Kenneth Howell
Kenneth Howell (February 21, 1913 in Los Angeles - September 28, 1966 in Long Beach, California) was an American actor. He is best remembered for roles in films such as Pardon My Pups (1934), The Wrong Way Out (1938), Pride of the Bowery (1940) and Ball of Fire (1941), in which he played a college boy.[1] He also played Jack Jones in the 17 low-budget Jones Family films, beginning with Every Saturday Night (1936) and ending with On Their Own (1940).
Howell joined the Navy as a medical, but when he returned to film business his was not able to revive his film career. His last film was In Old Amarillo in 1951. Howell was married with Marguerite A. Thomson from 1942 to 1945. According to his daughter Stepahnie, he from Marguerite after realising he was gay and made no physical contact with his daughter after the age of five. He committed suicide with a gun.[2]
Selected filmography
- 1934: Pardon My Pups
- 1934: I Give My Love
- 1934: She Had to Choose
- 1936: The Little Red Schoolhouse
- 1936: Every Saturday Night
- 1936: Melody in May
- 1936: Educating Father
- 1936: Back to Nature
- 1937: Four Days' Wonder
- 1937: Off to the Races
- 1937: The Jones Family in Big Business
- 1937: Hot Water
- 1937: Borrowing Trouble
- 1938: Love on a Budget
- 1938: A Trip to Paris
- 1938: Safety in Numbers
- 1938: Down on the Farm
- 1938: The Wrong Way Out
- 1939: Everybody's Baby
- 1939: The Jones Family in Hollywood
- 1939: Quick Millions
- 1939: Too Busy to Work
- 1940: Young as You Feel
- 1940: On Their Own
- 1940: Pride of the Bowery
- 1940: Her First Beau
- 1941: Henry Aldrich for President
- 1941: Ball of Fire
- 1942: Sweater Girl
- 1951: In Old Amarillo
References
- ↑ McKay, James (26 April 2010). Dana Andrews: The Face of Noir. McFarland. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-7864-5676-5.
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0398006/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
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