A native Ohioan, John Howard (born John R. Cox, Jr.) had no interest in working in theater until schoolmates at Clevelands Western Reserve University turned him on to acting. After…
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A native Ohioan, John Howard (born John R. Cox, Jr.) had no interest in working in theater until schoolmates at Clevelands Western Reserve University turned him on to acting. After some work on his college stage, he made his movie debut in a bit part in Paramounts One Hour Late (1934) before moving up the Hollywood ladder to featured parts and ultimately landing his own series, the Bulldog Drummond mysteries. Decades later, when offers of work began to slow down, Howard went into teaching. Best-known for his role as Ronald Colmans brother in director Frank Capras classic Lost Horizon (1937), Howard later said he felt he did a bad job of playing the character: "Damn it, I thought I was too brash, too uncontrolled, too unbelievable. And Ive wished always that I could go back and do it again."
