative test to collect a selection of esoteric items. (imdb)
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    Gideon of Scotland Yard
    Gideon's Day follows a busy day in the life of Inspector Gideon, a Scotland Yard detective. While his home life is comically amiss, as a professional, he doggedly pursues the criminals until their found, sacrificing personal comfort and time with family to make sure justice is done.
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    The Curse of the Mummy\
    When European Egyptologists Dubois, Giles and Bray discover the tomb of the Egyptian prince Ra, American entrepreneur and investor Alexander King insists on shipping the treasures and sarcophagus back to England for tour and display. Once there, someone with murderous intent has discovered the means of waking the centuries dead prince... (imdb,com)
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    The Queen of Spades
    An elderly countess strikes a bargain with the devil and exchanges her soul for the ability to always win at cards (imdb)
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    Drango
    Major Clint Drango of the U.S. Army and his aide, Capt. Banning, ride into a burned-out Georgia town shortly after the end of the Civil War with orders to set up a military governorship. The townspeople are bitter over the destruction of their homes, but they do not know that Drango was a participant in that destruction. Renegade former Confederates under Clay Allen plan to undermine Drango's benign administration in hopes of restarting the war. (imdb)
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    Double Confession
    The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He becomes involved with the criminals who make various unsuccessful attempts on his life while the police clear up the mystery. (BFI)
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    Africa: Texas Style
    An American cowboy is hired to work on a ranch in Africa, and winds up having to fight predators, both the four- and two-legged kinds. (imdb)
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    Babette Goes to War
    Comedy about a naive French country girl in London who helps the war effort by parachuting into German-occupied France to help kidnap an important German general. She bungles through to a heroic finish of plot and counter-plot. (imdb)
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    Night Beat
    After the war is over, two army pals take opposite paths in civvy street. One becomes a petty criminal, the other becomes a policeman. (imdb)
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    Both Sides of the Law
    A unit of female police officers, frequently working with female offenders, prove their usefulness to the force.
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    Man Accused
    oon after celebrating his engagement to aristocratic heiress Kathy Riddle (Carol Marsh), engineer Bob Jensen (Ronald Howard) is accused by an insurance investigator of being a notorious -- and murderous -- jewel thief. Can Bob restore his reputation and regain Kathy's trust? Desperate to prove his innocence, Bob engineers a daring jailbreak and pursues the real culprit. (Netflix)
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    Moment of Indiscretion
    anet Miller (Lana Morris) is a married woman caught in awkward circumstances after police investigating a murder come up with evidence, and a potentially lethal motive, which lead them to suspect her of committing the crime. Their suspicions increase when Janet is less than forthcoming about a visit she paid to a former beau. Happily, her loyal husband (Ronald Howard) swears by her innocence and quickly leaps into motion to find the real killer. (Netflix)
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    Siege of the Saxons
    The soldiers of double-dealing Edmund of Cornwall slay King Arthur, but his daughter Katherine escape with the help of outlaw Robert Marshall. Claiming she is dead Edmund makes ready to usurp the throne in league with Saxon invaders. Katherine and Robert need to find wise man Merlin to help them save Camelot and England.
