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Ken Howard
Highest Rated: 97% Double Dare (2003)
Lowest Rated: 11% Oscar (1991)
Birthday: Mar 28, 1944
Birthplace: El Centro, California, USA
A Tony Award-winning Broadway actor at the beginning of his career, Ken Howard enjoyed a few leading primetime television roles in the 1970s, but spent the majority of his career as a prolific character actor in film and on television. Howard's most memorable headlining television role was that of a retired NBA player-turned-coach of an inner city high school basketball coach on "The White Shadow" (CBS, 1978-1981), which showcased his talent for conveying authority and leadership softened by an emotional accessibility. That quality led Howard to be cast in countless guest roles as judges, doctors and men of the cloth on procedural dramas and sitcoms alike. Meanwhile, he starred as many an athlete and protective family man in decades of made-for-television movies. Longer-running recurring roles on "Crossing Jordan" (NBC, 2001-07), "Melrose Place" (Fox, 1992-99), "Dallas" (CBS, 1978-1991) and "Cane" (CBS, 2007) assured that the prolific character player maintained his name recognition throughout his career, though his onscreen presence invariably brought up fond memories of the groundbreaking, racially mixed television series that established his career. Ken Howard died on March 23, 2016 at the age of 71.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61% | 57% | Joy | Mop Executive (Character) | $56.4M | 2015 |
| 29% | 63% | The Wedding Ringer | Ed Palmer (Character) | $64.5M | 2015 |
| 49% | 72% | The Judge | Judge Warren (Character) | $2.7M | 2014 |
| 23% | 38% | Better Living Through Chemistry | Walter Bishop (Character) | $72.3K | 2014 |
| 52% | 28% | A.C.O.D. | Gary (Character) | $172.3K | 2013 |
| 43% | 44% | J. Edgar | Harlan Fiske Stone (Character) | $37.3M | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 14% | A Numbers Game | Harold (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 21% | 2:13 | Sheriff Sedgewick (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 10% | Under Still Waters | Conrad (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 19% | The Beacon | Officer Bobby Ford (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 88% | 79% | Grey Gardens | Phelan Beale (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 38% | 69% | Rambo | Arthur Marsh (Character) | $42.7M | 2008 |
| 38% | 20% | Smother | Gene Cooper (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 90% | 69% | Michael Clayton | Don Jeffries (Character) | $49.0M | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sacrifices of the Heart | Thane Weston (Character) | - | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Arc | Santee (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 64% | 78% | Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story | Bill Sellers (Character) | $32.7M | 2005 |
| 74% | 66% | In Her Shoes | Michael Feller (Character) | $32.9M | 2005 |
| 97% | 79% | Double Dare | Self | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | A Vow to Cherish | John Brighton (Character) | - | 1999 |
| 32% | 45% | At First Sight | Virgil's Father (Character) | $22.4M | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 11% | Tactical Assault | Gen. Horace White (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Something Borrowed, Something Blue | Senator John Farrell (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 43% | 44% | The Net | Michael Bergstrom (Character) | $49.4M | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 69% | Her Hidden Truth | Jack Devereaux (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Moment of Truth: To Walk Again | Unknown (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart Returns | Dr. Paul Menard (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Smart Story | Bill Smart (Character) | - | 1991 |
| 11% | 63% | Oscar | Kirkwood (Character) | $23.5M | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Memories of Midnight | Kirk Reynolds (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | The Man in the Brown Suit | Gordon Race (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Strange Interlude | Sam Evans (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rage of Angels: The Story Continues | Adam J. Warner (Character) | - | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pudd'nhead Wilson | Pudd'nhead Wilson (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Glitter | Senator (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | He's Not Your Son | Michael Saunders (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Second Thoughts | John Michael (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Rage of Angels | Adam Warner (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Victims | Joe Buckley (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Father Damien: The Leper Priest | Father Damien (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Superdome | Dave Walecki (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | A Real American Hero | Danny Boy Mitchell (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Critical List | Nels Freiberg (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer | Prosecuting attorney (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Manhunter | Dave Barrett (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie | Virgil (Character) | - | 1972 |
| 68% | 84% | 1776 | Thomas Jefferson (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Such Good Friends | Cal Whiting (Character) | - | 1971 |
| 22% | 12% | Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon | Arthur (Character) | - | 1970 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58% | 60% | The McCarthys | Coach Colwell (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 78% | 92% | 30 Rock | Dot Com (Guest Star) | 2011-2013 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | Blue Bloods | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Young and the Restless | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| 83% | 85% | The Closer | Wes Durant (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 95% | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 68% | No Score Yet | Dirty Sexy Money | Evan Connello (Character) | 2008 |
| 86% | 94% | Boston Legal | Judge Walter Yardley (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 60% | 100% | Eli Stone | Thomas Hayes (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 79% | 84% | Brothers & Sisters | Boyd Taylor (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 55% | No Score Yet | Cane | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| 22% | 80% | Conviction | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crossing Jordan | Unknown (Character) | 2001-2006 |
| No Score Yet | 87% | Ghost Whisperer | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 81% | George Lopez | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| 81% | 89% | The Office | Ed Truck (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| 92% | 90% | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Ken Abbot (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| 62% | No Score Yet | Arli$$ | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| 81% | 95% | The West Wing | Judge Peyton Cabot Harrison III (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Melrose Place | Mr. George Andrews (Guest Star) | 1996-1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diagnosis Murder | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996-1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Cape | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| 25% | No Score Yet | The Client | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | The New Adventures of Captain Planet | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Matt Kinkaid (Guest Star) | 1985 1989 1992 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 93% | The Golden Girls | Jerry (Guest Star) | 1992 |
| 0% | No Score Yet | P.S.I. Luv U | Jack Packer (Guest Star) | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hitchhiker | Unknown (Character) | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984-1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Thorn Birds | Rainer Hartheim (Character) | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The White Shadow | Ken Reeves (Character) | 1978-1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Adam's Rib | Adam Bonner (Character) | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | The Avengers | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1969 |
| 100% | No Score Yet | The Nine | Unknown (Guest Star) |