About John Howlett
Lived 1940 – 2019 (aged 78). John Howlett was an American and English screenwriter, writer, biographer and author.
John Howlett (4 April 1940 – 4 March 2019) was an English author and screenwriter who lived in Rye, East Sussex.
He started his writing career by co-writing the screenplay of the 1968 feature film if...., directed by Lindsay Anderson.
Education Howlett attended Tonbridge School and Jesus College, Oxford where he studied history.
Screenwriting Credits His writing credits cover film and TV and include both writing and adaptation.
Fiction The Christmas Spy (1975) Tango November (1976) Maximum Credible Accident (1980) Orange (1985) Murder of a Moderate Man (1985) Cry (1995) Love Of An Unknown Soldier (2010) A Long Road Home (2012) When War Came Again (2012) First Snow Of Winter (2012)
Non fiction James Dean (1975) Frank Sinatra (1979)
Theatre Dean - West End musical with Robert Campbell. Subsequently produced in Japan by the Takarazuka Revue Lorca - Musical with Theo Jaskolkowski & Robert Campbell
Radio - (BBC Radio 4) Soldier, Poor man, Beggarman, Thief Next Man Through the Door Gone for Soldiers Maximum Credible Accident
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Who was John Howlett?
English author and screenwriter
When was John Howlett born?
John Howlett was born on 4 April 1940.
When did John Howlett die?
John Howlett died on 3 March 2019.
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John Howlett was a screenwriter, writer, biographer and author.
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John Howlett was American and English.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). John Howlett. https://biography.guide/john-howlett/
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