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    Assassin for Hire
    Pretending to be rare stamp dealer, a man devotedly supports wife and musically talented younger brother as a professional hit-man. (imdb)
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    Black Orchid
    A doctor's wife dies. Her death is ruled as natural causes. He marries her sister (his assistant) and it begins to look suspiciously like murder. (imdb)
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    Bomb in the High Street
    A bomb threat is used as a ploy to gain access to a bank. The robbers are supposed to enter the bank disguised as bomb squad experts. (imdb)
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    Bond Street
    This multistoried drama purports to detail the events occurring in a single 24-hour period on Bond Street, a "typical" British thoroughfare. The Grand Hotel-like construction of the film allows for several colorful character vignettes. The "dramatis personae" includes an unpredictably temperamental dressmaker, a blinded war veteran, an escaped POW, a gang of blackmailers, and the owner of a valuable string of pearls. (allmovie.com)
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    Compelled
    In this British thriller, ex-con Howard is an engineer who is blackmailed into assisting with a jewel theft. (allmovie.com)
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    Fate Takes a Hand
    A mail bag stolen in a robbery 15 years ago, is found and the post office decide that the letters should be delivered. A newspaper reporter, accompanied by a post office security officer decide to follow up several of the letters, that could change the lives of the recipients. (imdb)
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    Flesh and Blood
    Three generations of a Scottish clan are chronicled in this melodramatic saga. The film starts with the death of a sickly med student in a Glasgow slum. His fiancee also dies in childbirth. Her brother, who survives, begins raising her baby girl who grows up to have an affair with a lab assistant. Her "father" disapprove and threatens to destroy the wedding. She retaliates by poisoning him and then gets married. She bears a son. (allmovie.com)
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    The Hideout
    In this thriller, a man discovers that the bank notes he has just received actually belong to someone else--a man who is attempting to save his near-bankrupt fur business by buying pelts infected with anthrax. Later the shady furrier is killed. The first man discovers that he was done-in by an ex-con who is killed after his fur-filled truck crashes and explodes. (allmovie.com)
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    The House in the Woods
    The spirit of a murdered woman returns to take her revenge. (imdb)
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    Live Now - Pay Later
    One of the minor comedy-dramas to come out of Britain, this story by director Jay Lewis and scripter Jack Trevor Story is about an unscrupulous salesman, Albert (Ian Hendry), who is beset by a whole series of problems, all of his own making. In order to advance his career, Albert makes a habit of seducing his female customers to better convince them to buy beyond their means, on credit. Even though he has thus far spawned two progeny with this technique he is not about to change his ways. (allmovie.com)
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    Run a Crooked Mile
    A man witnesses a murder in a secluded mansion. When he reports it, there's no evidence of the murder, or that anyone was there. He finds a key on the floor and goes to his boss to get help when he's struck from behind. He wakes up in a hospital room after a polo accident to find he's had amnesia for two years, is now married, and living in Switzerland. He still has the key and the memories of the murder. He goes back to England to try to resolve the mystery.
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    Cowboy in Africa
    Rodeo champion Jim Sinclair is hired by Commander Hayes to introduce modern methods to his game ranch in Kenya. His Navajo blood brother John Henry helps; 10-year-old orphan Samson adopts them.
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    Koroshi
    Koroshi (1968) - TV Movie
    Secret agent John Drake (aka Danger Man) goes to Japan to infiltrate a secret society that specializes in murder.
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    Noose for a Lady
    A woman has been sentenced to death by hanging. Her cousin believes she is innocent and he works against time to prove it before she is executed. (imdb)
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    Glad Tidings
    A colonel's adult children object to him marrying an American widow. (imdb)
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    My Brother Jonathan
    Doctor Jonathan Dakers tells his son Tony, a World War II veteran, about his life dating from the 1900s.
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    Portrait of Clare
    The three marriages of a woman: a young man who is killed; a priggish lawyer; and a sympathetic barrister. (imdb)
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    The Monster of Highgate Ponds
    The story of three children who find themselves with a friendly monster that grows at an alarming rate. (cftf.org.uk)
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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    Combat!
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    Now Barabbas
    A humane prison governor deals with a variety of different prisoners, including a charming murderer.
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    Night Was Our Friend
    Martin's plane crashes in the jungle of Brazil and nobody believes he survived. His wife, Sally, has fallen in love with another man while Martin is found and returns. Unable to face his demons, Martin considers ending his life.
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    Sherlock Holmes
    The adventures of master detective Sherlock Holmes as he and his assistant, Dr. Watson--and, somewhat reluctantly, the bumbling Inspector Lestrade--battle criminals in London. (imdb)
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