Arthur Howard

Arthur Howard (born Arthur John Steiner; 18 January 1910 – 18 June 1995) was an English stage, film and television actor.

Life and career Born in Camberwell, London, Howard was the younger son of Lilian (née Blumberg) and Ferdinand "Frank" Steiner. His brother was the film actor Leslie Howard and his sister the casting director Irene Howard. He married the actress Jean Compton Mackenzie (a daughter of the actor Frank Compton) in 1936 and they had a son together, the stage actor Alan Howard.

Arthur appeared in several television programmes such as Whack-O, a school comedy in which he played the hapless assistant headmaster Pettigrew to Jimmy Edwards's headmaster, and he was in the 1960 film version Bottoms Up. He appeared in many films, including American Friends and The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins, and had the small role of Cavendish in the James Bond film Moonraker.

In 1961 he was arrested for importuning and spent a week in prison. He died in Westminster, London.

Filmography

The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) – Kitchen Helper (uncredited) The Lady Is Willing (1934) – Dr. Germont Frieda (1947) – First Official So Well Remembered (1947) – Politician (uncredited) The Mark of Cain (1947) – Clerk of the Court (uncredited) London Belongs to Me (1948) – Mr. Chinkwell The Passionate Friends (1949) – Smith – the Butler Passport to Pimlico (1949) – Bassett Private Angelo (1949) – (uncredited) Stage Fright (1950) – Groves – Charlotte's Butler (uncredited) The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) – Anthony Ramsden Last Holiday (1950) – Burden State Secret (1950) – Clubman Cage of Gold (1950) – Registry office bridegroom (uncredited) Dick Barton at Bay (1950) – Minor Role (uncredited) Emergency Wedding (1950) – Minor Role (uncredited) Laughter in Paradise (1951) – Businessman on train (uncredited) The Man in the White Suit (1951) – Roberts Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951) – Soap publicity man Never Look Back (1952) – Charles Vaughan Moulin Rouge (1952) – Dancing Master (uncredited) Cosh Boy (1953) – Registrar (uncredited) The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) – Usher in 'Trial by Jury' Grand National Night (1953) – Hotel Manager Glad Tidings (1953) – Mr. George Boddington Will Any Gentleman...? (1953) – Mr. Coding The Intruder (1953) – Bertram Slake Monsieur Ripois (1954) – Priest (uncredited) The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954) – Wilfred Woodley Out of the Clouds (1955) – Booking Clerk at Heathrow (uncredited) The Glass Cage (1955) – Rutland The Constant Husband (1955) – Clerk of the court The Dam Busters (1955) – RAF Pay Clerk in NAAFI (uncredited) Footsteps in the Fog (1955) – Vicar One Way Out (1955) – Marriott Touch and Go (1955) – Man at the Window The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955) – Injured Priest (uncredited) One Wish Too Many (1956) – Headmaster I Accuse! (1958) – Capt. Lauth Law and Disorder (1958) – Burrows I Only Arsked! (1958) – Sir Redvers Nowhere to Go (1958) – First Mr. Dodds (uncredited) Rockets Galore! (1958) – Meeching Libel (1959) – Car Salesman Friends and Neighbours (1959) – Rev. Dobson Desert Mice (1959) – Navy Doctor (uncredited) Bottoms Up (1960) – Oliver Pettigrew Watch It, Sailor! (1961) – Vicar (guest appearance) Paradisio (1961) – Professor Sims Kill or Cure (1962) – Green Glades Desk Clerk The V.I.P.s (1963) – Bar Steward (uncredited) Ladies Who Do (1963) – Chauffeur Les Félins (1964) – Father Nielson The Counterfeit Constable (1964) – Le supporter anglais qui boit du champagne (uncredited) You Must Be Joking! (1965) – Cecil Lady L (1965) – Butler The Ghost Goes Gear (1966) – Vicar Grand Prix (1966) – Claude (uncredited) The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) – English Cardinal The Best House in London (1969) – Mr. Fortnum Hoverbug (1969) – Mr. Watts My Lover, My Son (1970) – Judge Jane Eyre (1970) – Doctor Zeppelin (1971) – Carlyle (uncredited) The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971) – Kenneth (segment "Wrath") Blinker's Spy-Spotter (1972) – Professor Steptoe and Son (1972) – Vicar One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975) – Thumley Las adolescentes (1975) – Headmaster The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976) – Old Vicar Hardcore (1977) – Vicar Full Circle (1977) – Mr. Piggott The Prisoner of Zenda (1979) – Deacon Moonraker (1979) – Cavendish The Missionary (1982) – Fermleigh's Butler Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) – Arthur, Bruno's butler Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) – Arthur Another Country (1984) – Waiter Ever Decreasing Circles (1987) – Mr. Lazenby American Friends (1991) – Voe

Television Inspector Morley: Late of Scotland Yard (1952) - (Shop Assistant) - ('The Red Flame': episode Two) - (with Dorothy Bramhall; Tucker McGuire; and Johnny Briggs (actor), in Episode 1). Strange Experiences (1955) – Man Episode: "Two-Faced Murder"